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What Causes Shooting Pain In My Lower Back On Bending?

Hi, I was playing soccer 3 days ago and I fell/got pushed over a couple of times. My lower back started hurting some then. THe next day I went to pick something up off the ground and I had this shooting pain in my lower back. I keep getting this pain wherever I bend over, for the past few days. do you know what the problem is or what I can do to make it go away? By the way Im a 16 year old male, not some old man, if that means anything.
Tue, 28 Oct 2014
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My dear friend,I think inthe playground your fall has caused your muscles in the low back region to overstretched.this muscles are attached to vertebral column and are responsible for holding the column straight.so unnecessary stretching or bending forwards can cause the intervertebral disc to slip outside the vertebra.in this case the nerves which lies in between the vertebra get affected and causes pain.and the nerves which coms out of the hip area goes down along the back side of both legs.so when you bend you feel pain because the muscles here are already fatigued and nerves are getting pressure while lying in between these muscles.so now you should take a rest for a couple of days,stsrt a home regimen of physiotherapy consisting of back muscle strengthening exercise and try to avoid bending too much forward.hope in this way you will be cured.than you.
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What Causes Shooting Pain In My Lower Back On Bending?

My dear friend,I think inthe playground your fall has caused your muscles in the low back region to overstretched.this muscles are attached to vertebral column and are responsible for holding the column straight.so unnecessary stretching or bending forwards can cause the intervertebral disc to slip outside the vertebra.in this case the nerves which lies in between the vertebra get affected and causes pain.and the nerves which coms out of the hip area goes down along the back side of both legs.so when you bend you feel pain because the muscles here are already fatigued and nerves are getting pressure while lying in between these muscles.so now you should take a rest for a couple of days,stsrt a home regimen of physiotherapy consisting of back muscle strengthening exercise and try to avoid bending too much forward.hope in this way you will be cured.than you.