Types of backache may be varying from a short span of stiffness and pain, to chronic continuous intense pain that creates hindrance in day-to-day activities. The pain may be radiating (spread out) or localised (in one place). It may be in the lower back area radiating to the legs (sciatica), or located in the neck radiating to the hands. It might be an inter-vertebral disc bulge, herneation, and prolapse. Treatment of backache should only be done after diagnosing the types of backache.

Everybody experiences backache or back pain some time in life and it assumes significance to look into this phenomenon in this age given the change in lifestyle and the increase in deskbound jobs that expect one`s back to be straight and sturdy. The spinal cord that actually aches in a backache is an essential and vital bone of the body also known as the life bone and is a composition of muscles, bones and elastic tissue. The spine at the centre of the back is made of 24 block bones, piled one above the other. The spine holds the body upright and ensures mobility of the body. Inter-vertebral discs cushion in between the bony blocks to keep the bones from rubbing each other. Inter-vertebral discs facilitate movement and act as shock absorbers for the back.

Acute Backache is the intense type of backache that indicates back strain due to lifting of a heavy object, a fall or a violent jerk as in case of a sudden car brake. Another type is from injury, road accident, fall of a heavy object, fracture of the spine, and dislocation of a vertebral disk. Chronic Backache is usually the spondylitis, where a vertebra slips forward on the lower one, usually just above the hipbone. In case of a slipped disk, the disks act as cushions between two vertebral bones; the reason may be an injury to the spine, which is forgotten, degeneration of the disk due to old age or other reasons.

Different types of backache are the common ailments of human body, which if not given its due share of attention and concern can create disorder in the most intense manner to the body. The back that keeps the body steady and helps mobility can cause immense difficulty in continuing with routine tasks if not taken care of. Back pain, discomfort and inability to carry routine tasks are common hindrances brought about by a backache.