While there are many possible causes of low back pain, most are due to general muscle strains or a specific condition such as degenerative disc disease. The severity of symptoms is often unrelated to the extent of physical damage; a simple muscle strain may cause great pain and reduced mobility while a herniated disc may be painless.
While there are many causes of low back pain, most cases of low back pain can typically be linked to either a general cause - such as muscle strain - or a specific and diagnosable condition, such as degenerative disc disease or a lumbar herniated disc.
Most patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease will experience only low-grade continuous but tolerable pain that will occasionally intensify. For others, however, lumbar ...
Radicular pain is often referred to as radiculopathy, and in lay terms is often described as sciatica. This type of pain is often deep and steady, and can usually be reproduce...