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Back pain after intercourse
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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Our contemporaries, especially city dwellers, are not very physically active. This leads to the fact that the problem of back pain occurs in an increasingly younger population. People of active working age (from 35 to 45 years) most often consult doctors for this problem; in recent years, the number of children and teenagers who have encountered this problem has also increased.
This problem is sometimes encountered by a part of the population of either gender and, most often, it is caused by diseases of the spine (scoliosis, osteochondrosis, arthrosis), which are aggravated by intense movements.
However, problems in the genitourinary organs can also manifest as reflected pain in the lower back.
In men, painful sensations in the lumbar region during or after sexual intercourse can be caused by: prostatitis, pathologies of the testicles (dropsy, cyst, orchitis) or urethra, venereal diseases, varicose veins, ruptured frenulum, inflammation of the vas deferens, sperm stagnation as a result of frequent contraception using interrupted intercourse.
In the fair half of humanity, psychological causes (pain after losing virginity, incomplete defloration, vaginal trauma, psychogenic genitalgia, past violence) are added to pathological causes (inflammatory and degenerative processes in the genitourinary system, congestion in the pelvis, neoplasms, adhesive disease, vaginismus, etc.).
Only a professional can determine the cause and provide assistance; restrictions in sexual relations will not solve the problem of pain.
It is possible that pain can be caused by uncomfortable conditions, awkward posture, physiological discrepancy in the sizes of the genitals. With the desire of both partners and competent professional help, any problems can be solved.
Back pain after various activities can be a sign of both harmless muscle strain and quite dangerous pathologies. The approach to eliminating the pain symptom should be differentiated. The intensity of the syndrome is not indicative, pain from a strain or muscle soreness can be more acute than from arthrosis or kidney disease. You can analyze the events preceding the pain and wait a little. Harmless symptoms at rest and in a comfortable position disappear quite quickly.
However, if you are constantly bothered by attacks of strictly localized pain, continuing or arising even when resting in comfortable conditions, and also restricting movement, you need to undergo an examination. If you do not even guess the cause of the pain, start with a visit to a therapist or family doctor.
If back pain is accompanied by fever, weakness, nausea, numbness, headache, or confusion, then emergency assistance may be required.