How Physiotherapy Can Treat Back Pain
If you have ever suffered or struggled with back pain, you will know how debilitating it can be. Back pain can be triggered by an excessive activity, from an illness or injury, it can come from years of bad posture, lack of core-strength or just because of your body make up.
Most lower back pain is not due to anything serious and a visit or a few visits to a good physiotherapist will cure you. A physiotherapist will assess you, diagnose you either with or without the need for x-rays and will treat you.
If you are in Dubai and looking for physiotherapy centers in Sharjah you will find an excellent team at The CURE Medical Centre. There are many forms of physiotherapy and at the physiotherapy clinics in Sharjah, you have a wide range of choices.
Many orthopedic surgeons recommend physiotherapy as a way of healing, especially after surgery, perhaps for a knee or hip. Physiotherapy is used for stroke patients, to promote more fluid movement. Sportsmen and women often need a quick round of physio, as do accident victims who may have whiplash or a more serious injury.
The best thing to do with back pain, or anybody pain, is to treat it quickly. The longer one ignores the pain, the longer it stays. And while many people think the way to help back pain, or body pain, is bed rest, this can often be more problematic.
There are many physiotherapists at the CURE Medical Centre, offering a variety of treatments. There is manual therapy, which includes hands-on massage and manipulation of the joints and muscles. There is movement therapy which includes the patient and therapist working together, to get the patient mobile, more supple and flexible. There are strengthening exercises that are used, often with a focus on core stability, that may include machines or large exercise balls. And then there are the many high-tech methods such as heat therapy, laser therapy, shock wave therapy, needling, compression therapy, and electrotherapy.
The best thing to do when you have back pain, or neck, knee, shoulder or hip pain, is to go and see a physiotherapist. They will talk to you about your pain, assess you and then diagnose you. A physiotherapist will suggest a round of treatments and will explain to you how it works.
Physiotherapy, especially at the physiotherapy centers in Sharjah, is not painful and relieves pain fairly quickly. Physiotherapists do not work with medication, unless a patient’s pain is extreme, preferring to relieve pain through manipulation.
Almost everyone suffers from back pain at some point in their lives. A few strengthening exercises may relieve your back pain, but you may need more intense physiotherapy. Chat to your doctor or general practitioner, or make an appointment with one of the physiotherapy clinics in Sharjah and get your pain sorted out quickly. And remember, if you have had surgery and are in recovery, physiotherapy can really get you on the path to healing, quickly and safely.