How to Eliminate Back Pain - Information on Back Pain and Sciatica

How to Eliminate Back Pain - Information on Back Pain and Sciatica
There are many causes for back pain. The most common is muscular strain caused by overuse of the back muscles. Use this information to cure your back pain.

Musculoskeletal disorders in physically active conscripts: a one-year follow-up study in the Finnish Defence Forces

Musculoskeletal disorders in physically active conscripts: a one-year follow-up study in the Finnish Defence Forces
Conclusions: Preventive measures during military service should be targeted at decreasing low back pain and lower limb overuse injuries, because these inflict the largest burden of MSDs and tend to have a chronic nature. (Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)

Kinesiophobia among physiological overusers with musculoskeletal pain.

Kinesiophobia among physiological overusers with musculoskeletal pain.

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Kinesiophobia among physiological overusers with musculoskeletal pain.

Eur J Pain. 2008 Sep 23;

Authors: Lundberg M, Styf J

BACKGROUND: Kinesiophobia has been established as an important factor among patients with musculoskeletal pain. Most research has been performed among patient groups described in terms of disuse. Little, however, is known about the impact of affective factors among patients with overuse injuries caused by exercise. AIM: The aims were to investigate the occurrence of kinesiophobia among patients with exercise induced pain (overuse group) as compared to a reference group (chronic low back pain, CLBP), and to investigate kinesiophobia in relation to the type of pain and levels of exercise in the overuse group. METHODS: All patients were referred with unspecific pain to the orthopaedic clinic in order to make a specific diagnosis. The overuse group consisted of 146 patients with exercise induced leg pain, and the reference group consisted of 154 patients with CLBP. All patients completed questionnaires regarding age, pain duration, severity of pain and subjective rating of kinesiophobia (TSK). The overuse group was subgrouped verified by an exercise test and diagnostic criteria and completed questionnaires about the level of exercise. RESULTS: More than 60% of the overusers presented with kinesiophobia, but they did not differ as compared to the reference group. No difference in kinesiophobia was found in the overuse subgroups divided after type of pain. The highest level of kinesiophobia was found among the non-exercisers. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study point out the need for further elaborating on the concepts of use, overuse and disuse in relation to the fear-avoidance model.

PMID: 18818113 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

(Source: European Journal of Pain)

Back Pain and Tendonitis Part 1

Back Pain and Tendonitis Part 1
Tendonitis is most commonly caused by overuse or an injury to a particular tendon, such as a sports injury or repetitive strain injury (RSI). Tendonitis usually occurs at the thumb, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, heal and wrist, but can occur anywhere there is a tendon. Tendonitis is difficult to diagnose as it shares many symptoms with Bursitis and Arthritis and other more localized conditions such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome at the wrist.