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Low Back Pain Directory
Lower back pain has many possible causes. Appendicitis, bladder infections, menstrual pain, herniated discs, cauda equina syndrome, and spinal degeneration are just a few possibilities. Other causes may include bad posture or obesity. Follow the links below to find WebMD's comprehensive coverage about causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of lower back pain.
Medical Reference
Back Pain Prevention
WebMD explains how exercise and lifestyle factor may or may not prevent back pain.
Home Relief from Back Pain
WebMD offers tips for relieving your lower back pain.
Doctors Who Treat Pain
WebMD provides a rundown of specialists who diagnose and treat pain, along with information on finding one near you.
Education and Counseling to Prevent Low Back Pain
This analysis of data looks at low back pain and suggests education and counseling as effective preventive measures.
Features
Help for Lower Back Pain
New treatments are improving the outlook for back pain sufferers.
Alternative Approaches to Low Back Pain
Back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability in America, according to the National Institutes of Health, and costs about $50 billion a year in treatments.
Back Pain: Alternative Approaches
Back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability in America, according to the National Institutes of Health, and costs about $50 billion a year in treatments.
Alternative Therapies for Low Back Pain
A look at ways to treat low back pain without drugs or surgery, such as acupuncture, yoga, massage, and biofeedback.
Video
Exercise at Your Desk: Overview
Do you find yourself stuck at your desk all day? Stiff necks, sore backs, and blossoming waistlines are often the result, until now.
Exercise At Your Desk: Ball
Did you start your day with plans to stop by the gym before work, or take a brisk walk during lunch? Despite our best intentions, life sometimes gets in the way. What is the solution? Try turning your desk into your gym.
Exercise At Your Desk: Desk Exercises
Stiff neck, sore back, blossoming waistlines? What is the solution? Try turning your desk into your gym.
Herniated Disk Animation
See what happens in your body when a disk in your back herniates.
Slideshows & Images
Back Pain Myths & Facts
WebMD's back pain slideshow lets you in on the truth about the causes and treatments for back pain.
Good and Bad Exercises for Low Back Pain
Exercise is good for low back pain -- but a few exercises may make back pain worse. See which exercises for back pain can help, and which to avoid.
Slideshow: Good and Bad Exercises for Low Back Pain
Surprising Reasons You're in Pain
Phones, wallets, sandals, babies, your sofa – even favorite foods - are overlooked causes of pain. Pictures illustrate these pain triggers and smarter habits to avoid the pain.
Quizzes
What Do You Know About Lower Back Pain?
Take this quiz to test your knowledge of low back pain, muscle spasms, treatment options, slipped disks, and more.
Pain Quiz on Everyday Aches
Test your knowledge about everyday body aches and pains, why you’re hurting, and how to get relief. Find out more about low back pain, chronic pain, growing pains in children, and more.
What Do You Know About the Spine?
Quiz: Facts About Your Backbone. Do astronauts get taller in space? Do babies have more bones in their spines? Find out in this quiz.