Spinal pain is not the exact same as back pain.
However spine pain can be felt in the back and all spine pain is essentially back pain, but not all back pain is a result of spine pain.
Spine pain refers more specifically to the pain that originates from your spinal column itself.
And back pain is a broader term and back pain is not always spinal pain.
Back pain can occur from other sources other than the spine, such as your ligaments, organs and even muscles.
The back pain can be experienced anywhere in your back, from your neck, "cervical spine", to your lower back or "lumbar spine".
Causes of back pain include strains, sprains and spasms, for muscular back pain, fractures, arthritis, spinal stenosis for skeletal back pain, and pinched nerves and sciatica for nerve related back pain.
And disc problems such as herniated discs, tumors and even referred pain from other organs can result in back pain.
Spinal pain specifically originates from your spinal column itself, which include the discs, nerves and vertebrae and other structures within your spine.
Causes of spinal pain include tumors or fractures, spinal stenosis, arthritis such as osteoarthritis or ankylosing spondylitis, degenerative disc disease and herniated discs.
Symptoms of spinal pain include pain which radiates down your arms or legs, numbness, tingling or weakness in your limbs and pain which does not improve with rest or over the counter pain relievers.
Signs and symptoms of a tumor on your spine are changes in bowel and or bladder function, spinal deformities and even muscle weakness or numbness.
Spinal tumors can manifest in several different ways, and pain is a common early symptom of a tumor on your spine.
Although the actual signs and symptoms of a tumor on your spine can also vary depending on the location of the tumor and the size and whether or not the tumor on the spine is cancerous or not.
The most frequent symptom of a tumor on your spine is back pain, which is often a deep, aching and persistent back pain and sometimes the back pain with the tumor on the spine gets worse at night or with activity.
Radicular pain which radiates from your spine to other areas of the body like your arms or legs and it can also be sharp or shooting pain and you muscle weakness or numbness which can affect the arms, legs or chest and even spinal deformities such as Scoliosis or other changes in your spine's curvature can also occur with a tumor on your spine.
And even tingling, loss of sensation or balance problems can also be symptoms of a tumor on your spine.
Although not all spinal tumors will cause symptoms and the spinal tumor symptoms can also be similar to other conditions.