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Back Pain

Sharp pain or dull ache in the upper, mid or lower back which may keep returning or increasing

About Back Pain

Back pain is a cause of trouble to 80% of the worldwide population at least once in their lifetime. It is the most common reason for disability in people around the world.

As per the WHO, Low back pain (LBP) describes pain between the lower edge of the ribs and the buttocks. It can last for a short time (acute), a little longer (sub-acute), or a long time (chronic). It can affect anyone.

It is Sharp or Dull Aching pain that a person feels around their spine from upper back to lower back, the pain may be constant or intermittent. It may radiate down the leg, or it may be localised to the spine only.

Back pain is generally categorized into:

  • Acute pain (lasting less than 4 weeks)
  • Sub-acute pain (lasting 4–12 weeks)
  • Chronic pain (lasting more than 12 weeks)

 

It can occur in the:

  • Upper back (thoracic / dorsal spine)
  • Mid-back (thoracolumbar region)
  • Lower back (lumbar spine)

 

Few Facts About Back Pain

  • The Lower Back is the most common site for back pain
  • It is more common in females than in males
  • By 2050, more than 843 million people will be affected by Back Pain
  • Significant causes of Low Back Pain can be due to muscle weakness and joint stiffness

Symptoms of Back Pain

Back pain is more commonly called low back pain, lumbago, or mechanical low back pain. The onset of the pain may be sudden or gradual, and it may be traumatic (due to a fall or accident) or non-traumatic (lifting weights, wrong posture).

Back Pain Symptoms can tell about the severity of your problem. On the basis of the reasons for your back pain, one can decide the line of treatment they should follow; it also depends on the severity and the time since you have had the pain.

Common Symptoms Include:

  • Constant or Intermittent Back Pain
  • Localised Pain in the Back or Pain radiating down the leg of the patient
  • Dull and Mild Onset Pain in the back, which is either more in the morning or in the evening after work
  • Feeling of tingling or numbness in the leg
  • Sharp Shooting radiating pain in the back and travelling down the buttocks, calves, or foot
  • Reduced movements of the spine due to muscle spasm or joint stiffness
  • Difficulty in standing or sitting for long periods
  • Inability to bend forward or backwards
  • Pain while turning in bed.

Causes of Back Pain

Knowing the exact reason for back pain is essential for proper pain relief and treatment. Multiple reasons can lead to chronic or acute back pain.

Lifestyle Factors

  • Obesity: It is one of the major causes of back pain. Obese individuals face 1.3 to 1.4 times more chances of developing low back pain
  • Lack of Physical Activity: Sedentary lifestyle leads to weak muscles and stiff joints, leading to back pain and it is an important back pain reason
  • Smoking: People who smoke are 2.1 times more likely to develop severe chronic back problems
  • Mental Stress: Individuals undergoing chronic stress are 2.8 times more prone to debilitating chronic back pain

Musculoskeletal Factors:

  • Sudden jerky movements that cause strain in the back
  • Lifting heavy objects incorrectly
  • Overuse injuries due to sports or labour-intensive work

Occupational Factors:

  • Poor Posture due to lack of proper ergonomic knowledge is one of the leading upper back pain causes in IT professionals
  • Long Hours of standing could be a reason for back in sales people.
  • Students carrying heavy back packs can lead to Pain in Upper Back
  • Prolonged Screen time in the wrong position

Anatomical Causes:

  • Slip Disc
  • Disc Extrusion
  • Disc Sequestration
  • Spinal Canal Stenosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylosis
  • Spondylysis
  • Degenerative Disc Disease
  • Annular Ligament Tear
  • Facet Joint
  • Arthropathy
  • Multifidus Wasting
  • Osteoarthritis of the spine

Medical or Systemic Reasons

  • Osteoporosis: Weakened Bones
  • Infections (Tuberculosis)
  • Tumors
  • Autoimmune diseases like Ankylosing Spondylitis

A Best Physiotherapist Near You will be the best healthcare professional who will do a thorough examination of the causes of back pain and will let you know the exact reason for the back pain you are experiencing.

Back Pain Diagnosis

Diagnosis starts with taking the history of the patient, where we understand what the patient thinks is the reason for back pain, and with a comprehensive subjective and objective examination, one can find the root cause of back pain. At Capri Spine Clinic, we believe in treating the root cause of the pain to give you longer and better pain relief.

  1. History Taking: Effective history taking can help the physiotherapist to understand the chronological order of how the pain started. It includes understanding your current condition and other various medical or physical conditions you may have
  2. Pain History: Checking for Pain and the location of pain, along with the intensity of pain and the type of pain, using various instruments, is one of the gold standard assessment activities at Capri Spine Clinic.
  3. Segmental Examination of Spine: We use proprietary methods to check the movement at every level of the spine, to pinpoint the root cause of the pain and treat the actual reason behind the pain.
  4. Capri’s Digital Segmental Spinal Assessment Test: Being accurate for a condition that affects 8 out of 10 people is important, and our digital test does the same and ensuring that you have an accurate movement diagnosis.
  5. AI Backed Postural Analysis
  6. Imaging Scans:
    A) X-Ray for Back Pain can show us any change in the bony structure of the person, and can help us detect, any abnormalities in the curvature of the spine and if there is any traumatic or non-traumatic fracture of the spine.
    B) MRI: This is a great tool which helps any healthcare provider to check for the soft tissue creating the issue, for example: slipped disc, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy etc, but please note clinical correlation is very important, i.e, diagnosis should not be made as per the MRI but as per the symptoms shown by the patient
  7. Neurological Signs: Checking the neural involvement or any neurological deficit is important, along with reflex checking and measuring your muscle strength.

 

A comprehensive approach ensures that both the reasons for back pain and contributing factors are identified.

Treatment for Back Pain

Ensuring the best practices for back pain relief are present in physiotherapy, we ensure non surgical approach to management of back pain symptoms and also treat the very root cause behind the pain. Using the best treatment strategy which is customised as per your condition helps us treat the root cause faster.

  1. Capri’s Corrective Manual Therapy: Our proprietary manual therapy techniques correct the positional fault in the joint and also help in giving instant results in your back pain by adjusting the spine and treating the cause behind the pain. Our techniques are backed by 32 years of experience in treating the spine pain and giving you the best back pain relief in a fast manner.
  2. Class 4 Laser: Focused on tissue healing, class 4 laser helps in reducing the inflammation and healing the muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues. This promotes healing of the tissue and gives good back pain relief
  3. ShockWave: Tight tissue can lead to stiffness and makes movement difficult leading to back pain symptoms, shockwave breaks open these adhesions and leads to a free and relaxed back
  4. Exercise Therapy: Exercises focused on increasing the strength of the muscles of the low back and the gluteal muscles help in maintaining the pain relief and ensures better loading and prevent any further injury to the back
  5. Posture Correction Exercises
  6. Self Treatment Regime: We ensure that a long-term exercise and a self-management plan are taught to the patient to ensure that the adjustments and the back pain relief stay for longer periods of time.

Prevention of Back Pain

As they say, “Prevention is better than cure”, ensuring best practices to take care of your back can help you in preventing. 

  1. Exercises that can increase the endurance and the strength in important, they focus on increasing the load bearing capacity of the spine. Ensuring a proper exercise program is important; consult with your physiotherapist before you start the exercises.
  2. Mobility of the spine is an important aspect to avoid injury; a stiff spine is more prone to injury than a mobile spine. Doing exercises that can increase ROM is essential. Head over to our YouTube channel for more exercises {Click Here}
  3. Maintain a proper posture when you are working on your computer or your phone.
  4. Strengthen your core muscles for a good back.
  5. Use proper strategies to lift any kind of weight, whether it is heavy or light.
  6. Maintain a proper body weight.
  7. Do Not Smoke or Consume Tobacco
  8. Reduce stress and change lifestyle habits that lead to it.
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