One of the most common causes of lower back pain is strain in the lumbar spine from over or improper use of the muscles surrounding the spinal bones. Unfortunately, our modern lifestyles often include poor posture while sitting for extended periods of time and decreased physical movement, which results in excess weight, tight muscles, and chronic or acute low back pain.
Disc injuries and sciatica can also cause severe pain, muscle weakness, and numbness in the low back. Oftentimes, the symptoms radiate downward resulting in leg pain or leg weakness. Other causes of chronic back pain could stem from spinal stenosis, abnormal spinal curvatures, and even neurological disorders affecting the spinal cord and nerve roots. Low back pain doesn’t just happen to those who are elderly or severely injured. The condition can be a result of a variety of causes, including: