Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain, or lumbago, is one of the main causes of chronic pain, functional limitation, and reduced quality of life among adults. It is a complex, multifactorial condition that can significantly affect mobility, work activity, sleep, and the patient’s daily functioning.
The lumbar spine supports a large proportion of the body’s biomechanical load and plays an active role in the mobility and stability of the trunk. It consists of intervertebral discs, facet joints, vertebral bodies, ligaments, stabilising muscles, and nerve structures that may be affected by degenerative, inflammatory, mechanical, or neuropathic processes.
Lower back pain may be acute or chronic and may present as localised pain in the lumbar region, pain radiating towards the buttocks or lower limbs, stiffness, functional limitation, or associated neurological symptoms.
What Are the Most Common Causes of Lower Back Pain?
Lower back pain may have multiple causes, and in many cases, different pain mechanisms may coexist.
The most common causes include:
- Lumbar degenerative disc disease
- Lumbar disc herniation
- Lumbar discogenic pain
- Lumbar facet syndrome
- Lumbar spinal canal stenosis
- Lumbar foraminal stenosis
- Spinal instability and spondylolisthesis
- Vertebrogenic pain
- Lumbar myofascial pain syndrome
- Lumbar radiculopathy and sciatica
- Spinal osteoarthritis
- Osteoporotic vertebral fractures
- Sacroiliac joint disorders
- Failed back surgery syndrome
Accurately identifying the structure responsible for the pain is essential to establish an effective, personalised treatment plan.
What Are the Most Common Symptoms?
Symptoms may vary considerably depending on the cause and severity of the lumbar condition.
The most common symptoms include:
- Persistent or recurrent lower back pain
- Stiffness and functional limitation
- Pain radiating towards the buttocks or legs
- Sciatica or radicular pain
- Tingling or sensory disturbances
- Muscle weakness
- Difficulty walking or remaining seated
- Pain that worsens with certain postures or physical exertion
- Lumbar muscle contracture
In more advanced cases, neurological symptoms may appear and require urgent specialist assessment.
Advanced Diagnosis and Precision Medicine
At VERTEBRA SpinePain & Regenerative SURGERY CENTERS, we provide a comprehensive and highly specialised diagnostic approach to lower back pain, based on appropriate clinical, biomechanical, and radiological correlation.
Our aim is to accurately identify the source of the pain and design an individualised treatment plan adapted to the specific characteristics of each patient.
Advanced Treatment of Lower Back Pain
The treatment of lower back pain must be individualised according to its cause, duration, degree of degeneration, and the patient’s functional status.
At VERTEBRA SpinePain & Regenerative SURGERY CENTERS, we follow a multidisciplinary and highly specialised approach that combines conservative, interventional, regenerative, and minimally invasive surgical treatments.
The available treatment options include:
- Specialised pharmacological treatment
- Advanced physiotherapy and functional rehabilitation
- Postural re-education and lumbopelvic stabilisation
- Ultrasound-guided and radiology-guided injection treatments
- Facet joint and sacroiliac radiofrequency treatment
- Neuromodulation and advanced pain-management techniques
- Minimally invasive intradiscal treatments
- Discolysis
- Regenerative medicine and advanced cell therapies
- Basivertebral nerve ablation
- Spinal endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery
- Advanced spinal stabilisation techniques
Our aim is to relieve pain, restore function, and improve the patient’s quality of life through precise, personalised treatments based on the most advanced spinal intervention and minimally invasive surgical techniques.
At VERTEBRA SpinePain & Regenerative SURGERY CENTERS, we have extensive experience in the diagnosis and specialised interventional treatment of degenerative lumbar disorders, spinal intervention, and regenerative medicine. We provide a comprehensive, highly precise approach to the treatment of complex lower back pain.
Clínica VERTEBRA has pioneered the implementation and development of minimally invasive spinal techniques, which have achieved international recognition and widespread adoption.
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