Low Back Strain ​

The lower segment of your back is termed as the ‘lumbar region’. When a muscle or tendon (cord connecting muscle to bone) is overstretched or torn, it produces what we call ‘strain’.  Low back strain is a type of injury that affects your back and is termed as lumbar strain.

Traumatic stress can injure the tendons and muscles in your lower back compelling them to contract and produce painful spasms. Strains are of two types: 

•  Acute: when a muscle is abruptly stretched further than its limits. For example, during running, jumping, throwing, slipping on ice or lifting something heavy
  

• Chronic: resulting from long-term repetitive movements, like the ones in gymnastics or rowing a boat. Sports that require frequent pushing and pulling, such as weight lifting or football, can cause a lumbar strain. Thus, this disorder is also known as “Weight Lifter’s Back”. In addition, baseball, tennis, golf and basketball make you vulnerable because they involve sudden twisting of the lower back. 
  

Not conditioning yourself for such physical action and certain postures increases your risk of strains. Postural factors include a weak back and/or abdominal muscles, excessive lower back curvature, forward-tilted pelvis and tight hamstrings (back of thigh muscles).