What Is The Cause of Lower Back Pain?

If you are suffering from lower back pain have you ever wondered, what is the cause of lower back pain? There are many causes of low back hurting such as a pulled muscle, arthritis, joint dysfunction, or disc problems. I will discuss these different causes here in more detail.

The most common cause of lower back pain can are trauma and muscle pulls or muscle imbalance. Most problems do not happen over night, it sometimes develops over months and even years. The constant miss-alignment of the spine continues to enhance more and more stress on pelvis and spine. Unless you have suffered from traumatic event such as a fall or accident, more than likely your pain stems from muscle imbalance or strain.

Some examples of lower back pain trauma good have been a sudden jarring blow do to a fall or car accident where a sudden impact event caused miss-alignment of your spine.

Anytime there is an alignment problem with the spine, eventually you will have some pain, sometimes severe.

Another cause of lower discomfort can also be the chairs we sit in. If you work in an office environment then you might be sitting in a chair that is causing your discomfort. You should be sitting straight up with proper lumbar support. The curvature of your back must conform to the chair you are sitting in or you will eventually suffer discomfort.

Even while driving on long trips you can have back pain do to an improper car seat, which is more common than you might think. It also should have lumbar support as mentioned for office chairs.

Let us take a closer look at muscle strains. A muscle strain is when you either pull or put added stress on a muscle causing abnormal discomfort. Sometimes these strains or knots in our muscles are called trigger points. These trigger points cause pain 75% of the time. This bunching up or knotting of our muscles can be caused by over-working our body, or by an accident, a sports injury, or even lifting wrong.

Sometimes tightness of our muscles can be caused by inactivity or not properly exercising. The same lower back discomfort can also happen here also.

Some of these causes can be manipulated by a chiropractor or may a massage therapist.. The doctor's job is to re-align your spine by using certain techniques such as hot packs, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, and therapeutic exercises.

So now you know the causes of lower back pain, you might ask how do I treat this pain. That is why I developed a website called Pain in My Back dot com. I have several articles there about treatment and solving your issues. For a limited time we are giving away a free book entitled "The 7 Day Back Pain Cure" which will show you why treatments you had in the past did not work, plus everything you need to know about this type of pain, wishing you good health in the future.