SPA Info...   SPA Home   About SPA   SPA Physicians   SPA Locations   Employment Opportunities   Email Updates   Patient Survey   Work Comp   Orthopaedic Education     SPA Groups...   DFP   JCO   KCBJ   OPA   RO

Pain Generators Common Sources of low back pain Structural: Myofascial: Neural Tissue Joints Intervertebraldiscs: Skeletal boneabnormalities Emotional Factors: Functional Changes: Muscles, Tendons, ligaments, fascia Nerve root irritation, epidural inflammation, epidural fibrosis, arachnoiditis Facet joints, sacro iliac joints Disc degeneration/disruption, disc herniation Osteoporosis, compression fractures, spinal stenosis, spondylosis, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, space occupying legions - benign and malignant Stress, chronic pain, personality changes, somatization, etc. Posture, deconditioning, attitude/motivation Previous slide Next slide Back to first slide View graphic version © 1998 Specialty Physicians Alliance. All rights reserved. If you have questions or comments please contact webmaster@spa-ortho.com