HOMEOPATHY CARE FOR BACK PAIN

Back pain is very common and often self-limiting, but be alert to sinister causes that is malignancy, infection or inflammatory causes.

Red flags for Sinister causes of back pain: -

People aged less than 20 years or more than 55 years, acute onset in elderly people, constant or progressive pain, nocturnal pain, worse pain on being supine, fever, night sweats, weight loss, history of malignancy, any abdominal mass.

CAUSES: - Age group 15-30 years: - Prolapsed disc, trauma, fractures, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolisthesis.

AGE GROUP 30-50 YEARS: - Degenerative spinal disease, Prolapsed disc, malignancy.

AGE GROUP MORE THAN 50 YEARS: - Degenerative, osteoporotic vertebral collapse, Paget's, malignancy, myeloma, spinal stenosis etc.

Back pain can range from a muscle aching to a shooting, burning or stabbing sensation. Also the pain can radiate down the leg. Bending, twisting, lifting, standing or walking can make it.

CONCLUSION: -

Homoeopathic medicines are well studied for treating pain and alleviating the root causes of back pain. The medicines can help in controlling the causative factors responsible for causing the pain and worsening it. They can restrict further recurrence of the back pain.