Orthopedic and Sports Injuries Clinic • I would like to inquire about back pain, can it affect adolescents? Back pain is not usually common in children under ten years of age, but it may affect sixty percent of adolescents at some point during their adolescence. These pains are usually classified into two types. The first type is benign back pain, which is caused by non-serious causes. These benign pains include muscle pain, fatigue, pains of unknown cause, degenerative pains, spine sliding, and pain associated with scoliosis. These benign pains may last for long periods, but they do not lead to problems in the future and do not lead to complications, and their treatment is conservative with rehabilitation, physiotherapy and analgesic medications when necessary.
As for the second type of back pain in children and adolescents, it is benign pain. These pains result from various reasons, but neglecting them or delaying diagnosis and treatment may aggravate the problem and cause serious complications such as paralysis or death, God forbid. These causes include bacterial discitis, tuberculosis of the spine, severe herniated disc, tumors of the spine and spinal cord, injuries and fractures of the spine. These non-benign causes require speed and accuracy in diagnosis and treatment, and usually require close follow-up by the consulting physician. And the diagnosis is made after a clinical examination, x-rays, magnetic resonance, and medical analyzes. As for treatment, it is conservative or surgical for each patient, according to his condition.
