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Back Pain Definition
Common names:
  • Aching Back
  • Acute Back Pain
  • Back Pain
  • Backache
  • Pain in the Back
  • Painful Back
  • Sore Back
A person with back pain has discomfort in the back. Back pain is commonly caused by injury, irritation or inflammation of the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, disks or spinal cord. Images

Back pain is less commonly caused by inflammation or disease of organs within the abdomen and chest.
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Last Updated: Aug 12, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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