Conditions We Treat

Back Pain Wombourne

Is your back pain impacting many areas of your life, including your sleep and your ability to participate in activities that you enjoy?

What is Back Pain?

Back pain is one of the most common reasons that people attend our clinic.

Sometimes, it can begin as a minor discomfort, progress over time, or suddenly manifest, resulting in various limitations in your life.

Our way of treating back pain involves unique manual therapies and the core control program so that your back has the strength and ability to maintain the pressures of normal daily life.

Back pain can stem from a variety of factors that aren’t necessarily limited to your back. Our job is to identify these factors, design a treatment plan that addresses your condition, and assist you in getting back to doing what you enjoy without pain.

Back Pain Treatment Wombourne

Midlands Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic provides physio care for lower back pain and proudly services the local Wombourne community.

Lower back pain is an extremely common condition with up to 80% of the population experiencing back pain at some time during the lives. Although the underlying pathology of low back pain is usually not serious, it is an important cause of pain in the community and has considerable impact on the economy due to time taken off work. Whilst the vast majority of patients with back pain will recover within 6 weeks, a small number will go on to develop chronic back pain and a gradual deterioration of functionality.

Causes of Back Pain

Back pain is frequently caused by irritation or inadequate function of the bones, joints, ligaments, or muscles in your back. Vertebral dysfunction, a common condition that arises when the spinal vertebrae compress or irritate the delicate nerve structures in your lower back, may be the culprit behind such irritation.

Lower back pain can also result from inflammatory arthritis, such as ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as fractures caused by osteoporosis. Furthermore, back pain may be referred from another location.

Less common conditions causing low back pain include cancer (usually from another source such as the prostate or lung), serious infections and compression of the spinal cord.

Assessment of Back Pain

Your physiotherapist will conduct a comprehensive examination of your history, orthopaedic, neurological, and spinal functions to determine the precise cause of your lower back pain. Additional assessments, such as x-rays and digital scans, may also be recommended.

Treatment for Back Pain

The focus of physiotherapy treatment for low back pain is to restore function to spinal joints that are moving poorly, as well as to reduce muscle tension and increase muscle strength. This leads to improved movement, reduced pain, and decreased nerve irritation.

Treatments are personalised to the individual case, generally comprising spinal and soft tissue mobilisation, core stabilisation guidance, strengthening exercises, stretching, and heat/cold therapy. Please get in touch with us to schedule your comprehensive lower back consultation to assist in identifying the exact cause of your back pain and commence a course of corrective treatment today!