Back pain
Tamworth Back Pain or Lichfield Back Pain?
Treatment for back pain is a specialist area and in Tamworth Staffordshire have Osteopaths, Physiotherapists and Acupuncture practitioners who are experienced in diagnosing and treating your problem.
Low back pain and sciatica during pregnancy is common and can be treated safely by an Atlas Tamworth Osteopath. Back pain during pregnancy is very often present but will usually resolve itself after the birth. Osteopaths can help with this during pregnancy and have clinics in Tamworth and Solihull should you need help. There are many safe techniques used by Osteopaths for low back pain in pregnancy which include pregnancy back massage
Customers from Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Brownhills, Swadlincote, Measham, Polesworth, Atherstone, Dordon and Kingsbury are regular visitors for Tamworth back pain treatments in Staffordshire. You can book an appointment by telephoning 01827 59943 and speak to our Tamworth Back Pain team.
Left unattended back pain can develop into something chronic and will eventually cause much pain and distress.
It is estimated that back pain costs the country 5.1bn every year including 1bn of the NHS budget and leads to the loss of around 5m working days.The problem affects around one in three adults each year and leads to 2.6 million people visiting their GP.
Advice issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) recommends that the millions of people who develop persistent non-specific low back pain receive up to nine sessions of spinal manipulation or 10 sessions of acupuncture over 12 weeks.
While most people with acute back pain recover within six weeks, an estimated 7% go on to develop a chronic form of the condition, which in the worst cases can lead to immobility and inability to work. Some GPs already offer and some primary care trusts pay for patients to have manipulation privately.
It will cost the NHS 24.4m to provide acupuncture and another 16m for manipulative therapy. But 33.6m will be saved by stopping the practice of injecting therapeutic substances into people’s backs and 13.2m from reducing the number of sufferers sent for an MRI scan or X-ray.
Back pain will be experienced by all of us at some time during our life. Backache and low back pain is a common experience and in some cases can keep you from attending work. Bulging disc, slipped disc, facet lock, spondylosis, spondylitis, spondylolithesis, Lumbago, sacroiliitis and spinal stenosis are all terms used to describe problems with the spine and pelvis If you have a substantial leg length inequality, this will aggravate your low back and possibly irritate spinal nerves such as the sciatic nerve which is a condition referred to as “a trapped nerve”
Left sided lower back pain or right sided lower back pain may indicate a sacro-iliac joint problem. Back pain causes are varied and need an accurate diagnosis before commencing treatment. Poor lower leg biomechanics may be responsible for the symptoms, however it may be postural or work related activity that has damaged your spine. Heavy lifting or prolonged bending when gardening can cause disc herniation and disc bulges which will press against the nerve roots adjacent to your spine. This will cause nerve root irritation with back and leg pain.
A maintenance plan can be a good idea, with a treatment to keep your spine in good shape and prevent unwanted back problems.