It is disturbing to find, that in India, there has recently been an increasing incidence of backache reported in school children, which is probably related to carrying heavy school bags on their backs. Cause Stress is the single most important factor causing back pain in modern times. We are usually in a tremendous hurry and under great pressures. Stress causes tightening of the muscles and a release of various chemicals into the blood stream and the brain. Athletes who exercise too energetically without first doing warm-up stretches can stress their backs.
Obese people are liable to stressing their backs.
Using sagging beds, wearing high heeled footwear and people with arthritis or some other problem that limits their mobility can develop muscular imbalances that stress the back. Thus, un-ending stress slowly erodes the back and may even delay or block recovery, turning the discomfort of a few weeks into months or years of misery. Acute injuries, twists or sprains frequently lead to backaches. If a person attempts to lift an unexpectedly heavy weight, then the muscles stabilising the spine fail to provide appropriate support and this leads to damage in the back and to pain. Similarly, an attempt to lift objects whilst bending the back forwards or jumping from a great height and landing with a sudden crash are important risk factors.