Using the latest low back pain guidelines from the American Pain Society (APS) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) as a key reference, this visual and textual overview of the condition explains: types of low back pain; causes and risk factors; signs and symptoms; treatment and management; and, prevention techniques. This chart illustrates: a human figure (posterior view) with pain radiating into the leg and numbness and tingling in the leg; sagittal view of lower spine with: tumor of the spinal cord, bone spur impinging on spinal nerves, compression fractures and herniated disc impinging on spinal nerve; anterior view of the lower spine and pelvis showing tumors, infections, degenerative diseases, ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis, arthritis, and intrapelvic mass; and, correct postures and techniques to avoid low back pain.