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Back Pain and Physiotherapy
Back pain physiotherapy is one of the most important treatments for treating back pain conservatively (this means without undergoing back surgery where possible), to
Of course, we first need to deep-dive to understand and address the root case of your back pain in the first place. Often we come across patients who had gone to multiple physios, chiros, massage and other providers who just treat with shiny tools or media without diving deep -
Unfortunately, when you dont understand the core problem the back pain will remain frustratingly recurrent and prevalent.
Up to 80% of adults have experienced some form of back pain in their lives. Up to half these will have their back pains resolved...but the other half may develop chronic (long term) back pain in their lifetime.
Our backs are incredibly complex.
Bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilages and nerves. They all work together in a beautiful synergy, and if any of these parts are injured, strained, misaligned or something, it leads to having a painful back.
Here's a list of common causes of back pain
Conservative (non-injection and non-surgery) treatments for patients with back pains depends a lot on the causes of the pain, severity and stability. That being said, most patients do not require back surgery and most patients respond well to back physiotherapy programs for their back injuries or pains.
Some of the common back pain physio treatments that we provide:
Eventhough back pain affects many individuals, it doesnt mean that you have to live with it.
We're softies and dont want anyone to live with back pain. Here in SGPainRelief.com, we treat back pains (as well as other bone, muscle, joint pains and injuries) effectively.
Physiotherapy for back pain is a globally accepted treatment in medical and healthcare, that's why we treat back aches and pains all the time in our clinics.
Our backs are very complex with a lot of moving parts:
which are interconnected and works synergistically together. That's why all back pains require a combination of physiotherapy interventions to treat, with different treatments at different stages of acute, post acute, range building, strength and stability stage to lastly, high performance stage.
We aim to break the back pain cycle, get you back to normal and equally important, prevent future back injuries and aches from coming back or getting worse.
Every new injury we begin with in-depth assessment, to deep-dive and understand and find out what the root cause of your back pains.
Followed by physical assessments and tests to determine the soft tissues, any risk of more severe issues such as fractures, before we piece together your back pain goals and treatments.
If our back pain physio determines that your back injury is more serious, such as tumor or fracture, that requires immediate medical attention, we'll refer you to a suitable medical provider as soon as possible.
Our middle and upper backs tend to be more hardy and resilient to injuries when compared to the
Of course that doesnt mean that it's damage-proof, it just means that it's a bit more stronger / defensive against injuries and forces. Most of the time, middle and upper back injuries are caused by
The treatment is same as with neck pain physio or lower back pain physio:
Taking an in-depth health history, to find out:
Next, physical and assessment to check for neck problems such as:
If there's any or multiple of the neck problems above, we will plan out your neck physio treatment (it's part of our spinal back and neck physiotherapy program) and get you back to normal working, living and playing again.
If we suspect any more potential severe problems during your neck cervical assessment and treatments, we will refer you to a neck orthopedic doctor who we trust to get an MRI done.
If you'd been recently injured from a fall, accident or sports, or your upper back pain is simply caused by sitting in front of your computers for long periods, our spine physios can help. We'll provide personalized physio for middle and upper back to help you / with
Without pain injections or risky surgeries.
A small number of back pain patients medically require back surgery, be it due to:
If it's necessary or preferred, go for it.
Whenever back surgery is necessary, physiotherapy will 100% be beneficial and useful, both
Before surgery, our back physio will get you to a stronger back so that your down time and hospitalization stay will be as short as possible; and after surgery, physiotherapy will help to prevent / work on post-op loss of
and of course, lots of short term surgery pains.
After your back surgery, our spine physiotherapist will take you through a personalized post back surgery physio program to get you back on your feet as quickly as possible, without pain and able to sleep better and even play better than before.