One of the most common diseases that a person faces during his life is low back pain. It could potentially causes a lot of disruption in personal, professional and social functioning. A small percentage of low back pain is produced by the intervertebral discs. its often due to involvement of small joints (facets), ligaments, bone or the muscles that support the spine (paraspinal muscles).
There are several treatments for low back pain, but the most effective and lasting treatments are correction of physical and occupational condition, stretching movements and strengthening exercises for the spine.
Patients may need surgery in cases the intervertebral disc causes serious damage to the spinal cord or nerve roots. However, it usually happens in few numbers of patients.
A thorough history and physical is paramount in discriminating benign versus serious versus non-spine causes of lower back pain.
Patients with nonspecific back pain for less than 6 weeks with no serious impairment do not need imaging and can be discharged with analgesics and outpatient follow-up and proper therapeutic exercise recommendation.
you can find specific and specialized rehabilitation exercises for your low back pin in Rehabex App.
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