Why does my back muscles hurt when I turn my head?

Have you ever experienced the problem of back pain when turning your head? In fact, this kind of pain is quite common in life, and we cannot ignore it, because if it is caused by some diseases, the harm will be greater. For example, common acute and chronic injuries, or some chronic inflammations, can cause this kind of pain.

(I) Acute and chronic injuries

1. Acute injuries: such as spinal fractures, tears of ligaments, muscles, and joint capsules, acute intervertebral disc herniation, etc.

2. Chronic injuries: such as ligament inflammation, muscle strain, hyperplasia and degeneration of spinal bones and joints, spondylolisthesis, etc.

(II) Inflammatory lesions

Inflammatory lesions are divided into two types: bacterial inflammation and non-bacterial inflammation.

1. Bacterial inflammation: can be divided into purulent and specific infections such as spinal tuberculosis. Purulent infection is common in intervertebral disc infection, epidural abscess, and vertebral osteomyelitis.

2. Non-bacterial inflammation: rheumatic myofibrosarcoma, rheumatoid arthritis, transverse process syndrome of the third lumbar vertebra, ankylosing spondylitis, and intensive osteitis of the energy storage joints.

3. Degenerative changes of the spine

Such as intervertebral disc degeneration, degenerative osteoarthritis of facet joints, secondary spinal stenosis, senile osteoporosis, pseudosynostosis and spinal instability.

(IV) Bone developmental abnormalities

Scoliosis, hemivertebra, nonunion of the vertebrae, kyphosis, lumbar vertebrae or lumbar cuboidization, spina bifida and hooked spinous process, horizontal cuboid bone, unequal length of lower limbs, and flat feet.

5. Poor posture

A big belly caused by long-term desk work or bending over, pregnancy, and obesity.

(VI) Tumor

Bone and soft tissue tumors, bone marrow or nerve tumors, etc.

7. Referred pain caused by visceral diseases

Gynecological pelvic diseases, prostate diseases, etc. can cause lower back pain. Kidney diseases such as calculi, renal ptosis, pyelonephritis and retroperitoneal diseases such as abscesses and hematomas can cause low back pain. Hepatofemoral and heart diseases can cause back pain.

8. Mental Factors

With the progress of society and the acceleration of the pace, such diseases are gradually increasing, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, allergic spondylitis, neurasthenia, plague, and depression.