{"id":50493,"date":"2026-11-10T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/how-did-i-throw-out-my-back-doing-basically-nothing\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:35:06","slug":"how-did-i-throw-out-my-back-doing-basically-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/how-did-i-throw-out-my-back-doing-basically-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did I Throw Out My Back Doing Basically Nothing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the term \u201cthrowing out your back\u201d is used a lot, it\u2019s not a medical diagnosis, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars-sinai.org\/provider\/neelakantan-anand-2682899.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neel Anand, MD<\/a>, an orthopedic spine surgeon and co-medical director of spine trauma surgery at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/pain-management\/sharp-lower-back-pain\/\">underlying cause<\/a> may be a muscle strain, irritated spinal joint, disc problem, or another condition,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of pain associated with throwing out your back has an underlying cause, ranging from arthritis to misalignment, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwell.edu\/find-care\/find-a-doctor\/dr-brandon-joseph-erickson-md-1598029605\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Erickson, MD<\/a>, director of orthopedics for Northwell in Tarrytown, New York. \u201cThe body can compensate for that for a long time,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Erickson says it\u2019s possible to throw out your back from an acute injury, like stretching too far or herniating a disc. \u201cBut there\u2019s often strain that\u2019s slowly growing over time and, at some point, the issue becomes significant,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/orthopedic-conditions\/how-did-i-throw-out-my-back-doing-basically-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the term \u201cthrowing out your back\u201d is used a lot, it\u2019s not a medical diagnosis, says Neel Anand, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon and co-medical director of spine trauma surgery at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles. \u201cThe underlying cause may be a muscle strain, irritated spinal joint, disc problem, or another condition,\u201d he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":50494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[36,7048],"class_list":["post-50493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-mixtv","tag-orthopedic-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}