Lower back arthritis sometimes called lumbar spine arthritis or lumbar facet joint arthritis causes pain and stiffness in the joints called facet joints of the lower back and inflammation of the surrounding tissues 1 2.
Symptoms of arthritis in lower back and hips uk.
The doctor will take a medical history and perform a physical exam to see if the person has pain tenderness loss of motion involving the neck or lower back or if symptoms are suggestive signs.
About 20 percent of people with psoriatic arthritis will experience pain in the lower back.
The low back pain due to facet joint arthritis has a typical pattern.
Normally the lumbar joints are cushioned by gel filled discs and protected by an outer covering of cartilage.
The pain is mostly more than 80 in the back runs into the buttocks and often really feels like it s in the hip.
As it gets even worse people often report burning on the outer aspect of the thigh and sometimes pain down the leg.