Back pain
What is the condition?
Back pain is extremely common and can have a considerable impact on people’s day to day lives. Physio can help the many different causes of back pain, some of these include; sporting injuries, work injuries, lifting injuries and posture.
How do we treat back pain?
Assessment:
Your Physio will have a chat with you about your condition. They will take a medical history, review your symptoms and may do various tests and measures to ensure they have a good understanding of your issue. They will then formulate a plan to best treat you.
Treatment of acute symptoms:
Your physio treatment will include one or more of mobilisation & manipulation, dry needling and exercise prescription (Rehab exercises, Physio exercise & Hydrotherapy).
You may also be given some Home exercises to improve mobility and strength. We use an app called PhysiApp which enables you to complete your prescribed exercise program by following simple, narrated exercise videos. This may also be progressed to Physio exercise/Clinical Pilates to continue strengthening
Treatments Available:
Here is some additional information about conditions we treat.
Manual Therapy 
‘Hands-on’ or manual physiotherapy combined with exercise is the mainstay of our treatment at EBR Physio. Manual physio treatment includes joint mobilisation to improve range of movement and relieve pain. Soft tissue massage is also used to relieve tension.
Rehab Exercise
Rehab exercise is aimed at strengthening, restoring function and decreasing pain after an injury/illness or surgery. Surgeons will often have specific exercise guidelines which they want you to follow after surgery. Your physio will guide and monitor your exercise programmes
Advice and Education
Your Physio plays a key role in helping you understand your condition. They will also advise you on making changes to your lifestyle and surroundings to allow you to live your best life.
A holistic approach to Chronic pain
Physiotherapy has always been devoted to understanding patients’ pain and how to alleviate, manage and prevent it. So, what’s changed?
Sports Physicians
When it comes to managing sports injuries and maintaining peak physical performance, the expertise of both sports physicians and physiotherapists is invaluable. But what exactly is a sports physician, and how do they work in tandem with physiotherapists? In this blog post we take a look at the roles of Sports Physicians and Physiotherapists and the collaboration between these two essential professionals.Memberships, associations and partners
