Say Goodbye to Back Pain

 Abnormal posture 

 Improper and/ or excessive weight lifting 

damage

from further

injured area

Paraspinal muscles are thought to play an important role in preventing serious back
injuries, such as a herniated disc by going into spasm. When you experience a back
spasm, it is often a paraspinal muscle tightening up, which is a warning signal that your
back is either bearing more weight than it should, or bending and twisting improperly.
Paraspinal muscle spasms are extremely painful; the pain normally stops a person from
doing whatever activity caused the pain, before a more serious injury to the discs or
spinal cord can occur. In this way, a back spasm can prevent a serious injury, as well as
protect an existing injury while it is healing.

Paraspinal muscle groups

The two most important causes for low back pain are:

When muscles contract they produce lactic acid, which is a waste
product from a chemical reaction inside muscle cells. During
contraction, the small blood vessels traveling through the muscles
are pinched off, which causes a build up of lactic acid. If

the muscle cells cannot relax, as happens in a muscle spasm, and too much lactic acid
builds up, it causes a painful burning sensation. It is this burning sensation that is felt as
an acute severe pain. When the muscle relaxes, the blood vessels open up, and the lactic
acid is eventually washed away by fresh blood flowing into the muscle.

Muscle spasm

A muscle spasm is experienced when your muscle tightens up and does not relax. Spasms
usually occur as a reflex (meaning that you cannot control the contraction). When any
part of the spine is injured – including a disc, ligament, bone, or muscle – the muscles
automatically go into spasm to reduce the motion around the area. This mechanism is
designed to protect the injured area and prevent

further damage. Muscle spasm protects the