Lower back pain is a type of back pain that appears when the lumber spine gets pinched or misaligned. Major lower back pain sufferers include athletes, weight lifters, and any other person whose spinal cord has problem. Main causes of lower back pain are strain, heavy physical work, spinal stenosis, poor postures, spinal infections, and tumours. The nerve root syndromes create
sciatica which is the major cause of lower back pain. Herniated disc or
slipped disc is also a main reason of back pain problems. These causes result in either acute lower back pain or chronic. Acute back pain usually begins suddenly and is severe in nature. So requires immediate treatment. Chronic back pain usually is less severe in nature than acute but persists for long time or even for the whole life. So patient has to treat it on permanent basis.