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Muscle Injury
Lower back pain can be caused by a number of things. The majority of low back pain sufferers, however, can attribute it to a muscle strain caused by a single incident. A bad fall, for example, heavy lifting, or an awkward jerky movement may be the culprit of severe, debilitating back pain. While this pain is often incredibly limiting, it is also usually temporary, healing on its own or with the aide of conservative treatment methods.
Herniated Lumbar Disc
Pain in the lower back can also be caused by more structurally damaging situations, such as a herniated disc or degenerative disc disease. A herniated disc in the lumbar spine (the section of the spine in the lower back), is often flagged by pain that spreads beyond the back, into the buttocks and sometimes, accompanied by numbness, down into the feet.
Degenerative Disc Disease
When lower back pain spreads, as described above, but also flares up when running, bending, or during other such movements, it is often affiliated with degenerative disc disease. This is a condition that involves the gradual weakening of spinal discs, which serve as shock absorbers for the spine's vertebrae. Some people who have this disease may never actually feel any pain, while others will suffer great discomfort, worse at some moments than others.
In these latter situations, when damage to the spine is the cause of lower back pain, conservative therapy should usually be explored initially. If treatments such as rest, medication, physical therapy, or open surgery do not work or are not desirable, laser surgery may more effective.
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