Speaking about back pain, it is most often referred to back
pain. It is believed that about 50-80% of adults have back
pain during life. The causes of back pain are mostly sedentary
lifestyle, lack of physical activity, poor body posture, obesity,
some types of training, excessive activity, lifting the
overweight loads, improper performance of some exercises,
etc.
The cause of the pain can also be the degenerative changes
of intervertebral disc or prolapse of disc (disc hernia)
in the the spinal canal with the pressure on the nerve
roots, and this is manifested as lumboischialgia, or
sciatica. The symptoms of back pain include pain, numbness,
inability of movement, radiating pain in the leg.
Treatment consists of taking painkillers and medications for
muscle relaxation, resting for several days, then of
physical therapy, medical gymnastics, medical massage,
and sometimes ends with surgery.