Why does the back hurt? Four major diseases cannot be ignored

More and more people are experiencing back pain. Studies have found that cervical spondylosis, neck sprain, stiff neck, rheumatism, and periarthritis of the shoulder are all very likely to cause this disease. Under this condition, you must maintain a good sitting posture and do more waist health exercises.

1. Common causes

1. Back pain caused by cervical spondylosis

How can cervical spondylosis cause back pain when it occurs in the cervical spine? Little do people know that the posterior branches of the spinal nerves of the fourth, fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae extend to the back and control the skin and muscles of the upper back.

When degenerative changes occur in the cervical spine, if the posterior branches of the spinal nerves of the fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebrae are pulled, back pain will occur.

In fact, neck and back pain, upper limb weakness, numbness of fingers, dizziness, nausea, and even blurred vision and difficulty swallowing are all symptoms of cervical spondylosis.

2. Back pain caused by neck sprain and stiff neck

Due to improper neck movement or bad sleeping position, local muscles are sprained and the pain involves the back muscles. The medical history is short, and the tenderness point is fixed and located at the injured muscle.

It is more common in the upper inner part of the scapula and is accompanied by muscle spasm. You can feel the tender cord-like spasmodic muscle bundles, and the movement of the neck and back is obviously limited.

3. Back pain caused by rheumatism

Rheumatism is mostly an autoimmune disease with a hidden and slow onset and a long course. It invades the joints, bones, muscles, blood vessels and related soft tissues, and can cause a certain degree of back pain. The back pain will be aggravated in cool, windy and damp weather.

4. Back pain caused by frozen shoulder

Frozen shoulder can cause shoulder joint pain. As the disease progresses, the pain range will continue to increase, and some patients will experience back pain.

2. What to do if your back hurts

Prevention is better than cure. The key to preventing back pain is to maintain your posture. From the perspective of physical therapy, the following preventive methods are proposed for your reference.

First, learn good posture

It is necessary to apply basic human biomechanics principles at all times in various movements, including in daily life, to keep the waist in a normal curvature, and use a waist back pad to help support the waist and reduce the burden on the waist.

Second, waist health exercise

1. Relaxation Exercise

Whole body relaxation exercise: Lie on your back, start from your toes and gradually relax upwards to all your joints.

Back muscle relaxation exercise → Lie prone and support yourself with your elbows.

2. Flat back exercise

Lie on your back with your knees bent, squeeze your hips, contract your abdomen, flatten your waist and keep it close to the floor;

The main purpose is to allow the lumbar spine to move freely.

3. Strengthening exercises

Unilateral knee hug exercise → Lie on your back, squeeze your hips, contract your abdomen, and hug one knee close to your chest with both hands.

Unilateral straight knee raise exercise → Lie on your back with your knees bent, squeeze your buttocks, and contract your abdomen to raise your straight leg. Raise it only as high as possible, but without feeling uncomfortable.