Max
11-21-2005, 05:57 PM
Understand The Symptomshttp://www.50connect.co.uk/articles/images/wk174stayfitLL.jpg
Back pain, one of the most common medical afflictions, can be considered an evolutionary side effect of upright posture.
Walking upright on two feet shifts upper body weight to the lower portion of the spine, where most back pain occurs. As a rheumatologist who has had to sort out thousands of cases of back pain, I have had to come up with practical ways of dividing patient problems into diagnostic categories.
Initially this involves asking a series of quick, probing questions. Although everyone likes to think of himself as unique, recurring themes usually separate back pain into specific groups. For example, if bending down to pick a heavy suitcase causes immediate back pain that persists for a week but causes no other symptoms, it is likely that a muscle strain occurred. However, if this pain shoots down the leg and leads to leg weakness, a ruptured disc impinging on a nerve.
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Back pain, one of the most common medical afflictions, can be considered an evolutionary side effect of upright posture.
Walking upright on two feet shifts upper body weight to the lower portion of the spine, where most back pain occurs. As a rheumatologist who has had to sort out thousands of cases of back pain, I have had to come up with practical ways of dividing patient problems into diagnostic categories.
Initially this involves asking a series of quick, probing questions. Although everyone likes to think of himself as unique, recurring themes usually separate back pain into specific groups. For example, if bending down to pick a heavy suitcase causes immediate back pain that persists for a week but causes no other symptoms, it is likely that a muscle strain occurred. However, if this pain shoots down the leg and leads to leg weakness, a ruptured disc impinging on a nerve.
http://www.50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http%3A//www.50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/health_index.asp%3Fsc%3Dstayfit%26aID%3D9534