10 Reasons People Suffer from Back Pain

Nearly 80% of us will suffer from back pain at some point in our lives. Back pain is also one of the most common reasons for visiting a doctor or medical practitioner.   The onset of pain in the back region for both men and women can be due to a great number of reasons ranging from one specific accident to poor posture over time.

We have put together a list of some of the top reasons why people suffer from back pain in no specific order.

Poor Posture and poor body mechanics will cause lower back pain and over time can lead to more serious problems.

Muscle Imbalances, most aches, pains and injuries people suffer from are caused from muscular imbalances.  When these faulty movements are repeated everyday, the joints, tendons and muscles begin to degenerate.

Lack of Exercise/Stretching, inactivity can cause the muscles to shrink and lose strength.

Injury, most people can suffer from back pain after an injury.  This injury could be a car accident, sports related, bad fall which leaves the spinal cord in shock causing it to ache.

Surgeries, people who undergo surgeries, especially ones that involve correcting spinal conditions can have back pain during the recovery process.

Stress, one of the most serious causes of back pain is stress.  Putting stress and anxiety on your brain can deprive oxygen and blood supply to the back resulting in pain.

Improper Lifting Techniques, not properly bending at the waist in order to pick something heavy up off the ground is a common way younger people suffer from back pain.

Pregnancy, this is one of the most common reasons for back pains with females.  This is usually a short term pain that occurs during the pregnancy period and is centered in the lower back region.

Exercising, this is a necessary activity in maintaining a healthy and strong back.  Also over exercising and lifting of heavy weights can result in back pain.  Proper stretching pre and post workouts can help to eliminate the risk of having back pain.