Can Physical Therapy Help Lower Back Pain?

Lower back pain is the second most common disorder that occurs among the world’s population. The most common age group who suffer from lower back pain is between 30 and 50, yet some younger and older people can also suffer from this pain too.

Lower Back Pain

Why back pain occurs?

• There are various causes of lower back pain. If the muscles in our lower back are either worked heavily or not worked enough pain can occur.

• Heavy load lifting or too much strain on weak muscles will generate pain in the back.

• If the discs between the vertebrae are wearing out due to age this is a condition called “intervertebral disc degeneration” causing pain.

• Any fracture, herniated disc (slipped disc from the spine arrangement), tumors on the spine, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis are also considered to be common causes of back pain.

Ways to eliminate back pain

People needlessly suffer from lower back pain. Sometimes the pain would be acute or recurrent or a prolonged sharp unbearable pain can occur.

With advancement in science and technology, there are numerous ways to get rid of this pain depending upon to the severity.

A few possible treatments for Lower back pain are

• Physical therapy
• Exercise and Yoga.
• Medications, steroid administration, and opioid analgesics.
• Advanced physical therapy
• Cold laser therapy
• Surgery

Importance of Physical Therapy

• Physical therapy mainly focuses on pain management and prevention. It is a non-invasive treatment with no side effects. It promotes a fast healing and restores function and movement.

• A physical therapist is a trained professional who reduces the body pain and repairs the mobility without an expensive surgery or side effects of medications.

• Physical therapists are trained to administer interventions. These interventions focus on pain management of patients who are completely diagnosed and observed by the physical therapist.

Therapeutic Exercises 

• These exercises are important for strengthening the back muscle and abdominal region by various stretching and firming techniques.

• It also promotes mobility and range of motion.

• This mobilisation technique is useful for reducing the back pain.

Manual Therapeutic Technique 

• Physical therapists prescribe this manual remedy technique when the examination findings indicate the use of these tactics to scale down ache, spasm, edema, or swelling.

• Manual therapy is practiced by massage therapists and they aim to reduce the pain by skilled hand massage and skilled passive movements of joints and smooth tissue.

• This therapy also toughens tissue; expands the variety of motion; modulate discomfort, and decrease delicate tissue swelling and infection. 

• Sometimes procedures could include manual traction, massage, mobilisation/manipulation, and passive range of movement.

Certified Physical Therapists for back pain at Bodhizone

If you are suffering from lower back pain and unhappy with your present treatment please don’t hesitate to call us on 212-529-5700 or visit us on www.bodhizone.com to find the best solution to manage your pain.

We enhance and maintain your physical well being; broaden the potential to move and make your body stronger.