Back Pain - is it all the same?

An often asked question is "How long does it take to recover from back pain?" The answers are not the same for all cases since the pain on the back often has different causes which make different symptoms.

To make it easy to understand, site of pain in general would related to the injuries or damages occured to bones, muscles, nerves, arteries, veins, tendons, ligaments, lymp nodes, internal organs. However, the most common case of back pain usually related to muscles, bones, nerves, spinal cord and internal organs respectively. This is because our human body has a thick layer of back muscles so when your back got injured it often cause damages to muscles and bone as called "musculoskeletal problem" then it could effect the spinal nerve roots if there are a serious physical damages such as a fracture, a translation or dislocation of the vertebral bodies (back bones) that could injures the spinal nerve root and spinal cord. Internal organs is often involved as a cause of back pain when they are alone malfunction or having diseases and injuries. On the other hand, internal organs can also become malfunction or not working properly when vertebral bodies and spinal nerves are injured then it in return would worsen the pain in the back as a secondary cause.

To cope with the pain, you need to have a clearer understanding of musculoskeletal system as well as your internal or visceral organs functioning in relation to how it's reflected to the nerves root or spinal nerves that supplied them. Furthermore, you need to have some knowledge on how to work and do your daily activities properly as we talk about "Good postures could safe your back". There are tons of information on "how to take care of your back?" on the internet but not every surfer could follow the suggestions probably because they don't really understand the nature of pain, sources of pain, progression of the injuries and pain behaviour, etc.

That why we need to learn more about our body and correct your posture to prevent the worsen or chronic back pain.