Conditions We Treat
Back Pain Halesowen
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?
One of the primary reasons why patients come to our clinic is back pain.
Sometimes, it can begin as a minor discomfort, progress over time, or suddenly manifest, resulting in various limitations in your life.
Our method of treating back pain utilises special manual therapies and the core control program. This helps to ensure that your back has the strength and ability to withstand the strains of normal daily activities.
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 Halesowen
Midlands Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic provides physio care for lower back pain and proudly services the local Halesowen 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
Most back pain is caused by irritation or poor function of the bones, joints, ligaments, or muscles in your back. Vertebral dysfunction, a prevalent condition that arises when the spinal vertebrae compress or irritate the sensitive nerve structures in your lower back, may be the root cause of 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 causes of low back pain include cancer (typically originating from another source, such as the prostate or lung), severe 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
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 each individual case and typically involve spinal and soft tissue mobilisation, advice on core stabilisation, strengthening exercises, stretching, and heat/cold therapy. Please contact us to schedule your comprehensive lower back consultation, which will help determine the exact cause of your back pain and initiate a course of corrective treatment today!
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