What is Back Pain

 What is Back Pain: 

Today back pain is very common. Sitting without any break for long hours is one of the reasons of back pain. Sedentary life style plays a pivotal role in the back pain. How we can manage such situation. The spine is a central support structure in our body. With the help of spine we stand straight and perform our different chores of life. Spine connects the different parts of our spine is very important in our life. Through spine, we perform our daily activities. If our spine faces any problem our life disrupts daily life. Back pain is very common these days, due to which we spend our big amount to the doctors. Our precious time is also wasted in the clinic and hospitals. We can do our other important chores of life, then waiting in the clinic for long hours, if we are not victim of back pain. Majority of us almost 80 to 90 percent suffer from back pain at some point in our life due to back pain. It is very common, due to our sedentary life style. Majority of the people do not know how to cope with this issue. If we follow following precautions, we can get rid of this problem easily. Sign and Symptoms: Our spine is made of small sections of bone pieces with disks connected through tendons, ligaments and is supported by muscles. Since this is a quite complexed structure, any problem can happen at any time in any part of spine like muscle tension, disk damage, muscle spas, ligament tear or even fracture. For the assessment of this problem, with the help of X-ray, MRI, CT scan, EMG as well as bone scans to identify the problem in spine. Common symptoms of back pain are fever, pain in legs or waist, trouble in sleeping, severe pain in lower back, tiredness, facing trouble in urinating, swelling in the legs and back, pain in buttocks pain and weight loss. If you feel any of the symptoms, consult your doctor immediately. How to avoid Back Pain: In fact it is difficult to point out what is the exact reason of back pain. Most probable reasons are picking excess weights, bad posture, back injury, Old age, excess body weight, weak health, lifting excess weight on the back, pregnancy, smoking, inheritance, sedentary life style, work stress, anxiety, depression may be the probable reasons of back pain. Possible remedies may be sleeping on the hard mattress, do not smoke, avoid awkward posture for a long time, avoid over stretching, follow correct posture, do daily moderate exercise to avoid the back pain. Follow above explained guidelines that will provide you good and healthy life. Treatment and Care: Take rest as much as possible, this is the best and recommended treatment of back pain. Sleep on hard mattress. Hot water is very good for back pain. Oil is also helpful, rub oil on he back. Both are effective remedy for relief. Yoga technique is also good for the back pain. For the temporary relief ice blocks are also good, try it. Consult your doctor for prescribing pain killers and other pain killing drugs. Physiotherapy is also very good for the relief of back pain, and relax the spine. Moderate exercise will make your muscles flexible and stronger. In extreme cases surgery is required.