Open AccessLOW BACK PAIN
Author(s) -
Andaru Cahya S,
Widodo Mardi Santoso,
Machlusil Husna,
Badrul Munir,
Shahdevi Nandar Kurniawan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain, headache and vertigo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2723-3979
pISSN - 2723-3960
DOI - 10.21776/ub.jphv.2021.002.01.4
Subject(s) - medicine , low back pain , back pain , physical therapy , radicular pain , lumbosacral joint , population , neuropathic pain , modalities , referred pain , alternative medicine , surgery , anesthesia , lumbar , social science , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Low back pain is the most common symptom found in the primary health care and is the number one cause of disability throughout worldwide. It is estimated that around 60 – 80% the world population will experience back pain during their lifespan. There are three different source of pain in the spine: axial-lumbosacral, radicular and reffered pain. All of these source brings different clinical presentations. Low back pain could be classified as acute, subacute and chronic low back pain. The pain could be nociceptive or neuropathic, the most common symptoms reported are “pressure pain” and “pain attack”. The physician should be aware of “red flags” symptoms that lead into more serious condition beside back pain and, therefore the patient has to be investigated to further examination whenever these symptoms present. The management of low back pain consist of severe modalities, both therapeutic and rehabilitative procedure. Oftentimes, the management needed multidisciplinary approach. It is important to general practitioners to identify and treat low back pain appropriately to reduce the burden of the disease and to prevent the disabilties caused by this condition.