Low back pain can occur for a variety of reasons. It can appear after sleep, during menstruation, due to psychological conditions or diseases of the kidneys and other internal organs. Let’s take a closer look at why pain occurs, how to relieve lower back pain, how to differentiate it from kidney problems.
The relationship of pain to psychosomatics
Low back pain is most often caused by drafts, weight lifting, and falls. Some patients are unaware that psychosomatics can trigger pain.
Often, psychosomatic is not associated with the fact that it can cause pain in the lower back. The person assumes that the low air temperature in the street or drafts led to the fact that he had a cold and began to ache in the lower back.
In people under 30 there is a close relationship between the two concepts: psychosomatic - pain.
Lumbar psychosomatics often say that discomfort in this part of the body appears due to a stressful situation.
If you feel back pain, you may conclude that the person lacks support or understanding from a loved one. With the help of the pain, the back would like to say that it is unable to bear on its own the overly heavy load borne.
According to psychotherapists, there is a department behind it that is responsible for a person’s particular psychological niche.
Psychosomatics of the lower back manifests itself as follows:
- If a person wants to please others, but he fails to achieve his goal, the upper back may start to ache. It is necessary to treat such problems by working on yourself, taking into account the opinions and attitudes towards yourself only close people. Don't take everyone's heart.
- If a person lives with memories, his middle back hurts. For example, after a divorce, a woman or a man cannot forget their soul mate, they think about the past, about everything that ever happened.
- Back pain due to family financial instability. Lack of money, debt, constant quarrels about banknotes caused the back to protest money. Because of this, psychosomatics give rise to the appearance of pain in the lower back.
It is necessary to treat psychosomatic -related back pain as follows. Live for today. Let go of your fear that you won’t have money tomorrow. The spine is the backbone of life. So if there is severe pain in any part of the back, analyze your life, your thoughts, think about what you are missing in life.
Pain and menstruation
70 percent of women experience pain during menstruation. Such symptoms are considered natural during this period due to changes in hormone levels. Sometimes the body temperature may rise.
Why does pain occur?
Pain in the lower back during menstruation occurs due to the following factors:
- Great tension in the back, especially in the pelvic area.
- If the genitourinary system is inflamed and swollen.
- There are hormonal changes.
When the uterus is tilted backwards, pressure is applied to the nerve endings, which causes pain in the lower abdomen, lower back and sacrum. Drawing pain in the lower back may appear due to an underdeveloped uterus.
Because the uterus experiences contractions during menstruation, some women react strongly to this. Such symptoms are directly related to a woman's hormonal background. The older a woman is, the more estrogen in her body. Because of this, heavy discharge can be observed during menstruation.
The causes of low back pain during menstruation can be as follows:
- Violation of progesterone levels.
- Before menstruation, back pain occurs due to disturbed water balance. When excess fluid is not removed from the body, the tissues begin to swell.
- Disorders in the endocrine system. It is necessary to consult a doctor if, in addition to lower back pain, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, sleep disturbances, increased body temperature.
Pain in the lower back during the onset of menstruation can also indicate a urinary tract infection, the development of endometriosis, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, menstrual irregularities. Intrauterine devices, as well as other types of contraceptives, can also cause back pain in the lumbar and sacral regions.
What to do?
Painkillers can be taken for a very painful period. After consulting a doctor, medications should be taken during the ovulation period.
It is important that the gynecologist examines the patient, confirming that the pain in the lower back does not occur because of problems with female organs.
You can treat pain with the help of active point massage. Such action will improve the function of the endocrine system and hormone metabolism. How to do a massage, ask an expert.
morning sickness
Sometimes there is pain in the lower back immediately after sleep. Some people very rarely find it and associate it with the fact that they sleep in an uncomfortable position. Others often experience back pain after sleep, so they look for the cause of the problem and figure out what treatment to take.
Causes of back pain after sleep:
- Osteochondrosis of the thoracic or cervical spine. In addition to back pain, a person complains of increased fatigue, increased pain when leaning forward, backward or sideways. If left untreated, the disease spreads to the entire spine, to the lumbar.
- Pregnancy. After or during sleep, pain in the back occurs as a result of the increase in weight of the pregnant mother, because the baby is actively developing in the womb.
After sleep, the lower back can ache due to the fact that a person sleeps with the legs fully extended, and during the day, too much pressure on the muscles of the lower back. The wrong mattress can also cause morning discomfort.
To avoid pain in the lower back after sleep, it is important to choose the right mattress that will help you relax and unwind at night.
If after sleep the lower back still starts to hurt, go to the doctor and go through all the necessary studies. If the doctor finds a back problem, he or she will prescribe the necessary treatment. If no problems are found, consider changing a mattress or sofa to wake up after sleep in a cheerful and healthy state.
Learn to distinguish back pain from kidney problems
Drawing pain in the lower back can sometimes indicate a problem with the kidneys. How to make a correct diagnosis?
Pain in the kidneys is defined as follows:
- In acute pain with urinary tract obstruction or increased renal function, renal colic is observed. If the pain is very severe, the person may lose consciousness.
- If the kidneys do not have time to process the incoming fluid, swelling occurs under the eyes, on the legs. Sometimes the pressure, the temperature rises, itching on the skin appears.
- In case of kidney damage, the patient complains of excruciating pain in the lumbar region. Sometimes the pain spreads to the back.
- If the kidneys are poisoned by alcohol, drugs or other harmful substances, pain in the lumbar region may also occur, extending to the buttocks.
If a patient passes a urine test, an experienced doctor will notice a change in the urine, in its quantity. To diagnose pain in the kidneys and lower back, you need to do an ultrasound.
Based on the study, the doctor will determine the cause of the pain and prescribe treatment for the identified disease. Treatment is carried out with special medications to relieve pain, swelling, inflammation and other unpleasant symptoms.
Pain when bending
If you feel pain when bending forward in the lumbar region, go to the doctor, as this phenomenon can occur for various reasons. Often caused by osteochondrosis. The doctor will perform an examination, make a diagnosis, determine the cause of the pain when bending forward, and even prescribe the necessary treatment.
Pain in the lower back when bending forward is treated with manual therapy. Treatment is carried out with the help of physiotherapy exercises, acupuncture. It is important to learn how to maintain your posture properly for the treatment to be successful.
Pain therapy
Treatment of pain in the lower back is carried out by traditional methods (tablets, ointments, injections, patches), physiotherapy, as well as physiotherapy, massage, mud.
In addition to the main treatment, therapy is carried out at home using folk methods. At home, the following medications are used to treat pain in the lumbar region:
- Run hot water into the bathtub. Add dry mustard (200 grams). After bathing for 15 minutes, rinse under the shower, dry yourself well and sleep in a warm bed.
- Mix honey with vinegar (one tablespoon each). Place the product on cabbage leaves and wrap to the affected area. Fix with a warm scarf, keep the compress for an hour.
- Heat four cups of sand in the oven. Pour it into a fur bag. Apply on the affected area overnight. At home, it is possible to warm the lower back if the pain is not associated with the kidneys, and also if the body temperature is normal.
Now you know why back pain occurs, how to treat it at home, and even in the traditional way.