Generally speaking psychological and chemical causes result in more regional or diffuse symptoms covering larger areas of the body. Some medications just make you hurt all over or too much stress causes a general soreness across the shoulders.
A mechanical cause of back pain is more localized. When a segment of the spine is out of alignment the pain will be more local. It can also affect the nerves at that level. If a vertebrae in the upper neck is out of alignment twisted to the right it will cause pain in the upper neck on the right, possible muscle spasm in the trapezius muscle radiating into the right shoulder and upper back on the right. If the the vertebrae is far enough out of alignment it can affect the nerves going into the head and neck causing neck pain headaches, numbness, tingling, dizziness and many other symptoms. A vertebrae in the lower back twisted to the left can cause lower back pain, muscle spasm, pain in the buttock on the left and left leg pain, numbness or tingling. These are just two examples of the hundreds of variations of symptoms caused by spinal misalignment. Injury to the spine can cause fractures often obvious but also hidden. Some diseases such as cancer and some infectious diseases can cause back pain. Because of the nervous systems relationship to the spine and the whole body many times disease in another part of the body can refer pain to the spine. A condition of the heart or gallbladder may cause only back pain. These of course can be serious conditions. It is always in your best interest to have an examination by a qualified physician to determine the cause of your back pain and rule out some of these other potential hidden causes.
Many times there can be several causes of your back pain. Most of the time it will require both the treatment from a health care professional and an effort on your part to rehabilitate, restore and maintain your spine. For the best results make Simple Slant a part of your return to full function and good health.