Back Pain

Due to the varying nature of back pain, there are many potential different causes including: sciatica (numbness, tingling, and shooting pain), muscle strains/sprains, facet syndrome, joint sprains, disc bulges and many more. It is important that we correctly identify what type of back pain you are suffering with in order to successfully get you back to your best.

What does this feel like? 

Often patients will describe pain with even the slightest movements, a stabbing or shooting pain down the back of the leg (sciatica), a dull ache, numbness around the area or stiffness with locked/limited movements.

Common Causes

• Poor posture/spinal alignment

• Inactivity

• Prolonged Sitting

• Trauma

• Repetitive Poor movement

• Poor Lifting technique

• Sports Injuries

• Underlying disease or pathology (rare)

• Pregnancy

What are the most common causes of back pain?

At The Spine Hub Norwood we take a holistic approach with back pain, we treat your entire body, not just where you experience pain. There can be many factors when it comes to what is causing your back pain, so it is essential we provide an accurate diagnosis.

Our process involves an initial consultation which allows us to determine if we are in fact the right people to help you. If we are not, we will be sure to refer you to the people who can. If we deem that we can help you, you will move on to an examination.

During this examination process, we will perform a range of orthopaedic, neurological, and musculoskeletal tests in order to find out what the problem is. Once we have all of this information, we will discuss our findings with you.

From here we will create a personalised treatment plan, designed to help you recover naturally. Our treatment approach will include spinal adjustments, adjustments to the joints of the body particularly the lower limb, muscle work, plus the prescription of rehab exercises and stretches.

With back pain, we will also look at the lifestyle factors that have led to the injury and help you make modifications as necessary to prevent future instances.

Our chiropractors utilise a variety of different chiropractic techniques, from hands on manual style adjusting, to gentle low-force techniques. Depending on your needs and your body type, we will cater a treatment style to suit your body.