Back and Neck Pain
Can Osteopathy help with Back and Neck Pain?
Osteopathy is a most effective treatment for back and neck pain and is recommended by NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). Prompt treatment from Avenue Osteopathic Practice for painful backs and necks, not only gets rid of the immediate problem, but can prevent long-term symptoms developing.
One of the main purposes of osteopathy is pain relief. Osteopathy helps people of all ages who suffer from back and neck pain. The osteopath’s role is to alleviate pain and improve the patient’s mobility in order to make life more comfortable.
Osteopathic Techniques
The techniques used at Avenue Osteopathic Practice can help back and neck pain by restoring movement to the joints with a gentle rhythmic articulation, gently massaging tight and restricted muscles and releasing locked joints with HVTs (High Velocity Low Amplitude Thrusts). Most patients feel immediate relief and a course of up to three treatments is all that is usually required for complete relief.
What is Back and Neck Pain?
Pain can affect many areas of the body, but particularly the lower back, head, neck, joints and legs. Much long-term, recurrent pain is caused by degenerative changes to the body’s framework. Nobody can reverse this process of ageing, but osteopathic treatment may still ease pain. Pain control is an important part of treatment and osteopaths give guidance on simple self-help methods to use at home.
Whether the pain has arisen through an accident or fall or whether as a result of faulty posture, osteopathic treatment can be very effective in dealing with the problem.
Lower back pain has reached epidemic proportions in the western world. Research shows that 60% of the UK’s population will suffer from back pain at some stage during their lives.
The trouble with back and neck pain is that it can do more than just give you a pain in the back. It can create difficulties with walking, sitting, bending and lifting and can sometimes lead to depression. It can also be the cause of pain in the buttocks, groin or legs (commonly called sciatica), in the head, neck, shoulders and arms. It can also be one of the effects of hip, knee and foot problems.
Pain-killers and Muscle Pain, Do’s and Don’ts
It is never advisable to take pain relief before taking part in high-impact activities or physical work. This is because without the feedback from your body’s nervous system, it is easy to over-use and re-damage your back or neck.
Although it is always better not to take drugs, as they all have side effects, they can be useful in some circumstances. lf back or neck pain is preventing you from sleeping, this can have a serious effect on your whole life, and it is worth a compromise of the side effects of the pain-killers for a good night’s sleep.
Pain-killing drugs can sometimes counteract the effectiveness of other medication you may be taking, and in some cases can be very harmful. Therefore it is important to check with your Doctor or Pharmacist as to whether they are appropriate, or indeed safe.
Some inflammatory conditions will benefit from NSAID (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) but again, it must be remembered that they may reduce inflammation but not the cause of the inflammation. Also they can cause stomach problems in some cases.
Avenue Osteopath Sutton, Surrey – Nearby Towns
Avenue Osteopath Sutton, Surrey is near the towns of Stoneleigh, Ewell, Worcester Park, Epsom, Morden and New Malden.
