Low
back pain is a leading cause of disability. It is one of the most common
health problems and creates a substantial personal, community, and financial
burden globally. It
occurs in similar proportions in all cultures, interferes with quality of life
and work performance, and is the most common reason for medical consultations.One can classify back pain in many ways depending up on duration and origin.
Back pain is highly associated with disability and it often places a heavy burden on the medical system. Back pain is a leading cause of disability in USA rendering 1.1 million people disabled .Back pain affects 80% of the population at some time, in some form or the other during the course of their life and is one of the most frequent reasons both for consulting a primary care physician and for being absent from work. In India the study concludes that the Low Back Pain is the major Work Related musculoskeletal Disorder among the IT Professionals studied. In another study the profession of driving was found to be associated with low back pain.
One can classify low back pain depending upon duration and origin. If we consider duration low back pain classified as acute low pain back, subacute low back pain and chronic low back pain. depending upon origin low back pain can be classified as mechanical low back pain and neurological low back pain. in this article we will focus on mechanical low back pain
Causes : The low back pain could be due to various reasons such as trauma, bad posture, abrupt or unwarranted movements, overloading, tumor, osteoporosis etc. The risk factors associated with the development of this pain are heavy manual labor, repetitive lifting, and twisting, postural stress,monotonous work, poor physical fitness, poor inadequate trunk strength, and other psychosomatic factors.
Physiotherapy treatment for back pain comprises electrotherapy and specific exercises to strengthen week back muscles
Electrotherapy : electrotherapy for back pain consists of wide range of modalities like Short wave diathermy (SWD) , Hot Packs. these modalities are basically heating modalities which uses various ways to produce heat. heat has healing effect on body causing pain relief.
Exercises for Back Pain
(Proper consultation and assessment by physiotherapist has to be done before performing exercise)
Back pain is highly associated with disability and it often places a heavy burden on the medical system. Back pain is a leading cause of disability in USA rendering 1.1 million people disabled .Back pain affects 80% of the population at some time, in some form or the other during the course of their life and is one of the most frequent reasons both for consulting a primary care physician and for being absent from work. In India the study concludes that the Low Back Pain is the major Work Related musculoskeletal Disorder among the IT Professionals studied. In another study the profession of driving was found to be associated with low back pain.
One can classify low back pain depending upon duration and origin. If we consider duration low back pain classified as acute low pain back, subacute low back pain and chronic low back pain. depending upon origin low back pain can be classified as mechanical low back pain and neurological low back pain. in this article we will focus on mechanical low back pain
Causes : The low back pain could be due to various reasons such as trauma, bad posture, abrupt or unwarranted movements, overloading, tumor, osteoporosis etc. The risk factors associated with the development of this pain are heavy manual labor, repetitive lifting, and twisting, postural stress,monotonous work, poor physical fitness, poor inadequate trunk strength, and other psychosomatic factors.
Physiotherapy treatment for back pain comprises electrotherapy and specific exercises to strengthen week back muscles
Electrotherapy : electrotherapy for back pain consists of wide range of modalities like Short wave diathermy (SWD) , Hot Packs. these modalities are basically heating modalities which uses various ways to produce heat. heat has healing effect on body causing pain relief.
Exercises for Back Pain
