What causes lower back and leg pain in women?

There are many reasons that cause low back and leg pain in people's lives and in clinical practice, especially for women. Many people will experience symptoms of low back and leg pain as they age, and many people believe that this is a sign of physical aging. In fact, it is not just age that causes women's waist and leg pain. Today, I will tell you what are the causes of women's waist and leg pain!

1. Lumbar disc herniation: The prenatal and postnatal periods are dangerous periods for lumbar disc herniation in women. During pregnancy, the center of gravity moves forward, the lumbar spine becomes excessively lordotic, and the burden on the waist increases. The ligaments are looser after delivery and the mother's weight increases suddenly after delivery.

2. Osteoporosis: In menopausal women, due to the decrease of estrogen, bone density decreases, and the degeneration of bones, joints, and ligaments increases, leading to an increased incidence rate. Women over 35 years old lose 1% of bone mass each year as estrogen secretion decreases.

3. Osteophyte: commonly known as "bone spurs". At 40, almost 90%

People's weight-bearing joints have more or less proliferative changes. People who do heavy manual labor and athletes develop the disease earlier. Characterized by pain that worsens during activity.

4. Spinal stenosis: Symptoms caused by compression of the spinal cord, cauda equina or nerve roots. The main manifestation is intermittent claudication.

5. Lumbar disc herniation: Due to different physiological periods and clothing reasons, such as pregnancy and wearing high heels, women may experience increased load on the lumbar lordosis. This can easily lead to lumbar disc herniation. Therefore, female friends should pay attention to the time they wear high heels! During pregnancy, you should also pay attention to the prevention of lumbar disc herniation.

6. Osteophyte: commonly known as "bone spurs", it is a manifestation of osteoarthritis, characterized by increased pain during activities. By the age of 40, almost 90% of people have more or less proliferative changes in their weight-bearing joints.

In fact, there are many clinical causes of low back and leg pain in women, but the above are the most common causes of pain. Therefore, if you feel unwell in the future, you should pay attention to it, go to a regular hospital to check the cause in time, and then cooperate with the treatment according to the doctor's advice, so as to avoid more serious consequences in the future without knowing it.