• 14 Apr 2021
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Back Pain? Find Out How Physiotherapy Can Help You To Heal With Proper Exercises

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Due to a massive shift in our lifestyle and habits, back pain has emerged as one of the most common ailments among the urban population. As per a research done by Georgetown University, around 16 million American adults suffer from one or the other form of back pain, and the numbers are growing at an alarming scale.

In this article, we will share how physiotherapy can help in treating back pain. But before that, let’s understand the causes and symptoms of back pain.

Causes of Back Pain

Lower back pain is the most common type of back pain, and the main reasons are poor posture and lack of movement among the patients.

Since office and business work requires long hours in front of the computer or laptop, and almost everyone is hooked on to mobile phones these days, the cases of lower back pain are refusing to die down.

Fortunately, back pain caused by these factors can be treated successfully with regular and targeted physiotherapy, that we at CureNow Wellness Physiotherapy provides.

However, back pain can also be caused by some severe and extreme causes such as osteoporosis, arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, disc prolapse and other reasons, for which a more detailed and advanced medical treatment is required.

Symptoms of Back pain

Some of the most common symptoms of back pain are:

Consistent pain in the buttocks, legs, feet, as if someone is pricking pins and needles

You can feel the pain moving down from your back to the legs and feet

Pain intensifies when you bend forward to pick any thing

Entire lower back region is always stiff and stubborn

When the back pain is extreme, then some symptoms are:

While walking or standing, you are unsteady

Passing or controlling bladder or/and bowel movement

Back pain leads to sudden weight loss or fever

How Physiotherapy Can Help In Back Pain?

Based on the correct diagnosis and observation of the symptoms, physiotherapy can be used to treat back pain conditions, and the results are very encouraging, especially in the case of lower back pain.

With proper and goal-oriented physiotherapy, the patient is able to improve body movements, range of motions and subsequently, back pain is gradually reduced. Moreover, physiotherapy leads to improvised and optimized joint and muscle movement, which is another important step towards treatment of back pain.

Four major physical therapies involved in the treatment of lower back pain includes:

Manual Therapy: This is a quick-fire and instant pain relief strategy, wherein the physiotherapist will provide manual (hands-on) physical therapy to reduce and remove stiffness, pain and improvise joint movement and muscles of the spine.

Movement Exercises: Strategies such as McKenzie method, neural tissue mobilization etc can be deployed to improve the range of motion of the patient, by movement exercises. The objective is to restore normal motion of the patient, and reduce radiating or referred pain in the lower back region.

Strengthening Exercises: This is the long-term strategy to reduce and remove lower back pain, by strengthening of the abdominal and spinal muscles. In this method, the deep muscles are re-trained to improve core stability and endurance of the patient, which leads to near-zero back pain in the longer run.

Electrotherapy: At CureNow Wellness, we also use electrotherapy for treating lower back pain issues, and this has given us some amazing results. In this, small currents are passed on to the electrodes, which send small electric pulses to the area where the patient is experiencing back pain.

For electrotherapy treatment for back pain, we are deploying Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) therapy and Interferential Therapy or (IFT), based on the severity of the problem. Besides, we are among the first to use Percussion Gun and Dry Cupping therapy, as part of electrotherapy treatment for lower back pain, and the results we are receiving is very encouraging.

In some cases, we also recommend ultrasound for the patient, wherein vibrations are used to send heat and energy to the impacted areas such as spinal muscles, ligaments, tendons and bones. This can also reduce pain, and kickstart healing with immediate results.

At CureNow Wellness Physiotherapy, we have UK-trained physiotherapists and consultants, who can suggest the best way forward to treat your back pain.