Low Back (Lumbar) Pain

Lower spine is one of the most important parts of your body. Without it, you couldn’t stand upright or straight. It allows you to move about freely and to bend with flexibility. This is why keeping your spine healthy and understanding your lower spine and lumbar spine pain is vital if you want to live an active life.

 

The bony lumbar spine is designed so that vertebrae “stacked” together can provide a movable support structure while also protecting the spinal cord from injury. The spinal cord is composed of nervous tissue that extends down the spinal column from the brain. Each vertebra has a spinous process, a bony prominence behind the spinal cord, which shields the cord’s nervous tissue from impact trauma.