Low back pain treatment options can be confusing. Often times treatment is not specific and falls in to the “over the counter” methodology, meaning that the treatment approach is directed towards reducing symptoms and not addressing the actual problem.
Having observed the low back pain treatment methods used by physical therapists over the past 26 years, I am of the firm opinion that the vast majority of physical therapists have no business treating low back pain. Why? Because most physical therapists don’t have the advanced training necessary to evaluate a patient with low back pain effectively much less treat the underlying cause of the problem. The sad truth is that most physical therapists treat patients with low back pain symptomatically.
There are exceptions, however, and not all physical therapists are the same. Here’s an interview with a physical therapist who represents the exception. Listen carefully to how he approaches patient care. It’s what the role of a physical therapist treating back pain should be.
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[...] Low Back Pain Treatment: The Role of Physical TherapyMost physical therapists have no business treating patients with back pain. Here’s the exception… [...]
I cracked my neck about six weeks ago by doing a back flip on to a high mattress and didn’t rotate all the way around so the weight of my body was put on my neck, and I heared and felt it crack all the way up. I put ice on it directly after it happened. Not long after my muscles were spasaming in my upper shoulder area and back. I went to the chriropractor a few times and felt a little better. I didn’t do anything for a month because I couldn’t the pain was to bad in my back. Six weeks into it my back is sometimes really tight, but I’m having more sever siatic pain from my back to my hip. So my question is what do I need to treat if the cause was from my neck? Do I treat my back, neck, mucsles? I saw your information on youtube and the frontward pelvis sounded intresting. My massage theripist has told me several time that I am really tight in that area (soas). But why have I never had the siatic pain until I injured my neck? Please I feel so stuck and will do anything to get rid of the pain I just don’t know where to start!
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