Conditions We Treat

Back Pain Wolverley

Is your back pain impacting numerous aspects of your life, including your sleep and your ability to participate in activities you enjoy?

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 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.

Sometimes your back pain can be due to any number of reasons, which aren’t actually specifically located in your back. It’s our job to determine what these factors are to make sure we create a treatment plan appropriate to your condition and get you better doing the things that you want to be doing.

Back Pain Treatment Wolverley

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

Low back pain caused by cancer (usually originating from another source such as the prostate or lung), severe infections, and spinal cord compression are uncommon conditions.

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

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.

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!