Join Our Community!
Share
What structures make up the spine? We review basic spine anatomy here...before identifying potential causes of back pain....
Click here to learn about the most common causes of back pain, and things that increase your risk of backache. We cover lower back pain and upper back pain....
Back pain symptoms may seem obvious. But do you know when symptoms of back pain are more serious or when to see a doctor? Learn what action to take & when...
Avatar
Q: Lumbar Lordosis
asked by: catscats on November 4th, 2007
New User
Never had a back problem before in my life. Fell off 8ft ladder flat on my back to concrete floor. Broke coccyx and bruised my back from top to bottom and bruised buttocks. Can a very hard fall casuse lumbar lordosis?
Did you find this post useful?
|
Replies(6)
Avatar
rollar64
replied on November 5th, 2007
Experienced User
It would be very unusual for a fall to cause lumbar lordosis directly but i think it could easily develope afterwoods because of the trauma to the spine
Did you find this post useful?
|
Avatar
expatient
replied on November 5th, 2007
Experienced User
Re: Lumbar Lordosis
catscats wrote:
Can a very hard fall casuse lumbar lordosis?

Yes. Very common. It probably knocked out your other SIJ or both (ilium upslip) and that is why you got lordosis. You should find someone to push it/them back to correct place.
Did you find this post useful?
|
Avatar
Buttermere Quigly
replied on April 12th, 2008
New User
lordosis
There is no scientific evidence that back pain is affected by increased or decreased lordosis.

Your pain is probably from a sprain or facet jamming.

Does it hurt worse to bend forward or lean backward?

Buttermere
Did you find this post useful?
|
Avatar
expatient
replied on April 13th, 2008
Experienced User
Re: lordosis
Buttermere Quigly wrote:
There is no scientific evidence that back pain is affected by increased or decreased lordosis.

There is scientific evidence that depression pills are useless for most people and lowering your blood colesterol with pills cause cancer and other problems. Still billions of people use them.

Decreased lordosis is not a direct cause of pain. It is just one symptom caused by malaingned joints. Pain comes later, sometimes after decades when muscles get tired of supporting poor posture.
Did you find this post useful?
|
Avatar
donor
replied on March 14th, 2009
New User
lordosis
I've had exaggerated lumbar lordosis since I was a child. By the time I was a teenager, it started getting painful at times, due to the muscles and tendons growing and shifting to better protect the spine. Or so I was told by my G.P.
I'm now in my thirties, and had a pretty bad car accident a few years ago. Because of the extra trauma, I've started experiencing chronic pain. I was off work for a few years, being unable to stand or walk for more than 20-30 minutes at a time. I was put on slow release percocet to manage the pain, and am now back to work full time, and enjoying nightly walks with my husband.
Lordosis was NOT the main cause of my chronic back pain. The pain was a culmination of the lordosis, the severe whiplash, and the past trauma of trying to ease the discomfort myself .
Did you find this post useful?
|
Avatar
rollar64
replied on March 14th, 2009
Experienced User
If you never had lordosis its possible that you would not have any problems with your spine. lordodis can be the initial condition that leads to many types of different spine pathology, people with chronic back pain often have a long history of worsening back conditions with lordosis being one of the initial conditions that was present at the beginning of the patients complaint. It may not be the cause of the pain from a problem such as a herniated disc but it could have been the cause of a degenerative process that lead to the herniated disc in the first place.
Did you find this post useful?
|
Quick Reply
Search