Correlation of back pain with obesity and posture among teenagers

ABSTRACT

Low back pain [LBP] rises rapidly during adolescence, reaching adult levels at the ageof 18. It has been suggested that adolescent LBP has least effect. Back pain usually effects females more than males and athletes are more effected by it. Sciatica and Scoliosis are the main causes of back pain. Sciatica might due to sensory deficit while, scoliosis is the abnormal curvature of spine. Disc herniation, degenerative changes, compression are the causes for sciatica while vertebral anomalies, neuromuscularfactors caused scoliosis. As sciatica is not a disease, so diagnosed with nonspecific low back pain which can be treated with acupuncture treatment or spinal infiltration. Lumbar corpectomy, disc replacement and screw usage are the ways of treatment for scoliosis