Low Back Pain Physiotherapy
Low back pain can be debilitating and have profound affects on your emotional and social wellbeing. According to the World Health Organisation, “Low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide and the condition for which the greatest number of people would benefit from rehabilitation” . Globally, Low Back Pain affects approximately 620 million people with the greatest prevalence between the age of 50-55.
Our Physiotherapists are experts in assessing and treating low back pain and can help you reduce your pain and improve your function today. We use a hands-on approach in assessing and treating low back pain in combination with education and exercises to get you back to you best.
Low back pain is one of the most common conditions we see in clinic, we treat backs everyday.
How can Physiotherapy help me?
Physiotherapists are experts in diagnosing and treating low back pain. We will assess you thoroughly to find the cause of your pain so we can target our treatment and management plan for you.
Pain reduction - if appropriate, we will use manual therapy techniques such as massage or mobilisation to give you pain relief in clinic. Then, we will give you homework to do at home to maximise the affects of the treatment and continue to improve your pain.
Restore function - once we have your pain under control, we will focus on improving your range of motion and capacity.
Prevention - At this stage you should be an expert in self-managing your own low back pain. You will know what the cause is and what you can do to avoid flaring up your pain. In the case of a flare up, you’ll know how to deal with on your own. We might give you some exercises to continue with on your own to build your resilience.
Things you should know about backs
40% of people in the 50s have a disc bulge on imaging but have no pain at all - evidence on imaging doesn’t always equal pain
From what we have seen in clinic, about 80% of disc bulges recover in 8 weeks with the right advice.
“Lift with your legs not with your back” is a Work Health Safety myth! Surely if we all lifted bending backwards we we never get injured?
Slouching is bad for your back, plus you look like you have bad posture. WRONG! For most patients, we will tell you that it’s okay to slouch, it might even be beneficial for your pain.