Conditions We Treat

Back Pain Halesowen

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.

It may commence as a niggle, progress gradually, or develop suddenly, causing a variety of 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.

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 Halesowen

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

Lower back pain is a widespread condition, affecting up to 80% of the population at some stage in their lives. While the underlying pathology of low back pain is usually not severe, it is a significant cause of pain in the community and has a substantial impact on the economy due to time taken off work. Although most patients with back pain will recover within six weeks, a small number may develop chronic back pain and a gradual decline in function.

Causes of Back Pain

The majority of causes of back pain result from irritation or poor function of the bones, joints, ligaments, or muscles in your back. Such irritation may be caused by Vertebral dysfunction, a prevalent condition that arises when the spinal vertebrae compress or irritate the sensitive nerve structures in your lower back.

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.

Cancer (typically originating from another source, such as the prostate or lung), severe infections, and compression of the spinal cord are less common causes of low back pain.

Assessment of Back Pain

To determine the exact cause of your lower back pain, your physiotherapist will conduct a thorough examination of your history, orthopaedic, neurological, and spinal functions. Additional assessments, such as x-rays and digital scans, may also be suggested.

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 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!