Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain is a frequently occurring injury. Early treatment can lead to a speedy recovery and prevent it from happening again by establishing the root cause of the problem. Back pain can have several causes such as poor posture, overuse, incorrect lifting techniques, getting jolted in a car, flat feet or even weak core muscles. There are several structures in the back that may cause pain such as discs, ligaments, muscles, joint and nerves. Your Physiotherapist can use many different treatment techniques to alleviate your back pain such as massage, soft tissue work, joint mobilisations, dry needling and exercise.
Physiotherapy will aim to:
- Reduce pain, inflammation and stiffness
- Restore full movement
- Strengthen the core muscles
- Help you to return to full activities of sports or work
Conditions We Treat
- Ankle sprains
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction rehab
- Arthritis
- Arthroscopy pre and post
- Back pain
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cervical Spondylosis
- Disc protrusion, disc prolapse, slipped disc, disc bulge
- Frozen Shoulder
- Golfers elbow
- Groin strain
- Hamstring tear
- Headaches that may be caused by poor prolonged posture in the neck
- Hip Pain
- Knee pain
- Laminectomy, Spinal Fusion, Discectomy
- Ligament sprains
- Low back pain
- Muscle strains e.g. Hamstring, biceps, calf
- Neck pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pinched nerve (impingement)
- Poor mobility or walking patterns
- Pre and post surgery – arthroscopy, Total Knee Replacement, Total Hip Replacement, Shoulder surgery, neck and back surgery
- Rehabilitation
- Rib pain – this may be caused by trauma or poor posture
- Rotator Cuff tears
- Sacroiliac – SIJ Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Shin splints
- Shoulder pain
- Sports injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Stiffness – in any joint
- Symphisis pubic dysfunction(SPD) or pelvic girdle pain (PGP)
- Tense and tight muscles
- Tennis elbow
- Thoracic pain
- Wrist pain – such as a fracture or repetitive strain injury