Whether your lower back pain is a dull ache or a sharp, stabbing pain, it can affect your overall quality of life. For some, back pain can come and go, lasting anywhere from a day to a few weeks.Ĭhronic lower back pain, however, is back pain that lasts longer than three months and continues. In addition to injury, spinal misalignments, disc herniations, sciatica, arthritis, spinal infections, or tumors of the spine can also be the source of acute lower back pain. This type of injury can occur from a variety of causes such as lifting heavy objects incorrectly, sudden wrong movements, sports injuries or even car accident injuries. Lower back muscle pain is most often caused by injury such as sprains or strains to the muscles of the back.
