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Health Encyclopedia: Back Pain And Sciatica Causes
- Back Pain and Sciatica - Causes
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Causes
In about 85% of back pain cases, the origin of the pain is unknown and even imaging studies usually fail to determine the cause. Disk herniation and disk degeneration due to aging are the most common causes of low back pain. Other problems can also cause this pain, however.
Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease
Over the years, the disk can degenerate and produce low-grade inflammation and irritation. This age-related condition is a major source of chronic low back pain.
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Expert & Community Posts
How to Relieve (and Prevent) Lower Back Pain From Returning
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Health Guide
Back Pain and Sciatica: Surgery
...disks) take place in the lumbar area of the spine. Slipped disks are one of the most common causes of lower back pain. The mainstay of treatment is an initial period of rest with pain and... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Exercise and Physical Therapy
...least not until the pain is gone and muscles are stronger.Patients should avoid exercises that put the lower back under pressure until the back muscles are well toned. Such exercises include leg... Read more »Prostate Cancer Symptoms
...disease). This chronic pain occurs most often in the spine and sometimes flares in the pelvis, the lower back, the hips, or the bones of the upper legs. It may be accompanied by significant weight... Read more »Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Urge Incontinence
...is implanted under the skin in the abdomen.A wire connected to it runs to the sacral nerves in the lower back.The device, a battery-operated generator, produces electrical pulses.The pulses are... Read more »Scoliosis: Introduction
...of the spine. While the normal spine has gentle natural curves that round the shoulders and make the lower back curve inward, scoliosis typically involves a three-dimensional deformity of the... Read more »Images
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