Lower Back Pain

What you may experience

• Aching or stiffness across the lower back
• Worse after long sitting or driving
• Difficulty bending forward
• Morning stiffness that eases with movement

Lifestyle factors that may contribute

These are common contributors, not a diagnosis. Which apply to you — and whether something else is going on — is what the assessment establishes.

• Long hours of sitting without back support
• Weak core and gluteal muscles
• Poor sleeping posture or an unsupportive mattress
• Sudden lifting without preparation
• Excess weight around the abdomen

When an assessment helps

Most people manage this on their own for a long time before asking anyone. An assessment is worth booking when any of these are true.

• It has lasted more than a few weeks, or keeps returning
• It is changing what you do — how you sit, sleep, work or exercise
• You have tried the obvious things and they have not held
• You are not sure whether it is serious, and would rather someone looked

An assessment is not a commitment to treatment. If we cannot help, we say so and you pay for the assessment only.

How we approach it

We assess your posture and movement first to find the mechanical cause. Treatment settles the pain through manual therapy and heat, and corrective movement then builds the strength that stops it returning. Most people need four weeks.