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Lumbar Injury
A lumbar injury is a dreaded event for anyone who has experience with
lower back pain.
The lumbar spine has a bad reputation as an area prone to injury and degenerative conditions, but in reality is a rugged and durable structure. Although the lower back is a highly mobile area of the
spine,
it is built to accommodate frequent flexing and bending and is designed to last a lifetime under normal use.
Types of Lumbar Injury
Lower back injury
can occur for many possible reasons. Trauma, such as
auto accidents,
slips and falls, violence and
sports
injuries are major sources of lumbar damage. Many low back injuries are
work related
and are very common in jobs requiring extended periods of manual labor. Sometimes, a patient can develop a sudden injury from a completely normal and innocent activity, such as bending or lifting. Although some injuries are actual damaging events to the
lumbar spine,
many other perceived injuries simply act as convincing
back pain triggers
used to explain the commencement of psychosomatic symptoms.
Muscular Low Back Injury
The most common type of low back injury is a pulled muscle or ligament. Muscular back ache can be very painful, but is rarely serious. Many cases of
back muscle pain
are brought on by
stress
or muscular tension caused by some unresolved or repressed psycho-emotional issues. It is crucial to understand that the mind plays a key role in the creation and cure of many back pain conditions, in order to differentiate pain which comes from a psychosomatic process from pain due to actual anatomical injury.
Recommendation on a Lumbar Injury
Although it is wise to always get any pain condition checked out by a qualified physician, studies have shown that patients who do not seek any help for low back pain
recover
much faster than patients who seek medical attention. This seemingly illogical study actually makes tremendous sense when you consider both the
nocebo
effect of the medical diagnostic process and the profit driven
back pain industry’s
usual long term treatment regimen. Both of these factors perpetuate the pain in many patients and can make short term acute pain into a long lasting chronic condition. The best advice is to get a medical check up, but also understand the realities of back pain and your spine. Do not get fooled into believing that many coincidental spinal conditions are actually the cause of your pain, since in reality the vast majority of back pain syndromes are the direct result of a psychogenic process. Do not forget that any apparent or perceived injury is often a part of the convincing evidence used by the
psychosomatic back pain
process to provide credibility as a truly physical condition.
Lumbar Injury to Back Pain Home
7/18/08 Revised 8/4/08
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