UA Spine

A real pain in the …

Unfortunately, up to 80%+ of people will experience neck and back pain at some point in their lives (we’re part of that 80% too) be dragging, depressing, a little scary and just down right concerning when you’re in the thick of it.   

It’s also hard to know to do about it- how simple it would be if you could just ‘click it back into place’?…. If that was the case it’d be an easy fix and Bob’s your uncle………right?  Well,  how often is Bob your actual uncle?   

As scary as it can be when you’re going through an episode of acute pain, there is great research that shows active management (physio) is the way to go. It can help to reduce your pain and improve your function.   

Years of clinical experience show that your pain will generally pass, you will get better, but sometimes you need a little physio helping hand on the way.

We also think it’s really important to understand your pain and why.  Explaining why you are sore, what makes it better/worse and what is happening is key. 

Unfortunately,  there’s almost always an underlying reason for it to come on in the first place (with often a relatively minor or trivial trigger to make it acute- i.e  sneezing, bending).

Often there will be a combination of predisposing factors (a bit of tightness here, weakness there, nerve tension, your job, sport etc) and until you address the bigger picture, we don’t think you’ll fix it properly with one click- sorry.  

This is where we come into our own - it’s no magic bullet;  just really good physio for .   

After suffering from back pain ourselves, getting through the initial painful stage and starting to recover, we’ve realised that even though you can be given strengthening rehab exercises to do, it’s very hard to fit them in and even know if you’re doing them correctly (and we’re the physios!).   

You’ll get dedicated rehab time with the correct guidance to address any underlying issues and give you the required strength, function and flexibility.

A little more physio geek research has shown that improvements from a rehabilitation plan are ongoing and maintained even on testing a year later. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31453489/ 

Not great business sense, but we don’t to see you again after we’ve finished with your back pain, treat it once, treat it properly!