My lumbar spine doesn't hurt anymore but it's still sore. What's going on?

Lumbar pain is a type of pain that many people will feel. If a person does not have lumbar disease, lumbar pain is mostly caused by long-term bending or lumbar activities; but for people with lumbar disease, the cause of lumbar pain is generally caused by lumbar disease. However, some people do not feel pain in their lumbar spine, but do feel some soreness and swelling. So why is the lumbar spine no longer painful but still very sore?

1. Acute lumbar sprain is not treated in time or is improperly treated

If lumbar sprain is not treated thoroughly in the acute stage, the damaged muscles and fascia will not be repaired properly, resulting in more scars and adhesions, which will in turn reduce lumbar function and easily lead to lumbar muscle strain.

2. Cumulative damage

This is caused by prolonged and excessive activities of the waist, such as long-term sitting or standing by office workers. Generally, carrying too heavy goods can also cause lumbar muscle strain.

This kind of exercise keeps the psoas muscles in a high-tension stretching state for a long time. Frequent and severe stress will cause varying degrees of damage to the soft tissues around the waist, eventually leading to lumbar muscle strain.

3. Congenital malformation of lumbar spine

Common ones include lumbar sacralization (the 5th lumbar vertebra is fused with the sacrum to form a sacrum), sacral lumbarization (the 1st sacrum is separated from the sacral block to form the 6th lumbar vertebra), occult sacral bifida, etc., all of which can cause the muscles, fascia and other tissues to lack attachment points, resulting in structural instability. When activities are frequent or the load is heavy, lumbar muscle strain is likely to occur.

4. Climate and environmental factors

Chronic lumbar muscle strain has a certain relationship with climate and environment. Too low temperature or excessive humidity can trigger or aggravate lumbar muscle strain.

Patients with severe lumbar muscle strain are prone to muscle spasms, which may occur on one side or both sides of the waist. The waist movements of these patients are generally normal, but they experience severe pain when the body is in a certain position. X-ray examinations of the waist generally show no obvious lesions.