Lumbar spine pain may be of two types- acute or chronic.
Former may be due to febrile disorders or injury while later may be due to numerous causes. The present article is dedicated to the causes of lumbar spine pains and their related rubrics found in various repertories.

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Lumbar Spine Pain and Homoeopathy

Acute spinal pain

1. Febrile disorders

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - fever - during - agg.

2. Injury

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - injuries; after

Chronic spinal pain

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - chronic

1. Traumatic, mechanical or degenerative:

• Low back strain; fatigue, obesity; pregnancy causing altered biomechanics

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - exertion - agg.

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - overlifting; as if from

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - pregnancy agg.; during

• Injuries of bone,  joint, intervertebral disc or ligaments

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - injuries; after

• Degenerative or traumatic changes of the spine (osteoarthrosis; spondylosis)

BACK - CARIES of spine

• Lumbar spine
  instability syndromes e.g. spondylolisthesis

BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - dislocated; as if

• Scoliosis: primary and secondary

BACK - CURVATURE of spine

• Spinal or intervertebral canal stenosis

BACK - COMPRESSION - Lumbosacral region

• Sacroiliac joint strain

BACK - SACRAL region; complaints of - Sacroiliac symphyses

2. Joint dysfunction:

• Zygapophysial

BACK - INFLAMMATION - Spine - Joints of vertebrae

BACK - PAIN - Spine - Joints of vertebrae

• Intervertebral disc

BACK - INFLAMMATION - Spinal cord

3. Metabolic:

• Osteoporosis

GENERALS - OSTEOPOROSIS

• Osteomalacia

GENERALS - OSTEOMALACIA

• Osteochondrosis

GENERALS - OSTEOCHONDROSIS

• Hyper- and hypo-parathyroidism

GENERALS - LABORATORY findings - blood - calcium - decreased

GENERALS - LABORATORY findings - blood - calcium - increased

• Ochronosis

Ochronoisis = SKIN - DISCOLORATION – bluish; SKIN - DISCOLORATION – blackish; GENERALS - CARTILAGES, affection of

• Fluorosis

FLUOROSIS

• Hypophosphataemic rickets

GENERALS - RICKETS

4. Unknown causes:

• Inflammatory arthropathies of the spine, such as ankylosing spondylitis and the spondylitis of Reiter’s (Brodie’s) disease, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, Whipple’s and Crohn’s diseases

BACK - INFLAMMATION - Spinal cord

• Rarely polymyositis and polymyalgia rheumatica

GENERALS - POLIOMYELITIS

• Paget’s disease of bone

PAGET’S DISEASE OF BONE = GENERALS - BRITTLE BONES + GENERALS - CARTILAGES, affection of + GENERALS - GROWTH - complaints of growth process + HEARING - IMPAIRED

• Scheuermann’s ‘disease’

BACK - CURVATURE of spine - Dorsal region

5. Infective conditions of bone, joint and theca of the spine:

• Osteomyelitis

GENERALS - INFLAMMATION - Bones; of - Bone marrow; of

• Tuberculosis

BACK - TUBERCULOSIS - Vertebrae; of

• Melioidosis

MELIODOSIS = GENERALS - ABSCESSES - Bones, of + GENERALS - ABSCESSES – chronic + GENERALS - ABSCESSES - Internal organs, of

• Undulant fever (abortus and melitensis)

GENERALS - BRUCELLOSIS

• Typhoid and paratyphoid fever and other Salmonella infections

GENERALS - PAIN - Bones - fever - during - agg.

• Syphilis

GENERALITIES - BONES - syphilitic

• Yaws

YAWS = GENERALS - PAIN – Bones + GENERALS - INFLAMMATION - Bones; of + SKIN - CICATRICES

• Very rarely Weil’s disease (leptospirosis icterohaemorrhagica)

GENERALS - HEMORRHAGE - accompanied by - Skin; yellow

• Spinal pachymeningitis

BACK - INFLAMMATION - Membranes

• Chronic meningitis

BACK - INFLAMMATION - Spinal cord and meninges

• Subarachnoid or spinal abscess

HEAD - ABSCESS - Brain

• Herpes zoster

BACK - PAIN - herpes zoster, after

• Poliomyelitis

GENERALS - POLIOMYELITIS

Tetanus

GENERALS - TETANUS

6. Psychogenic:

• Anxiety

MIND - AILMENTS FROM – anxiety + BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region

• Depression

Mind - DESPAIR, feelings - pains, with the

• Hysteria

MIND - HYSTERIA - spasms; with - Back; of

•  ‘Compensation neurosis’

MIND - PITIES herself - sick; desire to show being

• Malingering

MIND - FEIGNING - sick; to be

7. Neoplastic – benign or malignant, primary or secondary:

• Osteoid osteoma

GENERALS - CANCEROUS affections - Bones, of

• Eosinophilic granuloma

GENERALS - INDURATIONS - inflammation; after

• Metastatic carcinomatosis

GENERALS - CANCEROUS affections - extending to - Bones; metastasis in

• Bronchial carcinoma

CHEST - CANCER - Lungs

• Oesophageal carcinoma

THROAT - CANCER - Esophagus

• Sarcoma

GENERALS - CANCEROUS affections - sarcoma

• Myeloma

GENERALS - CANCEROUS affections – myeloma + GENERALS - CANCEROUS affections - myeloma - multiple

• Primary and secondary tumours of spinal canal and nerve roots: ependymoma; neurofibroma; glioma;  angioma; meningioma; lipoma; rarely cordoma

GENERALS - TUMORS - encephaloma

• Reticuloses, e.g. Hodgkin’s disease

GENERALS - CANCEROUS affections - lymphoma

GENERALS - HODGKIN'S disease

8. Cardiac and vascular:

• Subarachnoid or spinal haemorrhage

BACK - HEMORRHAGE - Spinal cord

• Luetic or dissecting abdominal aorta aneurysm

ABDOMEN - ANEURYSM

• Enlarged aortic aneurysm

CHEST - ANEURYSM of - Aorta

• Grossly enlarged left atrium in mitral valve disease

CHEST - INFLAMMATION - Heart - Endocardium - mitral insufficiency and violent, rapid action; with

• Arteriovenous malformations

GENERALS - BLOOD VESSELS - complaints of

9. Gynecological:

• Tuberculous disease

FEMALE GENITALIA/SEX - INFLAMMATION

• Rarely prolapse or retroversion of uterus

FEMALE GENITALIA/SEX - COMPLAINTS of female genitalia - Uterus - accompanied by - Back; pain in

BACK - PAIN - Spine - accompanied by - Uterus; complaints of the

• Dysmenorrhoea

FEMALE GENITALIA/SEX - PAIN - menses - during - agg.

• Chronic salpingitis

FEMALE GENITALIA/SEX - INFLAMMATION - Oviduct

• Pelvic abscess or chronic cervicitis

FEMALE GENITALIA/SEX - ABSCESS

FEMALE GENITALIA/SEX - INFLAMMATION - Uterus - Cervix

• Tumors

FEMALE GENITALIA/SEX - TUMORS

10. Gastrointestinal:

• Pancreatitis

ABDOMEN - INFLAMMATION – Pancreas (= Pancreatitis)

• Rarely appendicitis, or from new growth of intra-abdominal viscus (colon, stomach, pancreas), or from retroperitoneal structures

ABDOMEN - INFLAMMATION - Appendix

ABDOMEN - CANCER - Colon

ABDOMEN - CANCER - Pancreas

STOMACH - CANCER

11. Renal and genito-urinary:

• Carcinoma of kidney

KIDNEYS - CANCER

• Calculus

KIDNEYS - STONES

• Hydronephrosis

KIDNEYS - HYDRONEPHROSIS

• Polycystic kidney

KIDNEYS - POLYCYSTIC kidneys

• Necrotizing papillitis

KIDNEYS - INJURIES

• Pyelitis and pyelonephritis

KIDNEYS - INFLAMMATION – Pelvis (= pyelitis)

KIDNEYS - INFLAMMATION - Pelvis and kidneys (= pyelonephritis)

• Perinephric abscess

KIDNEYS - ABSCESS - perinephrium

• Infection or new growth of prostate

PROSTATE GLAND - INFLAMMATION

PROSTATE GLAND - INDURATION

12. Blood disorders:

• Sickle-cell crises

GENERALS - ANEMIA - sickle-cell

• Acute haemolytic states

Clinical - hemolytic, anemia, chlorosis

13. Drugs:

• Corticosteroids

Causa occasionalis – to be stopped.

• Methysergide

Causa occasionalis – to be stopped.

• Compound analgesic tablets

Causa occasionalis – to be stopped.

14. Normality:

• (Non-disease, i.e. non-specific spinal pain of mechanical origin)

Causa occasionalis – to be removed mechanically – Physiotherapy.

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Figure 13-9. Case 13-1.
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