Causes of Low Back Pain
Many factors can contribute to low back pain — from strained muscles to strained “nerves” An acute injury — lifting and twisting a heavy load, for example — can lead to low back pain. And, over time, aging causes degenerative spinal changes starting as early as the 30s or earlier. Here’s a quick overview of low back pain culprits:
- Overuse of muscles and ligaments, caused by a competitive tennis match or an ambitious day in the garden
- Disk injury, tears or other damage to the “shock absorbers” between the spinal bones (vertebrae)
- Disk degeneration, the wear and tear, shrinking, and collapse of disks that can be more common with age
- Degenerative spondylolisthesis, changes to spinal structures, which allows a vertebra to slip forward from the next vertebra
- Spinal Stenosis , narrowing of the space around the spinal cord, which puts pressure on nerve roots
- Scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine that may cause pain for some people
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