Lumbar Spondylosis
Low back spondylosis is a term that refers to degeneration (wear and tear) of the low back. It is a non-specific term without much utility.
Symptoms
As lumbar spondylosis is caused by wear and tear it develops slowly over time. Symptoms may include low back pain, low back stiffness and low back discomfort.
Treatment
Chiropractic treatments are useful to improve pain and the function of the low back in lumbar spondylosis.
Causes of low back pain
The following conditions are common causes of low back pain.
- Lumbar myelopathy
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Lumbar spinal stenosis
- Bone Spurs
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
- Pinched nerve
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Lumbar facet joint pain
- Bulging Disc
- Herniated Disc
- Disc protrusion
- Discogenic pain
- Post laminectomy syndrome
- Coccydynia
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Reiter’s syndrome
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Enteropathic arthritis
- Sacroiliac disorders
- Foot drop
- Spinal neurofibroma
- Acute low pain
- Chronic low back pain
- Stiff low back
- Trigger points in the low back
- Red flags for low back pain
- Internal disc disruption
- Lumbar spondylosis
- Lumbar facet syndrome
- Lumbar foraminal stenosis
- Lumbar disc herniation
- Lumbar osteoarthritis
- Lumbar osteophytes