Low back pain
Low levels of activity is also associated with low back pain. Workplace ergonomics associated with low back pain include ... American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel) (October 2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint ... American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel) (October 2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint ... The ICD 10 code for low back pain is M54.5. There are a number of ways to classify low back pain with no consensus that any one ...
Musculoskeletal causes of back pain
Harvard Health Low back pain at MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Back Pain at UW Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Low Back Pain ... The Best Treatment for Back Pain". Retrieved 2011-10-20. Back and spine at Curlie Low Back Pain Fact Sheet at National ... which can ease the back pain and reduce the risk of chronic back pain returning. Although, for acute back pain exercises ... which might exacerbate back pain. Sit Up Straight! The way you sit may either cause or help to prevent back pain. Maintain ...
Chronic pain
Spa therapy could potentially improve pain in patients with chronic lower back pain, but more studies are needed to provide ... chronic low back pain, and tennis elbow but there is not enough evidence to support this as method of treatment. Chronic pain ... Chronic neuropathic pain: pain caused by damage to the somatosensory nervous system. Chronic headache and orofacial pain: pain ... low back pain, and osteoporosis. Acupuncture has also been found to be an effective and safe treatment in reducing pain and ...
Referred pain
Local pain in the prostate can radiate referred pain to the abdomen, lower back, and calf muscles. Kidney stones can cause ... but it perceives the pain as coming from somewhere on the body wall, i.e. substernal pain, left arm/hand pain, jaw pain.[ ... Davies CL, Blackwood CM (2004). "The centralization phenomenon: Its role in the assessment and management of low back pain". BC ... Manusov EG (September 2012). "Evaluation and diagnosis of low back pain". Primary Care. 39 (3): 471-9. doi:10.1016/j.pop. ...
Pelvic girdle pain
Previous lower back pain. Previous pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy. Hypermobility, genetical ability to stretch joints ... Pain is usually felt low down over the symphyseal joint, and this area may be extremely tender to the touch. Pain may also be ... Stooped back when standing. Malalignment of pelvic and/or back joints. Struggle to sit or stand. Pain may also radiate down the ... These changes may also be responsible for the musculoskeletal complaints of lower limb pain in pregnant women. During the ...
Myofascial pain syndrome
A systematic review concluded that dry needling for the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome in the lower back appeared to be ... Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS), also known as chronic myofascial pain (CMP), is a syndrome characterized by chronic pain in ... "Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1): CD001351. doi:10.1002/ ... Localized muscle pain Trigger points that activate the pain (MTrPs) Generally speaking, the muscular pain is steady, aching, ...
Pain
... lower back pain. Pain is the main reason for visiting an emergency department in more than 50% of cases, and is present in 30% ... no pain' and 'worst imaginable pain". Cut-offs for pain classification have been recommended as no pain (0-4mm), mild pain (5- ... VAS Pain), Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS Pain), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF- ... Self-esteem, often low in chronic pain patients, also shows improvement once pain has resolved.: 31-32 Pain can be treated ...
Neck pain
"Process evaluation of a participatory ergonomics programme to prevent low back pain and neck pain among workers". ... The head is supported by the lower neck and upper back, and it is these areas that commonly cause neck pain. The top three ... Low-level laser therapy has been shown to reduce pain immediately after treatment in acute neck pain and up to 22 weeks after ... It is less common than low back pain. About one-half of episodes resolve within one year and around 10% become chronic. ...
Pain management
Specifically in chronic low back pain, education about the way the brain processes pain in conjunction with routine ... Studies have shown that kinesiotape could be used on individuals with chronic low back pain to reduce pain. The Center for ... Spa therapy has showed positive effects in reducing pain among patients with chronic low back pain. However, there are limited ... April 2008). Yousefi-Nooraie R (ed.). "Low level laser therapy for nonspecific low-back pain". The Cochrane Database of ...
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
It may also coexist with low back pain, arthritis, and obesity. The primary symptom is hip pain, especially hip pain on the ... Greater trochanteric pain syndrome can remain incorrectly diagnosed for years, because it shares the same pattern of pain with ... The symptoms are pain in the hip region on walking, and tenderness over the upper part of the femur, which may result in the ... This pain may appear when the affected person is walking or lying down on that side.[citation needed] A doctor may begin the ...
Middle back pain
... it does tend to have more serious pathology associated with it than pain in the neck or low back. Symptoms can include pain, ... Middle back pain, also known as thoracic back pain, is back pain that is felt in the region of the thoracic vertebrae, which ... Any pain in this area is considered "middle back pain". The exact symptoms associated with middle back pain will depend upon ... "Chiropractic Treatment for Back Pain Problems". 16 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014. "Thoracic Back Pain". Patient.info ...
List of causes of genital pain
Liddle, Sarah D; Pennick, Victoria; Liddle, Sarah D (2015). "Interventions for preventing and treating low-back and pelvic pain ... Those with pain in the genital and pelvic regions can have dysfunctional voiding or defecation. Pain in this region of the body ... Genital pain and pelvic pain can arise from a variety of conditions, crimes, trauma, medical treatments, physical diseases, ... In some instances the pain is consensual and self-induced. Self-induced pain can be a cause for concern and may require a ...
Hip pain
Sometimes it is closely associated with lower back pain. Causes of pain around the hip joint may be intra-articular, extra- ... pain in the buttock, called posterior or gluteal hip pain, which is the least common type of hip pain, is most often caused by ... Pain in the hip is the experience of pain in the muscles or joints in the hip/ pelvic region, a condition commonly arising from ... pain is usually in both hips simultaneously Malignancy, as cancer in the pelvis or proximal femur may cause pain; usually only ...
Mindfulness-based pain management
"Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: results from a pilot trial". Journal of Holistic Nursing. 23 (3): 287-304 ... Modern pain management draws on these understandings in the biopsychosocial model of pain, which holds that pain is best ... "Quality of life in chronic pain is more associated with beliefs about pain, than with pain intensity" (PDF). European Journal ... Doran NJ (June 2014). "Experiencing Wellness Within Illness: Exploring a Mindfulness-Based Approach to Chronic Back Pain". ...
Intervertebral disc damage and spaceflight
Hicks, GS; Duddleston, DN; Russell, LD; Holman, HE; Shepherd, JM; Brown, CA (2002). "Low Back Pain". The American Journal of ... The pain is considered most painful during early flight and lessens as the flight progresses. Possible causes of back pain in ... "Bipolar permanent magnets for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a pilot study". JAMA. 283 (10): 1322-1325. doi:10.1001/ ... Spinal disc herniation Wing, PC; Tsang, IK; Susak, L; Gagnon, F; Gagnon, R; Potts, JE (April 1991). "Back pain and spinal ...
Diastematomyelia
... low back pain; scoliosis; and incontinence. In adulthood, the signs and symptoms often include progressive sensory and motor ... Occasionally, however, the cleft will extend unusually low and the cord will end with two separate coni medullarae and two fila ... This can lead to additional loss of movement, feeling or the onset of pain or autonomic symptoms. Cervical diastematomyelia can ...
Straight leg raise
Speed C (2004). "Low back pain". BMJ. 328 (7448): 1119-21. doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1119. PMC 406328. PMID 15130982. Devillé WL ... Femoral nerve stretch test Waddell G, McCulloch JA, Kummel E, Venner RM (1980). "Nonorganic physical signs in low-back pain". ... it is used to determine whether a patient with low back pain has an underlying nerve root sensitivity, often located at L5 ( ... Forst described the signs of developing low back pain while straightening the knee when the leg has already been lifted. In ...
John Ebnezar
... (1 April 2012). Low Back Pain. JP Medical Ltd. ISBN 978-93-5025-644-2. John Ebnezar (1 January 2009). Practical ... Low Back Pain and Practical Orthopedics. He received a Best Research Award from SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore for his work ... with yoga for the management of Osteoarthritis of the knees and other chronic Orthopedic problems like lower back pain, neck ... pain, frozen shoulder etc. He was twice listed by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010 and 2012 for the most books ...
Spondylolysis
Unilateral low back pain Pain that radiates into the buttocks or legs Onset of pain can be acute or gradual Pain that can ... Low Back Pain Handbook. 2003:385-404. Cianfoni A, Cerase A, Magarelli N, Bonomo L. Lumbar spondylolysis: a review. Skeletal ... Spondylolysis is a common cause of low back pain in preadolescents and adolescent athletes, as it accounts for about 50% of all ... Iwamoto, J., Takeda, T., Wakano, K. Returning athletes with severe low back pain and spondylolysis to original sporting ...
Oxycodegol
... full mu-opioid receptor agonist for chronic low-back pain". PAIN. 160 (6): 1374-1382. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001517. PMC ... Chronic Low Back Pain". Food and Drug Administration. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Markman, John; Gudin, ... It has had success for back pain as an alternative to traditional opioids, which have potential for abuse. It acts more slowly ... Oxycodegol (also known as loxicodegol and NKTR-181) is an experimental μ-opioid receptor agonist for the treatment of pain. ...
Pain scale
"Using the dallas pain questionnaire to classify individuals with low back pain in a working population". Spine. 27 (16): 1783-9 ... Alder Hey Triage Pain Score Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Indicators (CNPI ... for measuring pain in children Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) for measuring pain in premature infants Schmidt Sting Pain ... 1991 revision 1997 revision Mankoski Pain Scale McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) Multiple Pain Rating Scales Neck Pain and ...
Swayback
"Sway back posture". lower-back-pain-management.com/. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2014. ... soft back, or low back, an excessive downward bend in the back is an undesirable conformation trait. Swayback is caused in part ... It looks like the person has a hyperextension of the lower back, however this is not necessarily the case. Most sway-back ... Equines with too long a back are more prone to the condition than those with a short back, but as a longer back is also linked ...
Electromyography
Spinal nerve injury does not cause neck, mid back pain or low back pain, and for this reason, evidence has not shown EMG or NCS ... "Electrodiagnostics for low back pain". Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clincs of North America. 21 (4): 767-76. doi: ... to be helpful in diagnosing causes of axial lumbar pain, thoracic pain, or cervical spine pain. Needle EMG may aid with the ... The lower conduction velocities enable the slower motor neurons to remain active. A motor unit is defined as one motor neuron ...
Sexual intercourse
Deyo, R. A.; Von Korff, M.; Duhrkoop, D. (2015). "Opioids for low back pain". BMJ. 350: g6380. doi:10.1136/bmj.g6380. ISSN 1756 ... Age of men at sexual initiation in these societies is at lower ages than that of women; this group includes south European and ... Although disability-related pain, including as a result of cancer, and mobility impairment can hamper sexual intercourse, in ... During coitus, the partners orient their hips to allow the penis to move back and forth in the vagina to cause friction, ...
Spinal fusion
Additionally, a 2009 systematic review on surgery for lower back pain found that for nonradicular low back pain with ... in comparison to intensive pain programs for chronic low back pain with degenerative disk disease. There are many types of ... Chapter 39: Lower Back Pain and Disorders of Intervertebral Discs. In: Canale, S. T. and J. H. Beaty. Campbell's Operative ... There is some evidence that it improves functional status and low back pain so some surgeons may recommend it. According to a ...
Nerve conduction study
Spinal nerve injury does not cause neck, mid back pain or low back pain, and for this reason, evidence has not shown EMG or NCS ... "Electrodiagnostics for low back pain". Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 21 (4): 767-76. doi: ... to be helpful in diagnosing causes of axial lumbar pain, thoracic pain, or cervical spine pain. Nerve conduction studies are ... The shocks are associated with a low amount of electric current so they are not dangerous to anyone. Patients with a permanent ...
Henry H. Kessler
... (1955). Low Back Pain in Industry. Henry H. Kessler (1953). Rehabilitation of the Physically Handicapped. ...
Lordosis
"Sway back posture". lower-back-pain-management.com/. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2014. ... Although lumbar hyperlordosis gives an impression of a stronger back, it can lead to moderate to severe lower back pain. The ... occurs when there's less of a curve in the lower back or a flattening of the lower back. This occurs because the vertebrae are ... The most obvious signs of lumbar hyperlordosis are lower back pain in dancing and pedestrian activities as well as having the ...
Pilates
For the treatment of lower back pain, low-quality evidence suggests that while Pilates is better than doing nothing, it is no ... "Effects of Pilates-based exercises on pain and disability in individuals with persistent nonspecific low back pain: a ... There is, however, only limited evidence to support the use of Pilates to alleviate problems such as lower back pain. While ... Yamato TP, Maher CG, Saragiotto BT, Hancock MJ, Ostelo RW, Cabral CM, Menezes Costa LC, Costa LO (2015). "Pilates for low back ...
Spondylolisthesis
"The influence of pain and pain-related fear and disability beliefs on walking velocity in chronic low back pain". International ... Generalized lower-back pain may also be seen, with intermittent shooting pain from the buttocks to the posterior thigh, and/or ... "Determination of spondylolisthesis in low back pain by clinical evaluation". Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation ... "Imaging for Low Back Pain". www.aafp.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07. Chou, Roger; Qaseem, ...