Why Stretching and Exercises Does Not Help with your Back Pain.

So why doesn't stretching and exercises help with your back pain?  Well, first of all it can, but it depends on the nature of your back pain and the seriousness of it.

However, if you are one of those people that has already tried or are presently doing the exercises that your physiotherapist has assigned to you and are not getting the relief that you want, I will explain to you why it's not working and what can be done to get rid of your back pain once and for all.

First, one of the biggest mistakes done by therapist is when an exercise protocol is given to patients without having enough information on their condition.  In fact, all too often, basic x-rays are not even taken.... especially when you have chronic pain.  So if x-rays are not taken, how is your therapist to know what is going on in your back that's causing your pain and therefore, how do they know what to prescribe for you in order for you to get better?

Take spinal arthritis or degenerative disc disease as an example.  Spinal arthritis or degenerative disc disease (i.e. the decaying of the discs between your spine)  can cause a lot of symptoms .  Such symptoms include lower back pain, numbness and tingling (sciatica) down your legs, incoordination, weakness in your legs, etc.

As a natural reaction to spinal arthritis or degenerative disc disease, the surrounding spinal muscles, gluteal (butt) muscles and leg musles (e.g. psoas - hip flexor muscle) will go into a protective spasm called "Gaurding".

The muscles start to guard to protect the area of spinal damage due to spinal arthritis or degenerative disc disease and tries to prevent further damage.  That is to say, your muscles go into a spasm AFTER your spinal condition has developed.

So what does that mean?  It means that if you are performing stretches and exercises to address the muscle spasms due to your spinal arthritis or degenerative disc disease (which is the origin of your pain), chances are your pain will NOT go away.  In other words, you are putting the "cart before the horse".

You are having your back treated backwardly!!

Hence, you'll be performing all these exercises and not getting anywhere.  Does this make sense?

Obviously, the best course of action is to address the CAUSE of your pain (i.e. spinal arthritis or degenerative disc disease), once this is addressed... then initiate exercises! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

Rehabilitate the degenerative discs first, then address the muscles.

So what should be learned here?

1. Find out exactly what is the root cause of your lower back pain.
2. Address the root cause first, then perform exercises (if needed).

 It is for this reason, we at The Toronto Spine Clinic will not have anyone undergo care until we know exactly what the patient's condition is.  Due to the precision of our non-surgical spinal decompression techology, not only do we have to know what is causingyour pain (so we can determine if your a candidate), but also to know at what disc level is causing your symptoms so that we can target and REHABILITATE that problematic disc.

Our non-surgical spinal decompression therapy is the most advanced on the market today and due to the sophistication of our techology, we are able to target the problematic disc so precisely that 80-90%  of the treatment forces will be applied to your damaged disc!

Thus, due to this precision, our patients can enjoy rapid rehabilitation of theirs spine and return to an active pain free life.

For more infomation on your specialized treatment for spinal arthritis or degenerative disc disease, please visit our webiste at http://www.torontospineclinic.com.

To book your FREE consultation to find out if you are a candidate for our care, please call us toll-free at 1-855-TSC-DISC (1-855-872-3472) or (905) 850-1007.

Click to fill out an on-line patient intake form today!

Toronto Spine Clinic
6175 Hwy 7, Unit 3
Woodbridge, On L4H-0K9
Office Hours:
Mon-Thurs: 8am-4pm
contactus@torontospineclinic.com
http://www.torontospineclinic.com