This document provides an overview of back pain, including its causes, types, and management. It states that back pain originates from the muscles, joints, nerves and bones near the spine. It can be chronic or acute, and may radiate into the arms, legs and feet. Back pain is the fifth most common reason for doctor visits, with 9 out of 10 adults experiencing it at some point in their lives. The document discusses types of back pain like neck pain, mid-back pain and lower back pain. It lists various causes like certain jobs, injuries, posture, and medical conditions. For management, it recommends initial bed rest, along with treatments like massage, acupuncture, medications, yoga, injections and surgery.

1. BY SRI MADHWA YOGASHRAMA
www.srimadhwayoga.com

2.  ORIGINATES FROM MUSCLES, JOINTS, NERVES
AND BONES NEAR THE SPINE
 MAY BE CHRONIC OR ACUTE. MAY RADIATE INTO
ARMS, LEGS, FEET. MAY BE DULL ACHE OR
PIERCING PAIN.
 IT IS THE HUMANITY’S 5TH MOST COMMON
REASON FOR DOCTORS VISIT. 9/10 ADULTS
EXPERIENCE BACK PAIN SOME POINT OF LIFE
WHICH LAST FOR FEW DAYS TO FEW MONTHS.

3. THE PAIN
 IF THE PAIN DOES NOT
SUBSIDE WITHIN 72 HOURS
CONSULT PHYSICIAN
 THE KIND OF BACK PAIN
THAT FOLLOWS HEAVY
LIFTING OR EXERCISING TOO
HARD IS OFTEN CAUSED BY
MUSCLE STRAIN. SOMETIMES
BACK PAIN CAN BE RELATED
TO A DISC THAT BULGES OR
RUPTURES. IF A BULGING OR
RUPTURED DISC PRESSES ON
THE SCIATIC NERVE, PAIN
MAY RUN FROM THE
BUTTOCK DOWN ONE LEG.
THIS IS CALLED SCIATICA.

4. TYPES AND REASONS
 CLASIFIED INTO NECK PAIN, MID-
BACK PAIN, LBP, AND TAIL BONE
PAIN.
 THE MAIN REASON IS THE TYPE
OF JOB. HEAVY
LIFTING, PULLING, TWISTING
THE SPINE IN AWKWARD
MANNER TO PLAIN SITTING FOR
HOURS AND EVEN SHOULDER
BAGS MAY CAUSE BACK PAIN.
 SUDDEN WEEK END
WORKOUTS, SLOUCHED
POSTURE, HERNIATED
DISC, SPONDILYTIS, SPINAL
STENOSIS, SPODYLOTHESIS ARE
THE CULPRITS.

5. MANAGEMENT OF PAIN
 SIMPLE BED REST MAY CURE. THIS SHOULD NOT
EXTEND MORE THAN 2 DAYS
 MASSAGE, ACCUPUNCTURE, MEDICATIONS, YOGA
THERAPY, INJECTIONS, SURGERY, CHIROPRACTO
R – SPINAL MANIPULATION MAY PROVIDE RELIEF.
 PERMANENT RELIEF WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
CORRECT YOGA THERAPY COMBINED WITH
WEIGHT LOSS.

6. YOGIC RELIEF…

7. AN OVERVIEW OF REASONS