SOLVING LOW BACK PAIN
How to End LOW BACK PAIN and Stiffness without Pain Pills, Injections or Risking Surgery
- In Disc Bulge/ Herniation,
Arthritic changes, Pinched Nerve,
Stenosis etc.
Back Pain is a SYMPTOM.
(Yes! you read right!) It is a indication that there is a problem, it is not the 'problem' itself.
Spasm or stiffness is a SYMPTOM
It's your body's way of splinting your spine in response to a deeper underlying CAUSE.
Radiating leg pain or numbness in the leg is a SYMPTOM-
of nerve irritation or compression due to a deeper underlying CAUSE..
A SYMPTOM is defined as an indication of an underlying cause or problem. And if you only intervene at the symptom level, you are not dealing with the real CAUSE of the problem- the reason behind your symptoms.
For eg. Cough is a symptom but has different causes behind it - allergy, acid reflux, lung infection, side effect of certain medication etc. so if you only treat the cough with chewable lozenges to soothe the throat or medicines that suppress the cough, and not treat the underlying cause, can you truly get better? Of course not! Your cough comes back, the underlying cause stays unresolved and gets worse over time.
Examples of common SYMPTOMATIC treatments for Back Pain include Passive interventions such as: painkillers, stretching muscles that feel 'tight', pain patches, muscle relaxants, massages, spinal adjustments/ manipulations, dry needling, acupuncture, etc
If you have tried Active interventions such as back or core strengthening exercises, yoga or Pilates and it isn't helping- it is mostly because they don't address your particular pain mechanism (the CAUSE) or it is unknowingly feeding into your pain mechanism!
Using generic and symptomatic treatments for a repeating case of back pain is like giving an Aspirin to a patient with a brain tumour. It may relieve the headaches but it isn't going to do a darn thing to the tumour.
The question is:
Do you want someone who is only treating the symptoms or Do you want to get to the root of the problem? If it is the latter, and if you want someone to really take a good look at your Back problem and devise a natural solution then get in touch with us.
Who is a good candidate for our Unique Approach of Solving Back Problems?
In order to be considered, there are 3 intake requirements:
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Chronic back pain, with or without leg pain for at least 3 months.
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No success with at least 2 treatment interventions (can include Physiotherapy)
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The desire to understand why you have chronic back pain, so you can finally learn the tools to allow healing. You gotta know the WHY before the HOW!
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Back Pain does not need to be a life sentence. A thorough assessment aimed at Finding the Cause and Obstacles to your recovery will reveal the very path to your recovery.
If You’re Currently Living With Back Pain,
Here’s Why It Could Be Lasting Longer Than It Should:
If you currently living with Back pain that keeps coming back no matter what you've tried so far..
the first order of things is to ascertain what type of back pain is yours.
If you have back pain that comes on with a certain movement, activity or a position it means you have a mechanical back pain, which is the most common type of back pain. If your back pain isn't aggravated by an activity, movement or load then it's likely due to non mechanical causes. The type of back pain can be ascertained after an assessment and treated accordingly.
The next step is knowing why it keeps coming back despite treatment.
So 'WHY' does back pain persist despite seeing doctors, health professionals and trying different treatments or home remedies?'
It may be interesting to note that the Medical system is not designed to address a complex condition as mechanical back pain in that a specialist, doctor or a health professional who is very well meaning, but he/she does not get to spend more than 15-30 min with you, which is not enough time to perform a thorough assessment to really understand the mechanism of your back pain in order to help you in a proactive and natural way. Thereby resorting to writing you a script for Painkillers, performing a procedure such as injections or invasive procedures such as surgery. If your back pain is brought on by a movement, posture or a load then it's resolution should also be of a mechanical nature as well, right? In other words, tackling of the cause should also be mechanical. So taking pain pills and injections cannot address this mechanical cause. At best, they will only mask the pain which is actually the 'effect'.
In other cases depending on which health professional you see, you will get a massage, set of generic exercises, electrical machine treatments, dry needling, spinal adjustments/manipulations which treat only the symptoms or 'the effect' , that is, pain /stiffness; pretty much like putting on a band aid, without fixing the cause. The same is true when you use home remedies such as a hot pack, rubbing ointments, pain pills etc.
Such Band aid treatments or quick fixes trick the body's nervous system to feel less pain/stiffness which can be helpful in the short term however on their own they fail to address the triggers for your back pain and to build your body's resilience to your everyday activities, which is what is needed, in order to truly put an end to back pain. The thing is, band aid treatments if they do make you feel better and your back pain goes away you will very likely want to repeat the same treatment once again. When your pain is gone it doesn't mean that your underlying back problem is fixed, far from it. It just lays dormant until a trigger of sufficient threshold sets it off yet again. If you find yourself resorting to the same quick-fixes and your back pain keeps coming back, it is no surprise. If you do the same thing every time why should the outcome be any different?
The medical system as is right now is what makes people resort to opioid-based, painkiller addiction, band aid treatments and eventually a pathway to surgery. Which is a shame really and happens often, all because, no one had the time to really probe into and assess your whole problem.
Because no two back problems are ever exactly the same, it takes time to get to know your special kind of back problem. Missing this crucial step and continuing to use band aid treatments without ever tackling the root cause, results in a back pain, that keeps visiting you time and again becoming a Chronic problem which can eventually lead to worsening of pain, nerve entrapment causing numbness, pain and/or weakness in your legs.
So the Question is.. Do you want someone who is only treating your symptoms or do you want to get to the root of the problem for once and for all? Do you you want someone to take a really good look at your problem and devise a natural solution? Then look no further...
IF YOU ....
1) have back pain for at least 3 months
2) refuse to keep on taking painkillers, injections and invasive procedures and want to get rid of back pain naturally.
3) have tried different remedies and treatments in the past including physiotherapy but failed to keep your back pain away.
4) have better days and worse days (This is a strong clue that you can get better, you just need to find the cause, address it and then build your body's resilience.)
5) have a strong desire to regain your physical freedom and willing to put in time and effort to finally put an end to back pain, then you may start by requesting a free phone consultation here or call us
Get to know our OUR UNIQUE 5 STEP SYSTEM To End Back Pain at Empower Physiotherapy and find out why some treatments may have failed you in the past,by watching this video here.
Sound like something you interested in? If you have tried some treatments as mentioned in the video already and it is not working for you, the good news is that now you at least know what doesn't work for you and you closer to finding the thing that does.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS :
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If you decide that you like us after the call, and we think we can help you, you have the option of booking an Assessment with us.
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE AGAIN
This it what you're here for. Our program is made for Active Adults just like you. We'll have you back to enjoying the life you deserve without pain, or needing to rely on harmful, unnatural /invasive methods.
Have you been prescribed Back Surgery?
We often see people who have tried many things before without success or have even been prescribed Back surgery. They may think that they have tried everything and now consider surgery as their last resort. Click Here to Find out why Surgery may not be the ultimate treatment option in most cases (it's not what you think!)
We find that 80 percent of the time, their Back Pain responds to our very individualized and holistic approach to treatment and does not need aggressive interventions like injections or surgery.
