Trigger points in the low back

Trigger points are localised, discrete and hypersensitive spots located within low back muscles. In simple terms, they are sore spots (and nothing more). Low back muscle trigger points have the ability to cause pain locally at their location or cause pain that radiates out.

Symptoms

Muscle tightness and soreness are the main symptoms of trigger points.

Treatments

The treatment for trigger points (sore muscles) varies depending on where the trigger points are and what symptoms they are causing. Chiropractic treatments directed at the muscle sore spots is useful. Rehabilitation exercises are most valuable for both tight and sore muscles.

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