Lower Back Pain

Lumbar Misalignment:

• Usually caused by activities such as:
  • Lifting heavy items – shifting furniture
  • Repetitive lifting – work related
  • Twisting and lifting – shifting boxes
  • Fall or trauma
• The lumbar misalignment causes inflammation and pressure in the disc, this in turn causes pressure on the neighbouring spinal nerve – causing pain locally or in bad cases pain referred – sciatica.

Pelvis Misalignment:

• Usually caused by:
  • Twisting injuries – lifting a heavy suit case onto the bed
  • Repetitive twisting – whipper sniping
  • Standing on uneven surface – painting on a ladder with feet on different levels
• The pelvis misalignment causes inflammation to the Sacro-iliac joint, (like spraining your ankle), which then causes irritation to the local nerves in the area, which can cause local ache or travelling pain.

Lumbar Misalignment:

• You can usually get some temporary relief by walking and gentle activity if you’re able to tolerate the pain or unable to seek professional assistant.
• Professional intervention will help reduce the time it takes for your body to heal itself.
• Systematic ‘hands on’ examination of the spine, with the help of x-rays and specialised instruments, will lead our specially trained chiropractors to precisely locate the exact vertebra that is misaligned and causing pressure on the nerve.
• Once the cause is identified, a specific correction called an ‘adjustment’ is used to re-place the vertebra into the correct position.

Pelvis Misalignment:

• You can usually get some temporary relief from sitting and resting if you’re able to tolerate the pain or unable to seek professional assistant.
• Professional intervention will help reduce the time it takes for your body to heal itself.
• Careful examination of the pelvis alignment using postural analysis, x-rays line drawings and static pain findings will lead to a diagnosis and conclusion of how the pelvis needs to be corrected.
• The direction of correction (pelvis adjustment) needs to be very specific and in the opposite direction to which it is misaligned, re-placing the joint back to it’s normal position and function.

If left untreated both conditions:

• Will become more painful, gradually getting worse
• May start referring down the leg
• May start to cause pins & needles or numbness
• May start effecting your hobbies and daily activities
• Will cause more uneven stress on the lumbar discs causing wear and tear (osteoarthritis) eventually causing a disc ‘blow out’ or disc protrusion, prolapsed or bludge
• The longer the condition is left untreated, the harder it is to fix. This often results in more visits and a higher final treatment cost
• Eventually leading to permanent damage, which may then result in spinal surgery