Lumbar pain

Introduction Lumbar pain is due to the common lumbar bone hyperplasia, bone spur, disc herniation, lumbar hypertrophy, spinal stenosis, lumbar fracture, spinal canal tumor, lumbar acute or chronic trauma or strain, lumbar muscle strain, ankylosing spondylitis and other diseases Caused by pain in the lower back.

Cause

There are many causes of lumbar pain, about dozens, more common are lumbar bone hyperplasia, bone spur, disc herniation, lumbar hypertrophy, spinal stenosis, lumbar fracture, spinal canal tumor, lumbar acute or chronic trauma or strain, waist Muscle strain, ankylosing spondylitis, etc. In the traditional concept, chronic low back pain after general examination and elimination of disease factors is often regarded as "lumbar muscle strain". In fact, 40% of patients with low back pain suffer from chronic osteofascial compartment syndrome, but because of the lack of symptomatic treatment. Long suffered from low back pain. Many patients have long-term low back pain, and some people even have pain for 50 years and still do not know what disease. The trend of low-grade aging is also obvious. Some people have the disease at the age of 18.

The lower back is the most powerful part of the human body. It provides support for the human body and protects the spine. For those who have been sitting in the office for a long time without lack of exercise, or those who need to stand for a long time, they maintain a position or posture for a long time. It is easy to cause pain in the lower back and cause chronic osteofascial compartment syndrome in the lumbosacral region, and some accumulate disease after repetitive injury. Many patients with chronic low back pain are associated with chronic osteofascial compartment syndrome. The reason may be that the increase of intraosseous pressure in the interfascial compartment leads to the disappearance of the inferior fascial space, decreased muscle blood flow, and loose adipose tissue degeneration. Because of this damage, the patient will have a backache, whether it is walking more, sitting more or lying more, that is, maintaining a posture for a long time is prone to back pain. This is an important clinical feature of chronic osteofascial compartment syndrome.

an examination

Related inspection

X-ray examination of mammography and CT scan of bone and joint MRI

1.x line check.

2. CT examination.

3. MRI examination (nuclear magnetic resonance).

Differential diagnosis

Can be identified with low back pain.

Low back pain is a disease with the main symptom of pain on one side or both sides of the waist.

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