Low back pain in the elderly is a very common thing in life, but due to the degradation of various physical functions, the elderly often have low back pain, which brings great trouble to life. So, in general, what are the causes of low back pain in the elderly?
What are the causes of low back pain in the elderly?
1. Lumbar hyperosteogeny
Some middle-aged and elderly people have a backache or lumbago after getting up, which will be obviously relieved after a little activity, but they will have a backache after continuous work or labor for a period of time, which is usually a sign of lumbar hyperosteogeny. It is usually caused by chronic trauma or overwork.
2. Lumbar muscle strain
Lumbago caused by lumbar muscle strain, people who have been engaged in standing operation for a long time when they are young, because of continuous standing, the stretching ability of lumbar tendons and ligaments is weakened, and excessive lactic acid is accumulated locally, which inhibits the normal metabolism of lumbar muscles and leads to lumbar muscle strain. Long-term load-bearing people are prone to lumbar muscle strain caused by scoliosis because of excessive waist burden.
3. Urinary system infection
Low back pain caused by urinary system infection is called low back pain caused by organic diseases, which is mostly caused by acute and chronic pyelonephritis. Those with severe low back pain can also radiate to perineum along ureter. In addition to urinary tract infection, urinary calculi and tuberculosis can also cause low back pain.