Conditions We Treat

Back Pain Hagley

Is your back pain affecting multiple aspects of your life, such as your sleep and your ability to engage in activities that bring you joy?

What is Back Pain?

At our clinic, back pain is one of the most frequent reasons for patient appointments.

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

Our approach to treating back pain involves distinctive manual therapies and the core control program, ensuring that your back possesses the strength and capacity to handle the pressures of everyday life.

At times, your back pain may arise from several factors that are not necessarily related to your back. Our goal is to determine these factors, create a treatment plan appropriate to your condition, and help you regain the ability to engage in the activities you desire.

Back Pain Treatment Hagley

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

As many as 80% of people experience lower back pain at some point in their lives, making it an extremely common condition. Although the underlying pathology of low back pain is typically not severe, it is a significant source of pain in the community and has a considerable impact on the economy due to work absenteeism. Although the majority of patients recover from back pain within six weeks, a small percentage may develop chronic back pain and a gradual decline in function.

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.

Inflammatory arthritis (such as ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis) and fractures caused by osteoporosis are among the other causes of lower back pain. Additionally, back pain may be referred from other areas.

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 identify the exact cause of your lower back pain. Other assessments, such as x-rays and digital scanning, may also be recommended.

Treatment for Back Pain

Physiotherapy treatment for low back pain aims 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, lessened pain, and reduced nerve irritation.

Treatments are tailored to the individual case usually consisting of spinal and soft tissue mobilisation, core stabilisation 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!