Lower back pain can occur for a variety of reasons. It can appear after sleep, during menstruation, due to a psychological condition or diseases of the kidneys and other internal organs. Let's take a closer look at why the pain occurs, how to relieve lower back pain, how to distinguish it from kidney problems.
The relationship of pain with psychosomatics
Lower back pain is most often caused by drafts, heavy loads and falls. Some patients do not even realize that psychosomatics can cause pain.
Often, psychosomatics is not even associated with the fact that it can cause pain in the lower back. The person assumes that the low air temperature on the street or a draft led to the fact that he caught a cold and began to have pain in his 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 arises due to stressful situations.
If you experience back pain, you can conclude that a person lacks support or understanding from loved ones. With the help of pain, the back means that it is not able to bear alone the too heavy burden that has been imposed on it.
According to psychotherapists, there are departments in the back that are responsible for a certain psychological niche of a person.
Psychosomatics of the lower back manifests itself as follows:
- If a person wants to please others, but does not achieve his goal, the upper back may begin to hurt. Such a problem should be dealt with by working on oneself, taking into account the opinion and attitude towards oneself only of close people. Don't take everyone to heart.
- If a person lives with memories, their 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 happened once.
- Lower back pain due to family financial instability. Lack of money, debts, incessant quarrels for banknotes cause the back to protest against money. Due to this, psychosomatics provoke the appearance of pain in the lower back.
It is necessary to treat back pain associated with psychosomatics as follows. Live for today. Let go of your fears that you won't have money tomorrow. The spine is the backbone of life. Therefore, if there is severe pain in any area of the back, analyze your life, your thinking, think about what you lack in life.
Pain and menstruation
70% of women suffer from pain during menstruation. These symptoms are considered natural during this time due to a change in hormonal levels. Sometimes the body temperature may even rise.
Why does the pain occur?
Pain in the lower back during menstruation is due to the following factors:
- Great tension in the back, especially in the pelvic region.
- If the genitourinary system is inflamed and swollen.
- There are hormonal changes.
When the uterus tilts back, pressure is put on the nerve endings, causing pain in the lower abdomen, lower back, and sacrum. Pulling pains in the lower back may appear due to underdevelopment of the uterus.
Since the uterus undergoes contractions during menstruation, some women react strongly to this. These symptoms are directly related to the hormonal background of a woman. The older a woman is, the more estrogen she has in her body. For this reason, abundant discharge can be observed during menstruation.
The causes of lower back pain during menstruation can be the following:
- Violation of the level of progesterone.
- Before the period of menstruation, back pain occurs due to a disturbed water balance. When excess fluid is not excreted from the body, the tissues begin to swell.
- Disruptions of 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.
Lower back pain at 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 contraception, can also cause back pain in the lumbar region and sacrum.
What to do?
Painkillers can be taken during very painful periods. After consultation with the doctor, the drugs should be taken during the period of ovulation.
It is important that the gynecologist examines the patient, confirms that the pain in the lower back does not occur due to problems with the female organs.
You can treat pain with active point massage. Such actions will improve the functioning of the endocrine system and hormonal metabolism. How to do a massage, ask a specialist.
morning pain
Sometimes there is pain in the lower back immediately after sleep. Some people encounter it very rarely and attribute it to the fact that they slept in an uncomfortable position. Others often suffer from back pain after sleeping, so they look for the causes of such a problem and think about 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 bending forward, backward or to the side. If left untreated, the disease spreads throughout the spine, down to the lower back.
- Pregnancy. After or during sleep, pain in the back occurs due to the increased weight of the expectant mother, since the baby is actively growing in utero.
After sleep, the lower back can hurt due to the fact that a person sleeps with his legs fully extended, and during the day there is too much stress on the muscles of the lower back. A bad mattress can also cause morning discomfort.
To prevent lower back pain after sleep, it is important to choose the right mattress that will help you relax and rest your back at night.
If after sleep the lower back still began to hurt, go to the doctor and go through all the necessary studies. If the doctor finds back problems, he will prescribe the necessary treatment. If no problems are found, consider changing the mattress or sofa to get up from sleep in a cheerful and healthy person.
Learn to differentiate low back pain from kidney problems
Pulling pains in the lower back can sometimes indicate kidney problems. How to make the correct diagnosis?
Kidney pain is defined as:
- In acute pain with blockage of the urinary tract or increase in the kidney, renal colic is noted. If the pain is very intense, the person may even lose consciousness.
- If the kidneys do not have time to process the incoming fluid, swelling occurs under the eyes, on the legs. Sometimes pressure, temperature rises, itchy skin appears.
- In case of dysfunction of the kidneys, the patient complains of pulling pains in the lumbar region. Sometimes the pain radiates to the buttock.
- If the kidneys are poisoned by alcohol, drugs or other harmful substances, pain in the lumbar region may also occur, extending to the buttock.
If the patient passes the urine tests, an experienced doctor will see changes 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 the treatment of the identified disease. Treatment is carried out with special drugs to relieve pain, swelling, inflammation and other unpleasant symptoms.
Pain when bending over
If you feel pain when bending forward in the lumbar region, consult a doctor, as this phenomenon can occur for various reasons. Most often due to osteochondrosis. The doctor will conduct an examination, make a diagnosis, determine the causes of pain when bending forward, and also prescribe the necessary treatment.
Lower back pain 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 correctly 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 remedies are used to treat pain in the lumbar region:
- Run hot water in the bath. Add the dry mustard (200 grams). After bathing for 15 minutes, rinse off in the shower, dry yourself well, and go to sleep in a warm bed.
- Mix honey with vinegar (one tablespoon each). Put the product on a cabbage leaf and bandage it on 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 wool bag. Apply to affected area overnight. At home, it is possible to warm the lower back if the pain is not related to the kidneys, and also if the body temperature is normal.
Now you know why low back pain occurs, how to treat it at home, as well as in the traditional way.