India, Sept. 6 -- Back pain is a very common problem nowadays, but everyone is very quick to dismiss it with a'long story short' casual approach, writing it off as a posture problem. And yes, it may seem likely with long hours of desk work at a job, hunched posture while scrolling on the phone, or even muscle strain from lugging heavy things. But there's more to this usual 'long story short' that many may fail to see, and even if they do, it may be a bit too late. It may be kidney trouble.

Dr Kshitij Raghuvanshi, urologist at Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, shed light on the seemingly common problem's more serious root and how back pain sometimes can be more than just a musculoskeletal issue. According to him, it's one of the 'first signs of k...