It is also important to consider the presence or absence of accompanying medical issues in order to precisely identify the cause and to help formulate the optimal treatment for pain in the buttocks.
The abdominal cavity contains the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidneys, spleen and pancreas. Side pain can be a symptom of a wide variety of mild to serious diseases, disorders and conditions, such as infection, infarction, inflammation, indigestion, trauma, intestinal obstruction, and cancer.
Kidney stones are another potential cause of lower back pain. This is caused by a solid stone of calcium or another mineral that can cause pain inside the kidneys. As we have one on either side at the back this pain can occur specifically on one side of the body. Fortunately the other symptoms make kidney stones fairly easy to identify. Normally these will also cause pain in the abdominals, pain during urine and potentially blood in the urine too.