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Can breaking wind cause lower back pain?

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Dr. TORY MCJUNKIN answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Funny & good Quest..: Funny question, but has an interesting answer. Breaking wind, like bearing down (valsalva maneuver) increase intradiscal pressure. If you have a disc herniation or disc tear, it can potentially make both of these worse. Here's an article we wrote about disc bulging: http://arizonapain.Com/pain-center/pain-conditions/bulging-disc/ here's another article about disc prolapse: http://arizonapain.C.

Answered 9/2/2020

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