Conditions We Treat

Back Pain

Is your back pain affecting many aspects of your life, your sleep, the activities that you love to do?

What is Back Pain?

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

Sometimes it starts as a niggle, it builds up over time, or it can suddenly develop causing all sorts of restrictions 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.

Sometimes your back pain can be due to any number of reasons, which aren’t actually specifically located in your back.

And it’s our job to determine what these factors are to make sure we create a treatment plan appropriate to your condition and get you better doing the things that you want to be doing.

Back Pain Kidderminster

Back Pain Treatment Kidderminster

Midlands Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic provides physio care for lower back pain and proudly services the Kidderminster, Stourport, Bewdley, Halesowen, Redditch, Stourbridge telford, Droitwich Spa, Cleobury Mortimer, Worcester, Bridgnorth, Telford, Worcestershire, Birmingham and other local communities.

Lower back pain is an extremely common condition with up to 80% of the population experiencing back pain at some time during their 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

Most causes of back pain are the result of irritation or poor function of the bones, joints, ligaments or muscles in your back. Such irritation can be the result of Vertebral dysfunction, a common condition that occurs when the spinal vertebrae compress or irritate the delicate nerve structures of your lower back.

Other causes of lower back pain include inflammatory arthritis (e.g. ankylosis spondylitis, Rheumatoid arthritis), and fractures due to osteoporosis. Back pain may also 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.

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Assessment

Your Physiotherapist will perform a detailed history, orthopaedic, neurological and spinal examination to determine the exact cause of your lower back pain. Other tests including x-rays and digital scanning may also be recommended.

Treatment

Physiotherapy treatment of low back pain focuses on restoring function to poorly moving spinal joints, as well as reducing muscle tension and increasing muscle strength. This results in improved movement, reduced pain and deceased nerve irritation.

Treatments are tailored to the individual case usually consisting of spinal and soft tissue mobilisation, core stabilization advice, strengthening exercises, stretching and heat/cold therapy. Please contact us to arrange your comprehensive lower back consultation to help identify the exact cause of your  back pain and begin a course of corrective treatment today!

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