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The lower back, also known as the lumbar region is made up of five vertebrae, the sacrum and coccyx, and is found in the lower third of the spine.

When you have back pain everyone becomes an expert. All your friends, family and co-workers will tell you, usually without being asked, what you should do about your back pain. They’ll explain, often at great length, why the pain is there, the causes and the cures. And just as often they are wrong. Back pain [...]

There are many things that can cause a case of back pain. Car accidents, falls, heavy lifting, sudden movements and more can cause pain to occur, and the results can be excruciating. One thing that few people consider when it comes to getting over back pain is the use of proper posture. In this article, [...]

The Thoracic Region

Back pain can be excruciating. It's a problem that many people have throughout their lifetimes, and it is also usually preventable. There are many reasons why one may be afflicted with back pain, but rather often the source of the problem is due to heavy lifting, which may strain a muscle of the back or [...]

The condition of failed back syndrome is not one single factor that causes back pain but potentially a bunch of symptoms that occur after surgery, or sometimes following other types of treatments, all of which have long lasting effects. This may not be what you want to hear after recovering from a surgical procedure, hopefully [...]

There are so many occupations where the job that someone does is the cause of their back pain. This job, that they have they love so much, they are not willing to give up, even if they suffer recurring back problems. This is true of those who choose dancing as a career. The pain they [...]

There are a variety of treatment practices that have had some success but are not as commonly used to deal with back pain. One of these is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, also known as TENS. TENS uses an electrical current of relatively low voltage to relieve pain. This is a battery-powered device, which is not [...]

The practice of osteopathy is known by some as alternative medicine and yet it is not that far removed from the practice of chiropractic medicine. Although each field likes to keep the differences between themselves they both use hands on manipulation to treat what ails their patients. Osteopathy, which began in the Untied States in [...]

What is osteoarthritis? Who will it affect and how does it cause back pain? Osteoarthritis is the most common of the arthritis varieties that affect people. It is more likely to be a problem, as a person grows older. Presently about twenty one million Americans are suffering with it. In the next twenty-five years this [...]