LOWER BACK PAIN: TROUBLED HOMO-ERECTUS

When we compare animals with humans in terms of susceptibility to lower back pain due to compression, you will see that animals don’t have lower back pain. Why animals walk on four legs and the weight of their bodies is evenly distributed between the four legs.

Most of the time their spine are held in more or less horizontal position and the compressive force or weight that exists in an upright man does not exist. In human beings, the spine is held in vertical position, at least during waking up from bed and working hours.

When we are upright, the lower back {lumbar spine} bears the weight of the entire body above it. It is the weight that compresses the spine, this waist also transmits this weight to the pelvis {bones of the buttock} when we sit and to the feet, when we stand, walk or run…

The prevalence of back pain especially lower back pain has made most victims to regard and accept it as a price man must pay for standing upright. Even though, the compressive force of gravity may also play a vital role in the cause of back pain…