Discogenic Pain can cause long-term low back pain, often with leg numbness or tightness, similar to sciatica. These pains usually occur in younger groups in their 20s and 30s , rather than occur in the elderly.
Case study
Patients with lower back pain often have done a lot of treatment, or some muscle relaxation treatments, and even non-stop exercise to strengthen their abdominal muscle and psoas muscles, but it seems that they cannot improve low back pain, and even taking MRI scanning, no disc herniation or protrusion occur. The sign and symptom is when they prolong sitting, such as sitting in the office for a long hours working, they feel that their lower back is very tight, and they need to bend over to stand up. Usually sneezing, coughing or bending down it will trigger the lower back pain, even if the condition improves after stretching, but then the symptoms reoccur again. The following is an MRI image of a patient in his 20s.
