Back and buttocks pain

[jwilso]

how can you diagnose acute mechanical back pain from a derscription that doesnt even mention back pain. he only says that there is buttock pain!

[sdkashif]

how can you diagnose acute mechanical back pain from a derscription that doesnt even mention back pain. he only says that there is buttock pain!

Perhaps you are not well aware of the definition of Lower Back Pain and classification system of acute, subacute and chronic Low back pain. Kindly have a look over the information taken from EUROPEAN GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE NONSPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN IN PRIMARY CARE


"Definitions
Low back pain is defined as pain and discomfort, localised below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain.
Acute low back pain is usually defined as the duration of an episode of low back pain persisting for less than 6 weeks; sub-acute low back pain as low back pain persisting between 6 and 12 weeks; chronic low back pain as low back pain persisting for 12 weeks or more."

EUROPEAN GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE NONSPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN IN PRIMARY CARE