✅Faulty posture habit especially seen in people who tend to sit around for long time at one place (e.g.those working with computers).✅Osteoarthritis (especially in old people).
✅Osteoporosis (especially in post-menopusal women).
✅Tuberculosis.
✅Injury to spine.
✅Cancer prostate (especially in old age).
✅Stress also plays an important in causing low back pain.

Usually low back pain resolves within a few days to 1-2 months.Following symptoms may be suggestive of serious low back pain:
✅Weight loss, fever and chill (indicative of infection & sometimes malignancy)
✅Intolerable pain, patient tosses about in bed and is unable to lie still due to pain (indicative of kidney stone or ruptured organ)
✅Evolving nerve problems such as bladder/bowel problems (e.g.repeated urination without adequate control)
✅Early morning stiffness (for more than 30 minutes) in a person less than 45 years of age (indicative of rheumatoid arthritis).
✅Unresponsive pain (lasting for more than 2 months).

X-ray of spine, MRI (for tumor), CT (for tumor), Bone densitometry (for thinning of spine), Radionuclide scanning (for tumor and osteomyelitis- infection of the inner part of bone i.e.till bone marrow) may be advised.

Key elements of the conservative treatment for low back pain includes: ✅Taking medication for pain regularly as advised.
✅Maintaining proper body weight- Education and activity alteration.Certain precautions need to be taken in low back pain:
✅Avoid lifting heavy objects .
✅Use the legs rather than the back lifting
✅Maintain proper posture while sitting and standing, do not slouch .
✅Use a chair with arm rests.
✅Rise from the bed by first rolling to one side and then using the arms to push to an upright position.