Interspinales lumborum muscles

Looks like

Short paired muscles between the spinous processes of neighbouring lumbar vertebrae.

What it does

Help extend the lower back and give the brain information about its position.

Keeping it well

Rarely a separate problem; low back pain with leg weakness or bladder change needs urgent care.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus