Why doesmy knee or hip hurt?
Are you one of the 31 million Americans that experience low-back pain at any given time? Do you find your back stiff and achy in the morning, when you get out of bed? Are you careful about bending, reaching or lifting, because your back or neck will hurt you?
Pain is a symptom of the underlying mechanical problem. The vast majority of back, sciatica or neck pain is caused by poor mechanical movement of the spine. This occurs from poor posture, alignment, flexibility, coordination, and weak spinal muscles. Many people turn to over-the-counter medications, see their doctor for prescription medications, and even have expensive MRI’s and x-rays, without achievingany long-lasting results. These approaches focus on the
symptom, not treating the root cause of the problem. As physiotherapists, we get results, because we are the mechanics of the body, treating the root mechanical problems of spinal pain. In this book, we are going to teach you what we do to alleviate back pain, so you can help the health of your back and get back to the activities you enjoy. Back pain is a mechanical problem and therefore, must be treated as such. Here are themain causesmost back pain:
Cervical spine
Thoracic spine
• Poor daily posture • Lack of flexibility • Poor spinal joint stability
• Inadequate core muscle strength • Lack of spinal coordination and balance
Lumbar spine
Sacrum and Coccyx
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