Thursday, September 21, 2006

Back pain( the muscles)

Back Pain (the Muscles)

One of those that play a key role in the back pain muscles are the soft tissues around the spine. It is a large and complex
group that work together to support the body upright, allow the trunk of the body to move and twist or bend in many
directions.

There are actually three back muscles, these are extensors, flexors and obliques.

* Extensors
These are attached to the posterior or back of the spine, they enable standing and lifting of objects. These consist of
large paired muscles in the lower back that assist in supporting up the spine and gluteal muscles.

* Flexors
These are glued to the anterior or front of the spine that comprises of the abdominal muscles. It permits bending forward
and arching the lower back.

* Oblique
These are close to the sides of the spine and help us to rotate and maintain correct posture.


There are certain exercises to remedy back muscle pains and also strengthen and tone the muscles in the back. Unlike the
abdominal muscles which are left usually inactive and unconditioned, the gluteals in the thighs experience more work
because it aids human beings in walking, climbing or running. However, those mentioned muscles weakened with age so there is
a need for calisthenics for it to be stretched over and over.

Physical therapy and workout regimens are certain effective medications to back pain muscles. They concentrate on powering
the extensor, flexor and oblique muscles. It aids in fortifying treatment splints of the spine and even eliminates the need
for an invasive approach or surgical operation.

If ever the other spinal structures or joint facets experience injury or inflammation, the back pain muscles can actually
bring about spasm marking limitations in motions.

When there is a long period of pain there is a tendency to avoid using the muscles as much as possible. Due to this, there is
a disuse atrophy or muscle wasting and subsequent weakening. It can cause more ache because the muscles are less capable of
supporting the spine.

Stress is also a common cause of the back pain muscles. It tightens in a fight or flight reaction that deprives the muscles
of energy required to splint the spinal structures.

7 comments:

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nancymoore3 said...

Back Pain Relief

Pain is something that everybody has in their body and experience that quite often on different occasions due to so many different reasons like work pressure, mental
stress and illness, marital difficulties and personal problems

i was one of them to experience a pain in my back both lower and upper back which was mainly because of my work and it was so bad that it was affecting my mind
and making me feel so stressful, i tried a lot of medications but none worked for me until i was adviced by one of my colleague to take it this way and it did work for me and it took me so easy and today i am so different than before.

KrishaLiva said...

I agree with you there, Stress is also a common cause of the back pain muscles. It tightens in a fight or flight reaction that deprives the muscles
of energy required to splint the spinal structures. My doctor also said that. So I keep my self relax and not to stress.

-pia-

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