Human spine is a precious part of our body. As a living human being, you may or may not have feel the agony of back. But this pain is getting more sufferers each day. For more and more people with back pain, alternative therapies are the way to go.

Chiropractic care, the most accepted non-surgical back therapy, is booming, with 60,000 chiropractors working in America today. Some happy customers visit their chiropractors more often than their hair stylists. Experts generally have the same opinion that the treatment, which involves manipulation of the tissues and joints of the spine, is safe for the lower back. In a evaluation of figures, a health practitioner from the Centre for Health Studies in Seattle, Dr Dan Cherkin, found that chiropractic care provides unassuming benefits equal to those of normal treatments.

Acupuncture is also popular, and even doctors say that if it makes you feel well again, go for it. Acupuncturist pushes tiny needles into patients’ skin and muscles. Acupuncture, which seems to stimulate the release of endorphins, a hormone that give a feel-good sense, has a cumulative effect. Patients describe a lasting euphoria, a nice feels whether you’ve got a lumbar problem or not.

Massage has an increasing quantity of proponents too and research shows it can help squeeze out continual pain; one study even found that patient took less medications throughout the treatment. Steven Smith, a physical therapist: at the Schuldt Performance Centre, uses massage on back-pain sufferers to relax stiff muscles and raise blood flow. It’s not an experience like you in a spa though: “You’ve got to get in there deep to break those spasms,” he says.

Definition:

Back pain is associated to sense of pain and uncomfortable in the back area of the body, usually at the lower back of the body.

Causes:

There are many causes of back pain. 75% of the real causes of back pain cases cannot be identified. While 25% of these cases could be caused by:

• Muscle
  • Muscle strain
  • Muscle torn because of sport injury
  • Muscle fatigue
• Bone
  • Slipped or broken vertebra
  • Broken back bone
  • Bone deformity
  • Bone cancer
• Others
  • Wrong postures
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
  • Enlarging or cancer inside the pelvic cavity
  • Renal calculus disease
  • Psychology
    • Related to stress

Complication

Depending on the cause and root, untreated back pain can give these complications:

• Weakness or paralyze of leg muscles
• Permanent disability
• Undetectable cancer

If the back pain is rooted from internal organs like PID or any internal organ related to women’s health, if untreated can lead to infertility and other complications.

Sign and Symptom

When do you need to see a doctor?

• Feel numb at the area of your back, buttock, thigh and feet.
• Weak or paralyzed muscles of legs.
• Feeling of pain which spread to the legs
• Throbbing pain
• Limiting the movement of your daily activities
• Having these symptoms:
  • Fever
  • Pain in the stomach
  • Pain when urinating or defecating
  • Headache
  • Menstruation related symptoms

Treatment

Normal back pain can be defused through:

• Getting enough rest
• Stretching at the back area
• Physiotherapy
• Using cream medication
• Using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

Treat the real cause of back pain such as (Pelvic inflammatory disease) PID and urinary tract infections (UTI).

Prevention

• Practice the right posture (body position) when sitting, standing and lifting heavy weight.
• Take rest to stretch the back.
• Avoid injury at the back area of the body.
• Do periodic health check, such as Pap’s Smear to detect cervical cancer.
• Maintain the ideal body weight (the weight to height ratio).
• If you already menopause, get enough calcium and other nutritions to prevent osteoporosis.
• Maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Recovery

Recovery involves medicine intake such as NSAIDs, physiotherapy (movement recovery) and occupational therapy.