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Smoking Back Pain
Smoking back pain is one of many side effects of this unhealthy habit. Smokers are 3 times more likely to develop
chronic lower back pain
than non-smokers. Besides back ache, smoking is a known cause and contributor to heart disease,
hypertension,
cancer, stroke, emphysema and birth defects. It is truly time to end this epidemic habit, for the sake of everyone on the planet. If you are looking for back pain relief, then quitting smoking is certainly step one in that process to be sure.
Smoking and Disc Disease
Medical research has shown that the ingredients in cigarettes contribute to accelerated
disc degeneration.
Affected discs will lose height, mass and water content faster than the discs of non-smokers. Smoking also increases the risk of painful
spondylosis
in the lower back region. Smoking may contribute to the incidence of herniated discs and may also make the potential symptoms of these conditions worse in some patients.
Smokers Cough and Back Pain
Coughing
is a contributing cause and a perpetuator of
muscular lumbar back pain.
The constant coughing motion creates soft tissue stress in the lower back and can even lead to muscular
back spasm.
Persistent smoker's cough can actually also contribute to
herniated discs
in the lumbar and cervical regions. Smokers who cough frequently while sitting put a huge strain on the lumbar spine. This strain can put pressure on a weakened intervertebral disc, setting the perfect scenario for a herniation to occur.
Smoking Back Pain from Oxygen Deprivation
Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide and reduces the percentage of oxygen in the blood. Carbon monoxide is a deadly poison, but that does not stop smokers from happily puffing away on these little doses of death. Nicotine has also been proven to reduce blood flow and cellular oxygenation. Smoking alone may be a primary cause of some forms of
oxygen deprivation back pain.
Smoking Back Pain from Hypertension
Smokers suffer from an increased risk of hypertension. Hypertension has also been linked to various forms of back pain including muscular symptoms and spinal arthritis. SMOKING = HYPERTENSIONHYPERTENSION = BACK PAIN Therefore we conclude… SMOKING = BACK PAIN…’nuff said.
Recommendation on Smoking Back Pain
Ok, let’s make this really, really, REALLY SIMPLE…STOP SMOKING. SMOKING KILLS. IT WILL KILL YOU.
IT WILL KILL YOUR LOVED ONES. Smoking in public should be a felony… Conspiracy to commit murder with a deadly weapon. Any doubts about my view on SMOKING?
I didn’t think so.
Smoking Back Pain to Back Pain
7/30/06 Revised 1/28/12
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THIS ARTICLE BY:
Sensei Adam Rostocki
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