Back Pain SymptomsBack pain symptoms can vary greatly depending on the actual underlying cause of the pain. Different causes and conditions may present varying symptoms and varying degrees of intensity. However, it is not uncommon for completely different diagnoses to produce strikingly similar symptomatic expressions in multiple patients. Understanding the nature of your painful symptoms is crucial to helping you achieve an accurate diagnosis.There are often clues in the symptoms which can help the diagnostician firm up the causative theory. It is for this reason that all symptoms should be documented as far as duration, location, severity and effects. It is always important to consult with your doctor regarding any new or changing pain symptoms.
Antalgia Back Spasm Tense Back Muscles Foot Drop Numb Finger Numb Foot Tingling Foot Back Pain Symptoms / PainThe actual pain can be sharp or dull. It may be concentrated in a small or specific area, localized to a region of the back or spread throughout a large area. The pain might be just in the back or may radiate into the neck, face, arms, legs or buttocks. The pain might be described using any of the following adjectives:* sharp
* burning
* stabbing * hot * annoying * incapacitating Combination pain syndromes, such as sciatica, are actually more prevalent than simple back pain which exists by itself. Do not be surprised if your pain moves around, changes or seems to spread from region to region, as this is a very usual phenomenon reported by many patients. Back Pain Symptoms / TinglingPinched nerves often cause a tingling feeling. This is most common in pinched cervical nerves and sciatica. In the case of a pinched cervical nerve root, the patient will often feel tingling in the arms, wrists or hands. Many patients with sciatica and other lower back pain syndromes experience tingling in the buttocks, legs or feet. This tingling sensation can be mild or severe, but is always disturbing to the patient.Back Pain Symptoms / NumbnessNumbness is a very scary symptom associated with many back pain conditions. The feeling might occur in the actual location of the pain, but more commonly radiates into the arms or legs. Numbness in the hands or feet is common in a variety of cervical and lumbar conditions and can be a sign of nerve involvement.Back Pain Symptoms / WeaknessBack muscle weakness is also a relatively common side effect of some back problems. Weakness can strike the back, arms, legs, hands or entire anatomical regions, depending on the location and severity of the underlying condition. Weakness is another frightening side effect of nerve involvement from any number of back pain syndromes.It must be noted that both weakness and numbness come in subjective and objective expressions. Subjective is not nearly as likely to be sourced by a purely structural cause, while objective is not as likely to be ischemic. However, there are obviously exceptions to this general rule. Symptoms of Back Pain / Common BondWhy do so many DIFFERENT back pain conditions all have similar symptoms? It is no coincidence. Many physical back pain conditions have specific and individual symptoms that distinguish them. General pain symptoms seem to blend into many different diagnosed problems and make the real cause of the pain difficult to pinpoint. It is no wonder that with the similar expressions demonstrated by a variety of theorized causative conditions, Misdiagnosis has become a real problem in the dorsopathy sector.One patient might be diagnosed with degenerative disc disease. Another patient is found to have a herniated disc. A third is identified as a victim of osteoarthritis. A fourth patient is diagnosed with facet syndrome. However, they all have nearly IDENTICAL symptoms. This coincidence is explained using the common scapegoat of “some nerve involvement”. It makes little or no sense that so many different diagnoses fit the same clinical profile. It makes no sense that these conditions rarely respond to treatment. It makes no sense that medicine has more treatments now than ever before, yet there is more suffering than ever. It makes no sense that there is a growing
epidemic of back pain
that is spiraling out of control. It makes NO SENSE, unless… Ischemic Symptoms of Back PainA possible cause of many of these misdiagnosed structural conditions could be oxygen deprivation. This process can affect nerve and muscle tissues equally and might be completely impossible to detect through typical diagnostic methods. Some doctors feel that up to 95% of ALL chronic back pain is ischemic in nature. I agree that many cases seem to have a nonstructural cause, contributor or perpetuating mechanism. I think the percentage might be slightly lower, but still a vast majority.The theory of nonanatomically-motivated pain receives more support each year with many medical associations now advising doctors not to implicate spinal abnormalities as symptom inducers without definitive proof, which they add, "rarely exists" in research studies.
Recommendation for Back Pain SymptomsLooking for a cure for your pain? Of course, we all are! You can try the traditional medical approach. It is still the most reliable place to form a clinical picture of the pain. If that approach does not work, you can try the alternate approaches. Alternative medicine is mainstream now and many care practitioners have earned the same prestige and reputation as medical doctors. If you still have pain, you might want to consider other non-structural explanations for your pain. Maybe you HAD a back injury, but it has likely long since healed. Unfortunately, nobody told your brain. You might still have the pain and this is where most Cartesian treatments completely drop the ball.You will most likely be relegated to a frustrating regimen of therapies that might last a lifetime. The idea of trying knowledge therapy makes a lot more sense. Remember, there are no risks with this choice and no costs inherent to the treatment. Back Pain Symptoms to Back Pain 10/19/06 Revised 1/27/12 |
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