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Lower back pain affects the lumbar region of your spine or back. It can result from many different injuries and conditions. Most often, the cause is an injury to muscles or tendons in your back.

Nearly everyone experience lower back pain at some point in their lives. The pain can range from mild to severe. For most, it’s temporary. But long-lasting (chronic) lower back pain is also common — up to 23% of adults worldwide have chronic lower back pain. In extreme cases, lower back pain can make it difficult or impossible to walk, sleep, work or do everyday activities.

Causes 0f Lumbar Pains

Lower back pain is very common. It often results from a strain (injury) to muscles or tendons in your back. Other causes include arthritis, structural problems and disk injuries. 

What are the symptoms of lower back pain?

Lower back pain can involve a wide spectrum of symptoms. Lower back pain may:

• Come on suddenly or appear gradually.
• Happen after a specific event, like bending over to pick something up. You may hear a “pop” when it happens.
• Have an unknown trigger.
• Feel sharp or dull and achy.
• Come and go or be persistent.
• Radiate down to your buttock or down the back of your leg (sciatica).
• Feel worse in certain positions (like bending over or crouching down) and get better when lying down.
• Stiffness: It may be tough to move or straighten your back. Getting up from a seated position may take a while, and you might feel like you need to walk or stretch to loosen up. You may notice a decreased range of motion.
• Posture problems: Many people with back pain find it hard to stand up straight. You may stand “crooked” or bent, with your torso off to the side rather than aligned with your spine. Your lower back may look flat instead of curved.
• Muscle spasms: After a strain, muscles in your lower back can spasm or contract uncontrollably. Muscle spasms can cause extreme pain and make it difficult or impossible to stand, walk or move.

Many injuries and conditions can cause lower back pain. This kind of pain is so common because your lumbar (low back) vertebrae (bones) do a lot to support your body, including:

• Providing stability for the rest of your spine.
• Serving as a point of attachment for many muscles and ligaments that allow you to walk, run, sit, lift and move your body in all directions.
• Supporting most of your body’s weight.
• Functioning as the center of your body’s balance.

With all these important functions, any issue with the structures in your lower back can lead to pains. 

Specific causes of lower back pain include:

• Strains and sprains: Strains and sprains are the most common causes of back pain. You can injure muscles, tendons or ligaments by lifting something too heavy or not lifting safely. Some people strain their back by sneezing, coughing, twisting or bending over.
• Spinal fractures: The bones in your lumbar spine can break during an accident, like a car crash or a fall. Certain conditions (like osteoporosis) increase your risk of fractures. Spondylolysis is a specific type of stress fracture or crack in spinal bones. It’s common in young athletes.
• Disk problems: Spinal disks have the important job of providing a cushion between your vertebrae. Disks can bulge from their position in your spine and press on a nerve (pinched nerve). They can also tear (herniated disk). With age, disks can get flatter and offer less protection (degenerative disk disease).
• Structural issues: A condition called spinal stenosis happens when your spinal column is too narrow for your spinal cord. Something pinching your spinal cord (like vertebral bone spurs) can cause severe sciatic nerve pain and lower back pain. Lumbar scoliosis can also lead to pain, stiffness and difficulty moving. Another structural issue that can cause low back pain is spondylolisthesis. It happens when a vertebra slips out of place, resting on the bone below it.
• Arthritis: Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis to cause lower back pain. Ankylosing spondylitis, another type of arthritis, causes lower back pain, inflammation and stiffness in your spine.
• Disease: Spine tumors, infections and several types of cancer can cause back pain. Other conditions can cause back pain, too, like kidney stones and an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Chronic inflammatory conditions, like fibromyalgia, can also result in lower back pain.

Other common temporary causes of lower back pain include:

• Menstrual cramps: Some menstruating people experience lower back pain or lower back cramps during their period.
• Pregnancy: Pregnancy can cause lower back pain, especially in the second and third trimesters. This is often due to hormonal changes, increasing weight from your uterus and fetus, and a changing center of gravity.
• Back labor: This is pain and discomfort in your lower back that happens during labor. It often occurs when the fetus is facing your belly instead of your back.