Understanding the 10 Different Symptoms of Back Pain

5. Back pain can come on without any apparent reason

One of the more difficult sides of back pain is the way it sometimes develops without any apparent cause. One day a person feels perfectly fine, and the following day they wake up with aches. It is entirely possible that they made some sudden movement or spent a long time sitting poorly positioned that day without even paying attention to it, so they are puzzled when their back starts to hurt, but this is not invariably the case. Usually, their pain increases in response to movement or even a cough and sneeze can bring on a pain spurt.