Understanding Back Pain
Unfortunately very few of us will get through life without experiencing some type of back pain – in fact statistics for the UK show that 10 million people have back pain in the UK (versusarthritis.org). The good news is that most cases of back pain completely resolve and there is no permanent damage.
Back pain can take many forms from:
- Dull aches to sharp spasms
- From pain localised to the back to pain radiating into the buttock or up towards the neck
- From pain standing to pain when you sit
- Back pain is always an inconvenience but in some cases it can take over lives.
This is why each person with back pain needs to be individually assessed by a health professional such as a physiotherapist to tailor a treatment programme specifically to their needs taking into account their underlying fitness, job, hobbies, age and any other health concerns. Often low back pain will resolve without treatment over a few weeks but reassurance from someone who has dealt with similar problems helps movement and confidence to return more quickly. There is never one treatment programme that fits everyone – however good it is!
The Ashbourne Approach
At Ashbourne and Hilton Physio centres we love guiding you through a programme of treatment to help relieve your pain, restore confident movement and regain your strength and full potential. Our physios have decades of experience treating thousands of backs but we still treat everyone as an individual as we believe this is how to get results and when you feel better we know we’re doing our job.
After assessing how you move, which parts of your spine are and aren’t doing their and establishing where any injured segment might be, we will discount any serious pathology and talk to you about your options for treatment.
Often spinal pains come from a mix of irritated areas and could include:
- Disc injuries
- Facet joint irritation
- Sciatic or Femoral nerve irritation
- Muscle or ligament sprains
- Osteoporosis
- Postural strains or scoliosis
- Sacroiliac irritation
- Fractures
- Age related spinal changes – called spondylosis
