Lower Back Pain Relief: Top Causes and How Physical Therapy Can Help
Have you ever wondered why, after a long day, your lower back feels sore? Or you get bored sitting at your desk for a few hours, and all of a sudden, you find it unbearable? You’re not alone. It has been seen that as many as 80% of adults report lower back pain at some point in their lives. It is among the top causes that make people miss work or reduce their daily activities.
This is a question that we constantly hear at UNIQ Physical Therapy, when our patients ask: Is this a part of ageing, or can something be done about it? The fact remains that the causes of lower back pain may be age-related, but in the majority of cases, it is possible to control and even avoid this issue with the appropriate approach.
Common Causes of Lower Back Pain
The lower back pain is not necessarily due to one factor. It can be rather a combination of lifestyle habits, physical load, and underlying conditions:
Bad posture and sitting: Sitting due to modern working habits in front of the screen with poor posture. This causes muscle imbalances and tightening of your hip flexors, which puts a strain on your lower back.
Muscle or ligament strain: Heavy objects lifted improperly, sharp twists, or overstrain of a muscle or a ligament may result in sharp or dull pain.
Disc issues: Herniated discs or bulging discs have the potential to squeeze the nerves and cause pain, tingling, or numbness of the lower back and legs.
Sedentary lifestyle: Weak core muscles reduce support for your spine; thus, it makes it vulnerable to pain and injury.
Stress and tension: Mental stress not only acts on the brain, but it may also make the muscles in the back tighten, and this will result in constant pain.
How Physical Therapy Can Help
Most individuals believe low back pain needs medication or surgery, but physical therapy provides non-surgical, targeted relief. That’s how UNIQ Physical Therapy does it differently:
Customized Evaluation: We do not treat all in the same way. Our experts would look at your posture, movements, and muscle tone so as to know the exact cause of pain.
Specific Exercises: We do not rely on generic stretches. We develop specific exercises to tighten the weak muscles, to reposition the spine, and to enhance the flexibility, but they are all body-specific exercises.
Manual Therapy: Physical Therapy involves manipulation, improves circulation, and eliminates the tension and stiffness, working in problematic areas that you cannot do yourself.
Pain-Relief Strategies: Other than exercises, we take you through the techniques like heat/cold therapy, ergonomic changes and retraining in the movements to reduce pain and prevent flare-ups.
Education and Lifestyle Coaching: We teach you to lift correctly, sit correctly and move throughout your day without increasing your pain level, so you can experience relief and pain does not keep returning.
Wrapping Up
We know that your back pain does not define you, and this is what we believe to be the case at UNIQ Physical Therapy. With proper instruction and active treatment, you will be able to walk again, overcome pain, and get back to your routine affairs.
We have a mix of practical experience and cutting-edge recovery technologies, including movement tests and personalized workout routines, and all your treatment is designed specifically to meet the requirements of your body.
Lower back pain should not slow you down. Book an appointment with UNIQ Physical Therapy today and control your rehabilitation process.
