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Is Back Pain A Symptom Of Pregnancy

Health Encyclopedia: Back Pain And Sciatica Risk Factors

Risk Factors


In most known cases, pain begins with an injury, after lifting a heavy object, or after making an abrupt movement. Not all people experience back pain after such events, however. A number of conditions may make people more or less susceptible to low back pain. In 85% of back pain cases, the causes are unknown.

Aging Process

Intervertebral disks begin deteriorating and growing thinner by age 30. One-third of adults over 20 show evidence of herniated disks (although only 3% of these disk...

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Expert & Community Posts

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How to Relieve (and Prevent) Lower Back Pain From Returning
By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

If I had an episode of lower back pain, am I always going to be more likely to have lower back pain... Read more »

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Best Book of the Summer
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert

...and your own severest critic? In his book Mind Over Back Pain, Dr. John Sarno describes these... Read more »

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First Aid for Back Pain
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

Many would argue that back pain is inevitable and for some it becomes a sudden reality. Bending... Read more »

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New Guidelines for Low Back Pain Treatment
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...providers regarding the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain.   In addition, the Society... Read more »

Health Guide

Spondyloarthritis Symptoms and Causes
...ankylosing spondylitis and male gender. Symptoms of SpondyloarthrisThe disease starts with hip or low back pain that comes and goes and is worse at night, in the morning, or after inactivity.Back... Read more »
Sciatica: What is it?
“Sciatica” is an old world term that refers to leg pain felt down the back of the thigh into the calf and foot. What about thigh pain? What about buttock pain? Unfortunately, “sciatica” has... Read more »
How to Use This Site
...frightening and isolating. However, you're not alone; various forms of chronic pain—fibromyalgia, back pain and sciatica, chronic fatigue syndrome, TMJ—affect millions of Americans.... Read more »
Topamax: topiramate
...or are bothersome: More common: breast pain in women nausea tremors Less common: o        back pain o        chest pain o        hair loss or change in hair texture ... Read more »
Spine Anatomy 101
I never much cared for anatomy class. Dead bodies, the cold, and the smell were just not the way I liked to spend an afternoon. Every first year medical student spends hours in the anatomy room... Read more »

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