Treatment For Back Pain

If you've got back pain, then you've probably had lots of conversations with other people about it. Why? Well it's hard  to hide back pain because it effects everything we do - so other people notice it. Also nearly everyone has had back pain so they'll have a suggestion for you to try, a remedy, a power drink, a stretch, a therapist they visited.

So a thousand different fixes, why? Well it's because there is a thousand causes, muscles, disc, ligament, bone, a fall, lifting, stress, posture the list goes on. But if you're reading this you've probably gone beyond the 'remedy' stage and are looking for professional advice and the questions that you want answered are probably these

 'Can you fix it' ?

"If yes, What will you do to fix it"

"how long will it take to be fixed" |

As osteopaths we have over 25 years experience treating  back pain so we've been asked those 3 questions thousands of times.

And to answer them accurately we first need to work exactly what your body is doing, what's causing your pain and why the body hasn't fixed it itself.

Once we've done that all the other answers appear naturally.

So how do we work out what the body's doing, well, by a 20 minute or more examination of the muscles, ligaments, joints. It's why our first appointments are always an hour long, because if you dive into treatment it's pot luck whether you fix someone - you always need a good examination first.

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What type of back pain have we treated?

When it comes to back pain we have probably treated something similar to what you have - here's a list - of course you may not have a label for your problem - that's fine the labels are just ways of talking about it and often you may have a mix of these or something that is you can't put a label on - that's fine we've treated those as well! here' the list anyway - acute pain, chronic pain, sciatica, ligament strains, muscle spasms, thoracic pain, lumbar pain, scoliosis, disc problems including prolapses, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, spondylois, spondolythesis, spinal stenosis, nerve impingement, pelvic imbalance, sacrum & coccyx pain & displacement, fractures, and more.  We've also had a lot of success treating back pained caused by menstrual issues, pelvic floor imbalances and post birth & pregnancy issues.  

How you know if you need treatment?

Well as an osteopath you may think I would say if you are in pain come & see me, but in quite a few cases you may not have to. If your pain levels aren't too high my advice is simply leave if for a day or so & see if it goes away - often if its a simple tweak to a muscle or a ligament it will get better on its own especially if you can take it easy & give the body a chance to recover. Ice locally applied or heat globally via a hot bath can both help. If your pain levels are high or your mobility is restricted or you just know your body and can tell it needs treatment, then definitely get some treatment early before the problem beds in. If you really aren't sure what is going on with your pain or injury then please feel free to give the clinic a ring and discuss your problem in more detail with one of our registered osteopaths.