Causes of Lower Back Pain

Non-specific or Simple Low Back Pain Causes

The latest Clinical Guidelines (see reference list) tell us we should be grouping the causes of lower back pain into one of three categories:

1.Simple or non-specific lower back pain (95%)

2. Nerve root irritation (sciatica)(<5%)

3. Serious back problems (<1%)

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This section is about simple or non-specific lower back problems. Most of my caseload is made up of people who have this type of back trouble and I'm sure they would agree that although this is the most common type of back problem there is nothing very simple about it at all.

	What causes simple lower back pain? This section shows how small things can gradually build up into a problem.
	Simple lower back pain is the most common type. This page contains information about the symptoms of lower back pain and how it starts.
	Read some case studies about how simple lower back problems start.
	What treatment is there to manage this problem?

 

References

Non Specific or Simple Lower Back Pain Guidelines

Lower Back Pain Toolkit Home Page

21-Sep-2012