Understanding the 10 Different Symptoms of Back Pain

6. Arthritis-related back pains

Sometimes pains in the back take the form of an arthritic ache of varying degrees of severity. Most people quickly identify arthritis pains, especially the elderly, so they need little further explanation. In addition to the back pain this person also frequently feels arthritic pains in other joints of the body. Typically they feel very stiff when they wake up in the morning, and the pains decline in intensity as the day proceeds. Another sign of a link to arthritis appears when the pains increase or decrease in response to changes in the weather, for example, they become more severe in cold and damp winters.