Backache is commonly found in people of various ages, starting from elderly people to middle age persons including those driving long-distances and laborers who regularly take anodyne to relieve pain. Backache can also occur in white-collars because they have to be seated in limited spaces for many hours.

It is possible that men have encountered backache since primitive time when our ancestors (anthropoid ape) evolved from walking with four legs to two legs. This new posture changes the position of our back from horizontal to vertical causing our back to receive more weight than four-legged animals. Weights of head and things we carry will pressure on the backbone making the muscles around our bones to work harder.

Bending forwards and backwards causes the squash of vertebrae especially when lifting heavy stuff. In case we bend down to lift up a heavy box, our back muscles, starting from our neck to basin bone, will be strained. Strained muscles around these areas will compress the vertebrae to move in a way that they crush each other causing the area around the bones and muscles to swollen. And this is how we have backache.

Back pain usually results from the inflammatory of syndesmosis and backbone periostitis which are caused by the following factors:

The main cause of backache is related to the way we move our body in daily activities. Bend down to lift up heavy things or turn aside to do something or sit on a chair without adjusting your back to the form of the chair back can all cause faulty backbone posture. Doing the above things cause our back to excessively bend forward or backward. If the spine and muscles are in wrong posture all day long, cartilage and intervertebral disc will be inflamed. Lifting heavy objects will worsen the inflammation and in severe cases the muscles, ligaments and tendons in the nearby area will also be inflamed.

Sleeping is another reason for back pain since sleeping on mattresses that are too soft causes the spine and muscles to bend in faulty position for a long time.

Some objects need to be carried by two people. However, if anybody carries these objects alone, he/she may later find out that he/she has back pain. Carry too heavy objects cause the vertebrae to severely squeeze each other causing the intervertebral disc to be inflamed. In some worst cases, the intervertebral disc may move aside and press down on the nerves. Besides that muscles and ligaments around this area may be torn and the person may have stiff back.

Sometimes a person may quickly move their body unintentionally. In this case the back muscles are moved, even though, some parts of the muscles are not in the right position such as sitting for a long time and suddenly turning aside to reach for something. In this situation, some parts of the muscles will be immediately and severely compressed to suit the changing posture which can lead to muscles laceration or inflammation.

Backache also occurs in people who have bending spine since when they were born or when they were kids. For pregnant women, they usually have back pain because they have to carry weights of the babies which can lead to faulty spine posture as well.

Pressure on the nerves occurs when the intervertebral disc bulges out to the side and presses on the nerves located aside of the spine. This condition happens when we carry too heavy objects and the pain sometimes travels down to one leg. When ones bend down, turn, cough, and sneeze, the pain will also increase. If any of you are facing this symptom, you should consult doctors immediately. Do not wait until the condition is worsen.

1. Take a rest and avoid activities requiring heavy objects carrying or bending up and down.

2. Adjust your daily postures into correct postures

3. Exercise to strengthen muscles

4. Take two tablets of paracetamol or aspirin to relieve pain and drink a lot of water

Lie face up on a hard floor and use both hands to pull both knees to your chest slowly. Stay in that position for three seconds, then stretching your legs and repeat the same procedure. This posture helps reducing muscle tension.

Lie face up with one leg stretches out and another fold. Use your hands to pull up the folded leg close to your chest as much as possible. Then, count 1-3 and stretch it out. Do the same way with another leg. This posture helps reduce tension in the lower part of the back muscles.

Lie face up and bend your knees at a 90 degree angles, then, contract your abdominal muscles to lift your upper body up. This posture exercises abdominal muscles. If muscles around this area are strong, back muscles will be in good position as well.

Lie face down by putting a pillow under your stomach. Contract your back muscles to the back and lift up your head and feet into equal level. Count 1-3 then bring back your head and feet into the beginning position and do it again. This posture helps strengthening back muscles.

1. Still feel the pain after taking anti-pain medicine and having some rest or cannot stop taking the pills.

2.Have backache and also pain travels down to one of the legs.

3. Have leg fatigue or numbness due to the fact that the nerves are being compressed.

Do not let masseur pulls up your shoulders while you lie face down or let him /her stamp on your back while bending your legs to be close to your back. These massage positions cause the vertebrae to severely squeeze each other and the intervertebral disc will be inflamed and press down on the nerves.