Spine Physiotherapy

Comprehensive Spine Physiotherapy for Back Pain Relief

The spine is central to our body’s structural integrity and mobility. Maintaining a healthy spine is essential for posture, movement, and preventing chronic issues that can arise from poor alignment or weak supporting muscles. Issues with the spine, whether in the neck, mid-back, or lower back, can lead to pain, stiffness, and reduced daily function.
Musculoskeletal physiotherapy for spinal health addresses conditions like back pain, sciatica, and disc degeneration, helping to relieve discomfort, improve mobility, and restore strength and stability.

Common Conditions

  • Lower Back Pain (LBP): Often due to muscle strain, poor posture, or degenerative changes like disc bulging or herniation. It causes sharp pain, aching, or stiffness, impacting daily activities and sleep quality.
  • Sciatica: Pain radiating down the leg from a compressed nerve in the lower back, usually due to disc issues or spinal narrowing (stenosis). Symptoms include sharp, shooting pain, numbness, or tingling along the leg.
  • Whiplash: A neck injury caused by sudden, forceful movement, often from car accidents, leading to neck stiffness, headaches, and shoulder pain.
  • Degenerative Disc Disease: Age-related breakdown of the spinal discs, which reduces shock absorption between vertebrae, leading to chronic pain and limited mobility.

How Physiotherapy Can Help

  • Manual therapy to relieve tension, improve joint mobility, and reduce stiffness in spinal muscles and joints.
  • Core strengthening exercises to stabilise the spine, reduce stress on vertebrae, and prevent further injury.
  • Posture correction and ergonomic advice to alleviate strain on the spine, especially for those with desk jobs or heavy lifting tasks.
  • Education on movement patterns to avoid painful movements and adopt healthier, spine-friendly activities.
  • Stretching and flexibility exercises for improved spinal range of motion and relief from muscle tightness, focusing on areas like the hamstrings, hip flexors, and lower back.

** If you’re experiencing back pain or spinal issues, contact Activ8 Physio for a consultation.