Are you looking for relief from back pain?
Is back pain preventing you from doing what you want? Have you ever slept poorly because of back pain or strained your back while moving something heavy? Perhaps you hurt your back while playing a sport. Whatever the case may be, you do not have to suffer from back pain. Back pain relief in Beaverton and Lake Oswego, OR can be found at Hopstown Physical Therapy.
Over 80% of the population suffers from back pain. In the United States, it is the most commonly reported complaint. One in every four Americans has had it in the previous three months, according to the American Physical Therapy Association!
Numerous factors could be causing your back pain, but no matter what the cause is, our physical therapists at Hopstown Physical Therapy can help you get the back pain relief you’ve been looking for!
Our physical therapy clinic is ready to assist you. Request an appointment with Hopstown Physical Therapy as soon as possible!
What caused my back pain?
There are several causes of back pain, and determining the underlying cause can be difficult. Fortunately, our highly trained physical therapists can assist you in determining all of the factors associated with your condition and developing a comprehensive plan to address them all!
Our physical therapists at Hopstown Physical Therapy treat all types of back pain. We employ research-based strategies that have been shown to produce not only short-term improvements in pain and function, but also long-term success.
The following are some of the most common causes of back pain:
Poor posture and prolonged positions
Our spines are built to move. Poor posture/prolonged positions are one of the most common causes of back pain. Our modern society is much more sedentary than previous generations, and the prevalence of back pain is increasing.
Back pain from poor posture is frequently associated with prolonged activities such as sitting and standing. The physical therapists at Hopstown Physical Therapy are specifically trained in ergonomics and can help you improve your workspace or lifestyle to help lessen the stresses to your back. This is an area of rehab that is underutilized, but one that makes sense to help with long-term success. Imagine this: if you have to spend 8 hours on the computer at a desk daily, you are literally spending 50% of your waking hours in that one position. If your desk setup is poorly designed to fit your ideal posture and body, the likelihood that you will have difficulty managing your back pain without addressing the ergonomics is really high. In order to help you with long-term success, we will have to address your work situation. Then, all the other work that we do to improve your back (mobility work, endurance training, strengthening) can have a lasting effect.
Sprain/Strain
A back sprain occurs when the ligaments in your spine are overstretched, whereas a back strain occurs when your back muscles are overstretched. These injuries are frequently associated with a lifting injury or an accident (i.e., motor vehicle accident, slip, or fall). The great thing is that these soft-tissue injuries have the capacity to heal. However, if you have difficulty getting back to your previous function without continued back pain, a physical therapist can educate you, and train you, to get your body back to full function again without chronic back pain.
Bulging or Herniated discs
Discs are specialized tissues that are located between two vertebrae (i.e., spine bones). The discs help resist torsion in the spine, and assist with shock absorption and joint compression in the spine.
The discs are really good at handling normal stresses from bending forward (like bending over to tie your shoes), and normal twisting in the back when you are upright. When bending forward and twisting happens together, combined with lifting a heavy weight (like a heavy box), the discs can be vulnerable to that stress and become painful. The discs can also become irritable from prolonged sitting lifestyles/jobs or awkward task postures. Disc injuries can be a cause of severe back pain, causing either local back pain, referred pain into the buttock and/or leg (somatic pain), or nerve pain due to nerve compression that causes sharp pain down the leg (aka sciatica) and potentially lead towards leg and/or foot weakness, numbness and/or tingling into the leg/foot/toes, and changes to the reflexes in your leg.
The good news is that the physical therapists at Hopstown Physical Therapy in Beaverton and Lake Oswego, OR are experts at evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients experiencing disc-related back pain. Physical therapy should be the first-line treatment when you experience discal symptoms, and our clinic can help get you back to full function if you are suffering from back pain caused by disc problems.
Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
Patients often get this diagnosis from their doctors and assume they actually have a “disease” in their spine. Degenerative disc disease is NOT an actual disease, but rather describes normal, age-related changes in the spine. This does not mean that your low back does not hurt, or discount any of the pain you are experiencing, but just note that these changes to your spine are normal.
The key(s) to improving pain and dysfunction in your back are to:
• lessen the excessive stresses that are being placed on your back by improving mobility of your spine and extremities (arms, legs)
• progressively strengthen your back
• retrain your body how to properly move and accept load, so that your body can handle the weight without excessive stresses being placed on your back.
Whatever the causes of your back pain are, the physical therapists at Hopstown Physical Therapy will help you understand them, work directly with you to improve those areas, and help retrain you back to full function.
Find back pain relief at our Beaverton or Lake Oswego, OR clinic.
Your search for back pain relief can end when you walk through the doors of Hopstown Physical Therapy. Our physical therapists will assist you in getting back on your feet as soon as possible!
When you visit our clinic, your highly-trained physical therapist will perform the most thorough evaluation that you have ever experienced. We’ll assess your range of motion, strength, pain location, the severity of your pain symptoms, and how your body tolerates different movements and positions. We’ll also conduct a complete neurological examination to make sure your neurological system is working correctly. We will also examine your back pain history and overall health status.
All of this is done to determine the underlying causes of your back pain, as well as any other factors that may be influencing your condition.
We believe in treating the whole person and emphasize educating you on how to manage your condition on your own and how to avoid future episodes of back pain.
Our treatment plan will be tailored to your specific needs. We understand that no two people are alike and that while symptoms may be similar between people, their histories are completely different and their path to recovery is unique.
Our skilled therapists will start by looking to help reduce the overall irritability of your back. We will then work on the mobility of your body to improve back stresses and loading capabilities through your body. Then, we look to re-strengthen and retrain the body back to full function.
We’ll also show you how to use improve your ergonomics at work, in the car, and at home, if those areas are potentially contributing to your overall back health.
Don’t wait to seek help for your back pain. Contact Hopstown Physical Therapy today, and begin on the journey back to function with comfort and confidence once again!
Request an appointment in Beaverton and Lake Oswego, OR to unlock back pain relief.
Request an appointment with Hopstown Physical Therapy today if you are looking for back pain relief in Beaverton or Lake Oswego, OR. The sooner you get started on your treatment, the quicker you can return back to function.
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