www.backtest.co.uk: Selfdiagnosis in case of backpain

With this site you can make your own diagnosis if you have low backpain. Backpain often happens and is mostly harmless, but the pain can be severe.

We can divide backpain into non-specific low backpain and in low backpain due to specific causes.

Specific causes

cause about 5 procent of all low backpain. It is important to recognise these causes because these can be caused by problems that can be healed or must be looked at. These causes are hernia (HNP), compression of the spine, tumors and infections of the vertebrae, fractures or dispositions of the vertebrae and M.Bechterew (see also diagnoses in the sitebar)

Non-specific low backpain is the name for a combination of some different problems of the back. Till now there is no scientific reason to be more specific, because there is no difference in treatment. Only the duration of the pain gives a difference in treatment.

Acute low backpain

is low backpain lasting less then 6 weeks. Problably the complaints disappear without treatment within 2 weeks. It is good to keep moving and you do not need to be afraid: the pain does not harm. You may take a painkiller. See the medication advice in the sidebar.

Chronic low backpain is backpain lasting longer than 3 months. There is problably a situation that the pain causes the pain, even if the original cause of the pain is over. Because of the pain you will try to prevent painful movements. This causes stress to the back muscles.(even within 2 weeks) So that when you use these muscels you will easily ask to much of them and cause: backpain! Now it is not possible to prevent pain totaly. It is important, in spite of the pain, to resume daily activities. You can seek help from a physiotherapist with that.

Subacute low backpain

is the name for the period between acute and chronic low backpain. In this period it is important to prevent the backpain becoming chronic. Your doctor will explain to you the way to prevent this and will advise you how to be more active in spite of the pain. He may well advise you to go to a physiotherapist.

backtest.co.uk helps by making a diagnosis and tries to give a more detailed diagnosis for non specific low backpain. Because of the given advise, the pain caused by non specific low backpain should heal earlier and chronic low backpain should be prevented.

the way it works:

Fill in the questions on the form and go to the next screen There are about 15 screens with questions.

You will need sombody to help you with some of the examinations. (It is difficult to look at your own back)

At the and you will get a diagnosis, the cause of your complaints and an advise what to do.