Let us now shows that those who suffer the symptoms of back pain according to the traits that divide the spine. Should be noted that the description deliberately omits any mention of causal relevance, since it is the exclusive care and is detected only after clinical examination and imaging studies that each case may require.

Neck pain
This pain (cervical) may occur acutely or slowly and gradually worsening. In the first case, the person complains of sudden and violent pain in a small area of ​​the neck (torticollis), which generally prevents the rotation of the body or to the right or left sometimes accompanied by severe nausea or, more rarely, vertigo, tinnitus , agitation and mild mental confusion. In the second case, when onset is slow, the referred pain is dull and localized in the cervical spine, causing pain, for example, look up or down (as in reversing car). Sometimes it hurts every movement of the neck and the pain can disappear and reappear at short intervals without a precise reference, or be silent for a long time and then suddenly flare up.

Typically this neck pain (also known as chronic) is designed, if untreated, to appear in a continuous time interval with acute episodes, often accompanied by debilitating headaches. A variation of neck pain is cervical brachialgia (or cervical brachial neuralgia) which means an upper limb pain radiating to the hand. This can be on the right, left or bilateral severe or mild, persistent or present only during certain movements, exacerbated in the supine position and attenuated in others (for example, placing your hands behind your neck).

Back pain
The back pain is ten percent of back pain, usually occurs acutely, often located and radiates along the costal arches (not infrequently to the sternum). When it is particularly strong negative effect on the respiration (the person complains of not breathe well). If the area most affected is between the shoulder blades, pain is evoked when you widen your arms, or when you shake (as in the movement of the embrace) or when you bring your arms up to pick up some object. If the pain is rather below the shoulder blades, appeared mostly in the rotation and flexion of the trunk and deep breathing (ie that part of respiration that involves the greatest effort of the diaphragm muscle) is limited.

Back Pain
Together with neck pain back pain back pain is the most frequent (90% of cases). It can occur in acute or chronic and occur abruptly. In acute pain follows a sudden movement of trunk extension, for example in the act of lifting a weight from the floor. Who is affected (this is called “lumbago”) refers to the feeling of a “tear” or a “burning” so violent as to prevent any attempt to “get back straight” (the person often has the doctor bent forward ).

On the other hand, chronic pain is long standing, perhaps interspersed with more or less frequent episodes of “lumbago”. Usually the person indicates the positions of the body that exacerbate (or decrease) the pain. Almost unanimously the position taken by car, especially during long trips, Back pain symptoms is the most deleterious. Another symptom that accompanies chronic low back pain it is to be “twisted”, ie, looking in the mirror (as well as a feeling) the person refers to “hang” on one side (left or right). The reason for this is given by a natural defense reaction of the muscles of the back which tends to protect the painful area by contracting around, trying to hold the affected section of the column so that no additional stress.