At some point in your life, you may have experienced a back pain that interrupted you from carrying out your day-to-day activities. Depending on the site of pain, back pain is classified into upper back pain and lower back pain.
Lower back pain is the most common form of back pain that every human being will be affected for at least once in their lifetime. A report shows that nearly 80% of world’s total population will suffer from this general musculoskeletal disorder.
Be it either a lower back pain or upper back pain, few common symptoms that shows you are suffering from the back pain include sudden weight loss, numbness in anus and buttocks and persistent back pain.
While bad posture and improper exercise form the main reasons of back pain, but few other structural problems that result in back pain include ruptured disks, sleep disorders, bad quality mattresses, over strained muscles and driving for long time without any break.
Few important tips to prevent back pain:
- Buy a mattress with medium firmness, wear shoes of low heels.
- Maintain a healthy and balanced diet to control your weight.
- Perform various back pain healing exercises like ankle pump, heel slides, wall squats and hamstring stretches at regular times.
