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 Introduction:   Bertolotti's syndrome is a type of lower back pain(waist line region) in which the transverse process of L5 vertebra fused with the sacrum or ilium causing discogenic disease and limited mobility around lumbo-sacral region. The pain caused by Bertolotti's syndrome is not uniform and originates from different pathology caused by the lumbosacral transitional vertebra(LSTV).It was first described in  1917 by Italian physician named Mario Bertolotti's. Cause of Bertolotti's syndrome: As the development of our body takes place, there is also spinal growth in which vertebrae located in the sacral region fuse together to form one bone called the sacrum of pelvis. similarly lumbar vertebra also grows with segments of transverse process and spinous process which provide movement at the lumbar region. In some instances, during the developmental stage this transverse process typically enlarged and often looks like a fake joint which touches the pelvis. This fake j...