A DETAILED VIDEO LECTURE EXPLAINING WHAT CAUSES BACK PAIN TESTS FOR BACK PAIN AND TREATMENT

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The second most common reason for someone to go to the doctor is back pain. Two out of three Americans will have back pain at some time. The most common cause of back pain is muscle strain. Here is a video lecture about low back pain and the conservative management of low back pain. You will learn a lot from this comprehensive (if somewhat slow moving) discussion of low back pain by a professor at Stanford. If you pay attention you will get a very detailed view of what are the causes of low back pain, tests for low back pain and how back pain can be treated. Some common causes of low back pain include muscle strain,herniated disc, spinal stenosis which a narrowing of the spinal canal and osteoarthritis which is growth of new bone.




Back pain is a symptom of a medical condition, not a diagnosis itself. Although the causes of back pain are usually physical, it is important to know that emotional stress can play a role in how severe back pain is and how long it lasts. Stress can affect the body in many ways, including causing back muscles to become tense and painful.



It could actually be dangerous to not see a doctor for back pain. For example, in some cases back pain may have nothing to do with a "pulled muscle" or a "slipped disc" and could actually be caused by a tumor or other serious condition. Even though the natural history of back pain is favorable, it is important not to miss red flags for potentially very dangerous problems. One of the goals of the clinical examination of back pain is "to identify patients who require immediate surgical evaluation and those whose symptoms suggest a more serious underlying condition such as malignancy or infection".



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