Understanding Back Pain
While there is back pain that develops as a result of strain or sprain, there is also something called low back degenerative disc disease, which happens when the discs in your spine weaken. This frequently develops as a result of repetitive back injury and can also develop as aresultofage.Withdegenerativediscdisease, thespacebetween the discsbeginstocollapseandbecomeunstableandwillcausebackpain todevelop.Whenyouworkwithaphysical therapist toovercomeback pain as a result of degenerative disc disease, your physical therapist will begin by strengthening core muscle groups, which includes the abdominal wall, and will provide you with advanced manual therapy treatment techniques and stretching techniques to alleviate pain. While some back pain is easy to identify as pain, such as is the case withdegenerativediscdisease, thereareothersituations inwhich the pain may be a bit more complicated to understand. One of the most commonback issuesexperienced in theUnitedStates issciaticapain, and thissortofpain isoftena lotmoredifficult to identify—especially by those who aren’t familiar with the problem. How can you tell the difference between back pain and sciatica pain? Theanswer isthatsciaticapain ischaracterizedbythefollowingfactors: • Constant pain is only present in one side of the buttocks or leg • The pain becomes worse when you are sitting • The leg pain develops more as a burning, tingling or searing sensation, and not as a plain ache • There is a sharp pain that occurs at times, making it sometimes difficult to stand or walk
• The pain is radiating, shooting down the leg and sometimes even into the feet and toes Sciatica pain develops in the nerves that connect the lower back to the legs, and so while the pain itself is generated from the back, a lot of time, the experience of the pain is more largely associated with theupper legs.What’smore,sciaticapaindoesn’talwaysdevelop like pain in the traditionalsense.Sciaticapain insteadcausesabuildupof tingling,numbnessandweakness inthe lowerbackandupper legs,and thepain isn’tconsistenteither.Thesensationwill typically run through the leg inwaves,causingdiscomfortatseeminglyunpredictabletimes. If you are experiencing back pain and you haven’t talked to a medical professional about the concern, then now is the time to take action. Working with a physical therapist can cut your time struggling with back pain literally in half. For more information about overcoming back pain, contact us. Source https://www.spine-health.com/conditions/sciatica/what-you-need-know-about-sciatica
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