Low Back Pain
- Symptoms
Early medical attention is necessary if certain symptoms ("red flags") are present:
- Constant pain with no significant relief at rest
- Aggravated by bending in all directions
- Localisable severe pain to a single spot on the back
- Progressively severe pain over days/weeks
- Persistent nerve pains, pain or sensation of numbness, pins & needles aching in one or both legs
- Weakness of legs, difficulty in walking, unsteady walking
- Bladder/bowel problems associated with back pain (difficulty in passing urine - incontinence)
- General symptoms of poor health, loss of appetite, weight loss, lethargy, fever and chills
- Previous history of cancer
