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What Causes Sudden Back Pain?
hello my mother is experancing sudden back pain. She didnt do anything unusal today. She is able to move the buldge that is in her back. It is worse while she is standing. She did use ice and it relived some of the pain but then the pain moved down. Just wondering what this could be.
Wed, 13 Apr 2016
hi,
thank you for providing the brief history of your mother.
Since the human body progress towards the ageing, the degenerative changes in the body keeps moving. Due to which there might be some pain and aches as well. As mentioned to me you in the history, i feel she is having a lumbar spine degenerative changes due to which the pain is felt. Also, undergoing an MRI of the lumbar spine helps us understand the extent of the soft tissue injury better. Since you have mentioned the pain was initially in the back and now radiating downwards, which stands as a classical symptom of lumbar spine degenerative disc disease for which i advised an MRI can.
With rest, medication and physical therapy the symptoms are reduces and 99% functionality is achieved. Physical therapist may help with Therapeutic ultrasound therapy and TENS therapy to reduce the inflammation and pain. Also, at later stages performing the core stability, spine muscle strengthening, pelvic floor strengthening, lower limb strengthening and body conditioning will help her to avoid such pain in the future.
In my personal experience, achieving the optimum strength in the muscles have helped 100% of my patients with 99% of benefits.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank you for providing the brief history of your mother.
Since the human body progress towards the ageing, the degenerative changes in the body keeps moving. Due to which there might be some pain and aches as well. As mentioned to me you in the history, i feel she is having a lumbar spine degenerative changes due to which the pain is felt. Also, undergoing an MRI of the lumbar spine helps us understand the extent of the soft tissue injury better. Since you have mentioned the pain was initially in the back and now radiating downwards, which stands as a classical symptom of lumbar spine degenerative disc disease for which i advised an MRI can.
With rest, medication and physical therapy the symptoms are reduces and 99% functionality is achieved. Physical therapist may help with Therapeutic ultrasound therapy and TENS therapy to reduce the inflammation and pain. Also, at later stages performing the core stability, spine muscle strengthening, pelvic floor strengthening, lower limb strengthening and body conditioning will help her to avoid such pain in the future.
In my personal experience, achieving the optimum strength in the muscles have helped 100% of my patients with 99% of benefits.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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