Understanding Low Back Pain

Understanding Low Back Pain chart uses low back pain guidelines from the American Pain Society (APS) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) as a key reference, this visual and textual overview of the condition explains:

• Types of low back pain
• Causes and risk factors
• Signs and symptoms
• Treatment and management
• Prevention techniques

This chart illustrates:

• A human figure (posterior view) with pain radiating into the leg and numbness and tingling in the leg
• Sagittal view of lower spine with: tumor of the spinal cord, bone spur impinging on spinal nerves, compression fractures, and herniated disc impinging on the spinal nerve
• Anterior view of the lower spine and pelvis showing tumors, infections, degenerative diseases, ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis, arthritis, and intrapelvic mass
• Correct postures and techniques to avoid low back pain