Lower back pain - A Chiropractors view

Dr Maria Madge, Chiropractor, talks to The Sports Injury Clinic (http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/) about lower back pain.
Lower back pain is known by chiropractors as uncomplicated mechanical lower back pain - which means that it is muscle and joint based. Pain tends to come from the lower 3 or 4 segments within the lower back and also the SI joints. The pain can be local to the lower back or radiated into the buttocks. It tends to be caused by joints and muscles in that area and when these joints get stiff (aynthing from digging to sitting in a strange position can cause this) and inflamed. Around the inflamation there is irriitation which gives pain around the lower back.
A chiropractor can loosen the muscles which encourages movement which, in turn, reduces inflamation and the pressure on the joints and muscles around the area. This reduces the amount of pain.
The segment that seems to be the tightest is found and this is manipulated in which ever way seems most appropriate to the patient, thereby reducing inflamation and the pain will reduce quite quickly.
Because of the mechanism of the body the muscles at the tops of the buttocks will be tight and need releasing. Ice and specific stretches can also reduce pain.
For more information on back pain visit:
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sport-injuries/low-back-pain/

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