Conditions We Treat
Back Pain Fairfield
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?
Among the many reasons why people come to our clinic, back pain is one of the most common.
At times, it begins as a niggle, intensifies over time, or suddenly arises, 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.
Occasionally, your back pain may be caused by several factors that are not specifically located in your back. Our responsibility is to identify these factors and develop a treatment plan suitable for your condition, allowing you to do the things you want to do without pain.
Back Pain Treatment Fairfield
Midlands Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic provides physio care for lower back pain and proudly services the local Fairfield 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
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.
Inflammatory arthritis (e.g., ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis), as well as fractures caused by osteoporosis, are other common causes of lower back pain. Additionally, 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 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 for Back Pain
The physiotherapy treatment of low back pain concentrates on restoring function to spinal joints that are moving poorly, as well as reducing muscle tension and increasing muscle strength. As a result, there is improved movement, reduced pain, and decreased nerve irritation.
Therapies are tailored to the individual case, often involving spinal and soft tissue mobilisation, advice on core stabilisation, strengthening exercises, stretching, and heat/cold therapy. Please contact us to arrange your comprehensive lower back consultation, which will assist in identifying the precise cause of your back pain and starting a course of corrective treatment today!
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