Low Back Pain
Suffering from low back pain? You’re not alone! We experience a lot of movement, stress, and pressure on our back – whether it’s a hard tissue injury, a misalignment, or a sprain, lower back injuries are very common. What causes this injury? How can we fix it?
Have you tried to go a day without twisting or moving your back? It’s not easy and intense back pain can lead to difficulty doing everyday tasks such as walking, standing, sleeping or household chores. It can be frustrating when you become restricted in daily activities on top of dealing with low back pain. Treating low back pain is best done when the overall cause is determined – treatment options depend on a range of factors specific to each patient and can be different from person to person.
Treating lower back pain won’t just improve overall function and mobility, but it will also reduce the likelihood of pain flareups and prevent chronic back pain from developing. Avoiding straining activities, using heat/ice compresses and over-the counter medications, stretching, and briefly modifying activities can help your lower back heal and avoid further injury and irritation.
When determining the cause of a low back injury, there are a few factors that may contribute to what’s causing the pain:
- Age
- Lack of exercise
- Sprain
- Pinched nerves
- Incorrectly lifting heavy objects
- Arthritis
- Excess weight
- Spinal misalignment
- Weak back muscles from a poor posture
When the back pain cause is determined, it will be able to tell a doctor whether the pain is caused primarily from the muscles, joints, or bones around the spine, or caused by a nerve root becoming impinged, or the spinal misalignment. A cause will help determine the preferred treatment method to best suit the scenario.
Treating lower back pain won’t just improve overall function and mobility, but it will also reduce the likelihood of pain flareups and prevent chronic back pain from developing. Avoiding straining activities, using heat/ice compresses and over-the counter medications, stretching, and briefly modifying activities can help your lower back heal and avoid further injury and irritation.
Dr. Gracinda Ramos performing a spinal adjustment.
Based on the history you provide your doctor; a preferred treatment method might be as simple as lifestyle adjustments to help avoid further complications and solve your issue altogether – it’s not always that easy. Spinal adjustments like the Activator, Thompson Drop and Diversified are techniques used by chiropractors to improve back functioning and joint alignment which can treat acute or chronic lower back pain. Chiropractic care for back pain can lead to less pain intensity, an improvement in function, and less pain medications – a spinal adjustment may just be more beneficial than you realize.
At Absolute Chiropractic, we use various methods such as craniosacral therapy, osteopathy, and spinal decompression therapy, to ensure you get the best results to treat your lower back pain and avoid future flareups.
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