Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain is one of the most common reasons people refrain from activity or miss days at work. Most acute lower back pain is mechanical in nature, indicating issues arising from components that make up the lower back (i.e. vertebrae, intervertebral discs, ligaments, muscles, nerves).
Some mechanical causes of lower back pain are:
- Injuries – sprain, strain, postural or traumatic injury
- Degenerative – spondylosis, facet joints, arthritis or inflammatory disease, intervertebral disc
- Nerve and spinal cord – sciatica, spinal stenosis, herniated disc, osteoporosis
There are a range of symptoms dependent on the underlying cause including:
- Pain worse with certain movements
- Difficulty standing up straight
- Muscle tightness or spasm within lower back, pelvis, hips
- Stinging or burning pain that travels from the lower back down to the legs
- Dull ache within the lower back
- Sharp pain within the lower back
- Pain with coughing/ sneezing
- Radicular pain associated with nerve irritation – burning, electric shock, sharp shooting pains.
Tips for lower back pain
- Appropriate ergonomic workplace
- Regular physical activity
- Avoid static positioning
- Apply safe lifting techniques
- Ice pack first 48 hours of pain, heat thereafter
Should you experience any of the above symptoms, call us now or book online for a thorough review and development of a concise treatment plan. At Meadowbrook Physiotherapy Clinic, We help you to live your life at full potential.
