- Habitual factors, that interrupt ideal alignment such as
- Poor posture, including
- Injury, such as:
- Mechanical back pain, caused by injury or degeneration of specific parts of the spine, such as:
- Developmental and congenital conditions which include:
- Scoliosis
- Scheuermann's Disease, a form of kyphosis in teenagers.
- Tumors, infections and systemic diseases/conditions, including but certainly not limited to:
- Meningitis
- Arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis, a form of arthritis.
- Tumors pressing on the spine
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