General
Back pain is a very common symptom among adults worldwide, almost every adult suffers from it sooner or later. The human lumbar vertebrae are particularly susceptible to pain. This is located around the area of the “hollow back” in the lower back between the thoracic vertebrae and the sacral vertebrae.
The lumbar spine syndrome (lumbar spine syndrome) describes in its entirety symptomatic changes in the lumbar spine area. It almost always refers to back pain. Among other things, lifestyle in the western world has led to an increasing incidence of lumbar spine syndrome.
The lumbar spine syndrome can be divided into a chronic and an acute form. Very often the pain is muscle-related, for example due to tension or strains. Radiological diagnostic procedures (e.g. CT and MRI of the lumbar spine) often do not reveal any cause or change.
It is important to relieve the back and to treat the pain quickly, as otherwise relieving postures can result in permanent incorrect posture. Are you unsure whether you suffer from a lumbar spine syndrome? Carry out our LWS Syndrome self-test:
Duration of a lumbar spinal syndrome
It is not possible to limit the exact treatment period, as the causes can be very different. Because the causes can be in muscles, tendons, vertebral bodies, vertebral joints or nerves, the healing times vary enormously. Very often muscular problems are the cause of a lumbar spine syndrome.
If it is muscle tension or strains, the pain can subside well within days or a few weeks. With muscular problems, it is also particularly important not to assume a relieving posture of the back. In the long run, this can lead to degenerative changes and chronic pain.
An important therapeutic measure over the period of the actual healing process is in this case drug therapy. Non-steroidal antirheumatic drugs (“NSAIDs”) are particularly recommended for pain relief. The best known representatives are ibuprofen, diclofenac or naproxen.
Paracetamol is also suitable. If the pain is too strong, stronger painkillers can also be considered, for example opioids such as morphine. Other therapeutic measures, such as building stronger back muscles or surgical measures to relieve the lumbar spine, can sometimes take a long time to heal.
In both cases, it can take from weeks to months. Training the back muscles is also recommended on a long-term basis. In this case it is not done with a short build-up.
The back muscles should always be trained permanently. In the case of an operation, which may become necessary, for example, in the event of a slipped disc in the lumbar spine, aftercare also takes a few weeks. The pain can also become chronic under certain circumstances, which can last for unlimited periods of time.