Conditions We Treat
Back Pain Stourport
Is your back pain affecting various aspects of your life, such as your sleep and your ability to engage in activities you love?
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 sudden suddenly develop causing new, all sorts of restrictions in your life.
At our clinic, we use exclusive manual therapies and the core control program as part of our treatment for back pain. This helps your back acquire the strength and capability to manage the daily pressures of 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 Stourport
Midlands Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic provides physio care for lower back pain and proudly services the local Stourport community.
Back pain in the lower region is a highly prevalent condition, with as many as 80% of the population experiencing it at some stage in their life. 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 substantial impact on the economy due to work absences. Although most patients recover from back pain within six weeks, a small number 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.
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 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
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.
The treatments are customised to the individual case and generally consist of spinal and soft tissue mobilisation, advice on core stabilisation, strengthening exercises, stretching, and heat/cold therapy. Please get in touch with us to arrange your comprehensive lower back consultation, which will help identify the specific cause of your back pain and start a course of corrective treatment today!
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