How to treat Back Pain.
There are so many options for treating low back pain and other injuries in general. It would be hard to touch the surface in a short blog, so I will cover the basic difference between what is called Conservative treatment and what would be termed Surgical treatment. The most referred to conservative treatment modality in […]
What is the difference between a Sprain and Strain?
We sprain ligaments and we strain muscles. Both are essentially soft tissue injuries, they will cause bleeding and swelling to occur and a resultant loss of function. The most common sprains are of the ankle and knee, your wrist and your back or neck. The most common strains we have are of the long muscles, […]
Tradies National Health Month
August is Tradie’s National Health Month. The goal of Tradie’s National Health Month is to encourage tradies, their employers, as well as friends and family to prioritise tradies health. Tradies do physically demanding work and often complain of aches and pains. On top of these day-to-day demands tradies are at risk of workplace injury due […]
Low Back Pain Diagnosis
Non-specific or mechanical low back pain is defined as low back pain that is not attributable to a recognizable, known specific pathology, such as infection, cancer, or more serious types of pathology. Non-specific low back pain then has 3 subtypes: acute, sub-acute and chronic low back pain. These subtypes are based on the duration of […]
Low Back Pain Causes
In your back or neck you have many joints, your disc is actually a joint, and then at each vertebral segment you have 2 other joints called facet joints (in your thoracic spine you also have a rib joint on each side. Around all these facet joints you have small ligaments and when you over-move […]
What is a Disc Bulge?
You have probably been to the GP, had a CT or MRI scan and been told that you have a disc bulge. Statistically speaking there are lots of people that have disc bulges but have no pain. But this is most likely not you, but it is what we aim to do with you in […]
Low Back Pain Treatment Guidelines
Current guidelines recommend simple first line care for the first week or two. Simple first line care consists of: Avoid prolonged bed-rest Encourage movement – stay active and return to normal activities as soon as possible Exercise- get moving! Reassurance of recovery- don’t stress, the majority of cases of low back pain recover within a […]
Half Roller
The Half roller is used mainly for thoracic spine extension mobility exercises. Place it in the area that gives you some tightness and slowly and steadily extend or lean back over it to gain mobility in the area… | The Half roller is used mainly for thoracic spine extension mobility exercises. Place it in the […]
Foam Roller
Foam rollers are very useful for releasing tight muscles, particularly the Iliotibial Band and thigh muscles. Start by gently lying with the roller placed under your thigh and simply roll back and forth over the areas that have tightness or pain. Try positioning the roller on your outer thigh, hamstring, calf or even gluteal muscles […]
THE IMPACT OF PAIN IN AUSTRALIA
Pain is a significant issue affecting a significant number of Australians and the costs to the individual, society and the country as a whole are huge. According to Pain Australia’s 2019 report there were 3.24 million Australians living with Australia in 2018. That is approximately 15% of the population over the age of 15. The […]
