What are the causes of back pain?

Back pain is a very common health concern of middle or aged peoples. Statistics show that nine out of ten adults experience back pain at some point in their life, and five out of ten working adults have back pain every year. The simple reason you have back pain is because your body and spine have been pulled out of their normal position and into what we call dysfunctions.

When muscle imbalances pull your spine and body out of alignment, the level of stress on certain muscles, bones and joints increases. And even the smallest muscle imbalance can over time pull you out of balance and place tremendous amounts of uneven pressure and wear and tear on your body especially the vertebrae, discs, spine and its supporting muscles.

There are several things that contribute to and create muscle imbalances such as how active you are, what activities you do frequently, if you exercise, the exercises you perform, how you sit, stand and walk, if you work, what you do for work, etc.

Back pain may appear suddenly but reality is that problem has been developing for months or may be years. Learning about the causes of back pain can help us stay cautious and get prevention from symptoms.
Back pain can be divided:
Anatomically: neck pain, middle back pain, lower back pain or tailbone pain.
Duration: acute (less than 4 weeks), subacute (4 – 12 weeks), chronic (greater than 12 weeks).

Causes of your back pain:
The spine is a complex interconnecting network of nerves, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments, and all are capable of producing pain. Large nerves that originate in the spine and go to the legs and arms can make pain radiate to the extremities.

The vast majority of episodes of back pain are self-limiting and non-progressive. Most back pain syndromes are due to inflammation, especially in the acute phase, which typically lasts for two weeks to three months.

Physical dysfunctions develop over time and are the direct result of imbalances between various muscle groups, what we call "muscle imbalances". The actual cause of the pain could be the front of your thighs. For example, an imbalance between the muscles of the thighs can pull your pelvis and spine out of position and this dysfunction can quickly cause all sorts of problems. that over time create a dysfunction. Your body is then forced to work each day with this dysfunction and eventually this creates a condition, like a herniated disc for example. Then the condition causes pain and as you know, pain is your body's way of alerting you to a problem that needs to be fixed... just as a light on the dashboard of a car alerts the driver to a problem.

Back pain begins with muscle imbalances that over time create a dysfunction such as a herniated disc. The condition causes pain and as you know, pain is your body's way of alerting you to a problem that needs to be fixed.