At this very moment 1 in 6 people on the Northern Beaches is suffering from back pain due to a variety of different back problems.[1] Back pain doesn’t discriminate and its causes are as varied as its symptoms. Back pain can be caused by sitting too much, by standing too much and by running too many loops of the Manly to Dee Why coastal walk. Back pain can affect your work, sports, mental health and especially your sleep. Getting a good night’s sleep is so important for recovery and back pain is notorious for being worse at night, creating a self-perpetuating loop of poor sleep that exacerbates the back pain.
What causes back pain?
Having spent my career as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist on the Northern Beaches, many of my clients suffering from back pain have injured a muscle in or surrounding the back. In fact, studies have shown that around 70% of all back pain is a direct result of muscular injury? Repeated heavy lifting and sudden awkward movements are the big causes of back pain and as we get older it gets easier to give it a twinge. Other common back pain causes we see here at Dee Why include:
- Arthritis – Nobody likes the A word but it’s something that will affect around 1 in 7 Australians during their lives. Lumbar arthritis pain is caused by movement and inactivity so you can’t win and affects the lower back and can extend to the pelvic area, sides of the buttocks and can even be felt in the thighs.
- Sporting injuries – Northern Beaches physios treat back pain every day that has been the result of an injury caused by playing sport. Sports like volleyball, gymnastics, surfing and running are the cause of plenty of sore backs between Manly and Dee Why, that’s for sure!
How do physiotherapists treat back pain?
How long have you got? Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists can draw on years of study, observation and curing back pain of all varieties and use literally dozens of different techniques for treating back problems. First things first though, your physio will take you through an in-depth physical examination in order to determine the exact cause of your back pain – back pain can have a variety of root causes.
Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists understand the complexity of lower back pain and use an evidence based approach to injury management in order to get results. Musculoskeletal physiotherapy is the most common form of intervention for chronic back pain and your back pain physio on the Northern Beaches will create and prescribe a bespoke program to not just combat the pain, but to protect and strengthen your back against future problems.
If you are suffering from back pain on the Northern Beaches and avoid seeing a physio you are increasing your chances of your back pain persisting longer and a recurrence of the injury in the future. Don’t wait until the pain becomes severe or chronic, give Fixio a call on (02) 8964 4086 or email us to book at info@fixio.com.au
[1] https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-musculoskeletal-conditions/back-problems/contents/what-are-back-problems
