Low back pain
Low back pain is more present than ever with working from home and having improper desk and chair set ups. 1 in 4 American's have reported feeling low back pain in the past 3 months with it also being the most common area of pain reported.
Thankfully, low back pain is a large part of what we treat in office!
On our first appointment we will take a history of your low back pain, do a thorough exam which will include range of motion assessment, postural assessment, orthopedic exams and neurological exams to diagnose exactly what is making the low back pain to occur. Knowing the source of the pain allows us to properly treat the issue and improve any dysfunction from occurring in the future.
Our treatment is specific to you! This means that when we are making a treatment plan it likely will look different than other patients as the conditions are different.
Techniques we use to treat low back pain include:
- Manual adjustments
- Flexion-Distraction therapy (see "services" to get full description of this treatment)
- Lumbar decompression therapy
- Manual therapy including soft tissue (muscle) treatment
- Therapeutic exercises
- Stretching using PIR/PNF
- Graston therapy (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization)
- Cupping
- Ultrasound
- Electric stimulation
Low back conditions we treat:
Low back conditions we treat include (but are not limited to):
- General low back pain
- Lumbar disc bulge or herniation
- Lumbar sprain/strain (pulled muscle in low back)
- Low back instability from sitting too long
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
- Sacroiliac (SI joint pain)
- Injury from weight lifting
- Scoliosis
- Pre and postpartum pains and recovery
- Pelvic instability or pain
- Hip pain
- Sciatica
- Piriformis syndrome
- Bursitis
- Growing pains in children and teenagers
- Sports injuries
FUN FACT: The only way the discs in our spine get nutrients in and waste products out is through compression and decompression of the joints! This can be achieved through normal body movement, but when spinal joints become restricted, the movement is lost at that specific joint. This can lead to decreased disc height, changes in disc shape and degeneration (arthritis) if not corrected in the long-term. Flexion-Distraction and manual adjustments can help with this movement to improve disc health!
