Issues with the Spine
The health of your spine is vital since the spine supports your body. Some issues that affect spinal health include herniated discs or spinal arthritis. The pain from these two issues could cause pain that may reach your flank. Pain from your spine can affect both sides of the spine, although it can only radiate to either your left or right flank.
For problems with your spine, some of the symptoms include difficulty moving, chronic back pain, unexplained tingling or numbness in your foot or leg, and sharp, shooting pain that travels on one side down to your leg.
You might have a fracture in your spine, which causes flank pain. Another issue is swelling of the discs that cushion the spinal vertebra. A degenerative disc disease usually occurs as people get older. Age contributes to the compression of the discs, and the degeneration of the squishy cushions results in pain. Some people may have a slipped disc or a herniated disc, which means the disc can rupture and jut out. Doctors explained that spinal disc degeneration narrows the space where the nerves exit and compresses the joints, causing irritation of the nerves and resulting in flank pain.
