Back Pain Treatment Southampton

Expert Back Pain Treatment In Southampton

Back pain can be a right nuisance. It can prevent you from doing what you want to do, whether that be your general daily activities, work, exercise, or sports, which can be highly frustrating.

Back pain can come on gradually, often due to repetitive poor sitting postures at work, at home, or when driving, poor chair ergonomics, overload to your back with manual work, or even repetitive back movements during sport or activity.

Back pain can also come on after a specific incident, such as bending over, reaching for something, or lifting a heavy object.

The most common sources of back pain are either a slipped disc, muscular tension, wear and tear of the joints in your lumbar spine, a muscular strain, a ligament sprain, or a pinched nerve.

A slipped disc is where the soft cushion of tissue, called a disc, which sits between the vertebrae in your lumbar spine and normally acts as a shock absorber, bulges out of place. If the slipped disc is large, then it can compress the nerves exiting your back, resulting in other symptoms, such as pins and needles, numbness, or weakness, running down one or both of your legs. A slipped disc can also be referred to as a disc herniation, a disc protrusion, a disc prolapse, or a disc bulge.

Muscular tension is where the muscles in your back become tight, tense, contracted, and knotted.

Wear and tear of the vertebral joints in your lumbar spine is a natural process that happens as you age. There are 4 stages of wear and tear. The first stage is where the cartilage between the vertebrae in your back starts to thin. The second stage is where the joint space between your vertebrae begins to narrow, and the cartilage begins to break down. The third stage is where the joint space becomes even narrower, and gaps in the cartilage can appear. The final stage is where the joint space is greatly reduced, the loss of cartilage reaches beyond 60%, and large bony spurs form.

A muscular strain happens when a muscle is overstretched. Minor injuries may only overstretch a muscle, while more severe injuries may involve partial or complete tears in the muscle.

A ligament sprain happens when a ligament is overstretched. Minor injuries may only overstretch a ligament, while more severe injuries may involve partial or complete tears in the ligament.

A pinched nerve is where one or more nerves exiting your back become compressed. The compression of the nerve can be caused by either a slipped disc, or spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the part of the spine where nerves pass through, or spondylolisthesis, where one of the bones in your spine slips out of position. A pinched nerve can often be associated with other symptoms, such as pelvic pain, hip pain, leg pain or sciatica, and can even result in pins and needles, numbness, or weakness, running down one or both of your legs.

As I’m sure you’re beginning to realise, there are such a wide range of potential causes for your back pain.

Is there anything that can be done to make my back pain better?

You might have tried resting your back, stretching, hot or cold packs, taking painkillers, or seeing your GP, yet your back pain simply won’t go away.

But rest assured, there is a solution. Physiotherapy is a safe and effective solution for back pain. Our experts have helped countless amounts of people to overcome their back pain and get back to living a pain free lifestyle.

Your therapist will first need to undertake an assessment, to effectively diagnose and help you to understand why you’re experiencing back pain.

Your therapist will then put a comprehensive treatment plan in place to help you to overcome your back pain and fully achieve your goals, supporting you at every step along the way.

This treatment plan will comprise an array of treatments, including expert advice, hands on therapy, and exercises to do at home, all tailored towards your specific needs.

How long is it going to take for my back to get better?

Unfortunately, there isn’t a quick magical fix for back pain.

A typical recovery journey for back pain will last around 3-6 months.

If you wish to get rid of your back pain for good, there are 8 key stepping stones that make up your recovery journey.

It’s important that each stepping stone is ticked off, to allow you to not only fully recover from your back pain, but to prevent recurrence of your back pain in the future.

For the vast majority of clients who present to us with back pain, we find that it typically takes around 6-8 appointments to tick off all of these stepping stones. Some injuries require a little less, others a little more.

You might only have to tick off a few of the stepping stones, which would lead to a shorter recovery journey, but if you need to tick them all off, this will require a longer recovery journey.

How much will it cost?

Your initial appointment with us will cost £79. Each follow up treatment will cost £59.

How do I start my recovery journey?

To begin recovering from your back pain, give us a call on 02381300260 and ask to book in for a Physiotherapy Initial Appointment.

Alternatively, you can book online, by clicking on the book now button below. On our online booking page, the appointment you need to select is the ‘Physiotherapy – Initial Appointment’.