Know your Back pain


Modern times have a lifestyle of business. Almost all of us have a busy, hectic day schedule, and this causes physical stress. Low back pain is the most common outcome of this stress; almostevery third person in the world suffers from low back or back pain. The back-pain issue has affected all age groups, from kids to the old. However, thankfully most low back pain resolves within 4 to 6 weeks of simple physiotherapy treatments and a piece of conservative advice.

Although the strength differs from person to person, and at times it even gets treated on its own, at other times, the pain remains, worsens, otherwise returns, and it is then that the recovery getsextended. At times back pain may be treated and diagnosed with multipart treatments. But now physiotherapy is quickly becoming an efficient, safe, and cost-effective way to relax the muscles.

There are many types of back pains and the treatments can vary accordingly.

Let’s see some of the typical types of back pain and the related line of treatments

• Regular Low Back Pain- A young age group, say of 25 years of age to 40, if experiences a low back pain that is restricted to the level of back and doesn’t affect the legs. 95% of times, this is a simple pain mainly caused by the spasm of paraspinal muscles.

The common reasons for this type of pain is prolonged sitting and continuous travelling.

This type of pain can be treated with conservative advice and some simple physiotherapy treatments.

• Stiffness in the morning- If you feel a stiff low back in the morning, and the stiffness lasts for 30-40 minutes, you may have to visit your physiotherapist and start a treatment. However, if you ignore it, you may face a prolonged stiffness. Here, a physiotherapist may recommend a blood test to diagnose the root cause.
• Pains in back and limbs- Sometimes, there is an unbearable pain in the back and it gets extended with the limbs pain too. This is the time when a spine specialist’sopinion along with a physiotherapy can be of help. To diagnose the severity of such muscular pains, the doctors may suggest you an X-ray and then can decide the course of further treatments.
• Pains in the back and limbs after walk- When you get a walk, you feel that your legs and your back is paining very much. In such conditions, your spine specialist may suggest an inspection with MRI scan. If the damage is in the range of 25% to 30% then a simple physiotherapy treatment and some exercises can be of help.

Physiotherapy nowadays has upgraded with the help of technology and the following can help you to have a relief from the low back pain. 

1. Matrix Therapy
2. Spinal Decompression
3. Manual Therapy with some exercises, and many more…

 

 

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