An imbalance and dysfunction in number of muscles can cause back pain. Presence of Trigger Points in the muscles listed below have been mostly linked to pain in the buttock muscles.  The muscles are organized in the descending order from the most frequently involved, to the least frequently involved. Clicking on the link for the individual muscles will open a separate page. Information about the symptoms associated with those trigger points, as well as the most common reasons why they develop and how to deactivate these trigger point is detailed on those pages. Write down the names of the first three muscles on the list and proceed to the next section "Activities causing pain." The section “activities causing pain” allows for more specific personalization of treatment for back pain.  Three most significant activities triggering lower back pain should be selected from the list. For each activity, the top three listed muscles should be written down. The list of muscles from this section should be then compared with the list of muscles from the section “activities causing pain.” Identify the most frequently involved muscles in your particular case of back pain to design an individualized treatment protocol addressing primarily those muscles.