Comprehensive Back Pain Treatment in Manchester & Stretford
Low back pain is notoriously difficult to diagnose and therefore treat. Our backs rely on a complex network of muscles, joints, ligaments, discs, and nerves all working together. Pain, particularly persistent pain. is not always caused by just one isolated structure.
Protective Compensation Response: When a joint, disc, or ligament becomes injured & painful, surrounding muscles may tighten to protect the area. Over time, those tight muscles can become strained and painful as well.
Referred Pain: Where you feel the pain isn't always where the injured structure needing treatment is located. Trigger points (muscle knots), stiff & restricted joints, and compressed nerves can all refer pain to different areas of the back, legs, and feet.
Both of these scenarios are very often the result of Poor posture:
Learn more about the
biomechanics of back pain here.
Why Choose Osteopathy For Your Back Pain Treatment
Osteopathic treatment overcomes this problem by improving the health of all the structures in your back and improving your posture with every treatment.
This helps the injured structure heal, whether the pain is local, referred, or due to compensation, and strengthens the resilience of all the structures in your back.
This approach can also improve posture, helping distribute your body weight evenly through your lower back, pelvis, hips, and legs. This also helps to prevent injuries developing in your hips, knees, and ankles.
Osteopathic Treatment Aims To:
- Supports Healing: Treatment encourages your body's natural recovery processes to heal the injury.
- Improves Posture: Reduces loading/strain not just on your low back, but also on your hips, knees, and ankles.
- Restores Mobility: Helps stiff or restricted joints move more comfortably.
- Releases Tension: Reduces muscle tightness and helps improve flexibility.
- Reduces Strain: Reduces unnecessary loading of joints, discs and ligaments.
- Drug-Free Relief: Helps reduce pain and improve movement without relying on painkillers.
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Why Choose The Manchester Osteopathy & Acupuncture Clinic
At the Manchester Osteopathy & Acupuncture Clinic, we provide an advanced treatment that combines Osteopathy with medical Acupuncture. This approach addresses both the structural and mechanical factors contributing to back pain and the nervous system's response to back pain.
| Treatment | How It Works | Main Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Osteopathy | Improves joint movement, releases tight soft tissues and addresses movement and postural factors. | Mechanical contributors |
| Medical Acupuncture | Can reduce pain sensitivity, muscle guarding, release trigger points (knots in muscles), and influence how the nervous system processes pain. | Pain & nervous system response |
By addressing both the mechanical factors contributing to low back pain and the nervous system's response to pain, this combined approach aims to reduce pain, improve posture & movement and help you return to the activities you enjoy.
If you prefer to have just Osteopathy or Acupuncture as a standalone treatment, that's absolutely fine, and we can discuss the approach that is most appropriate for you.
How can Mark help?
As a trained Osteopath, Mark treats all structures in the body that could be causing your pain, as well as the postural patterns contributing to the problem. You will also receive advice on the activities/lifestyle factors contributing to your back pain. This approach not only relieves the symptoms but also helps to prevent other conditions from becoming a problem.
If you need treatment for low back pain, contact Manchester Osteopathy.
0161 270 0426 or 07976 254 439
