Lower Back Pain

Name: Yarra Hills Chiropractic
Address: 413 Main Street, Lilydale, VIC, 3140, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9735 5100

Lumbar & Pelvis Misalignment

There are two main causes of lower back pain: Lumbar Misalignment (or pinched nerve) and Pelvis Misalignment.

Often known as pinched nerve
This can vary in intensity from local pain to sharp strong shooting pain
Early symptoms include:
- Pain during or after sitting on the couch or car
- Pain getting out of the chair
- Pain upon waking and getting dressed
- Pain on flexion (bending forwards)
Bad cases may also:
- Have pain shooting or referring down the thigh and leg (Sciatica)
- Debilitating back pain that causes you to stand crocked or bent over
- Pain on coughing or sneezing
- Agonizing pain on movement

Patients often comment that their ‘hip feels out’
Usually goes un-noticed for a long time
Symptoms include:
- Generalised and vague lower back ache
- Ache or pain noticed walking – the more you walk the worse it gets
- Ache or pain noticed standing for long periods
- Ache lying in bed
- Pain referring into the hip or buttock
Bad cases may also:
- Ref down the thigh to the knee
- Pain referring into the groin or testis
- Not be able to weight bear or walk at all
- Not get comfortable at night causing no sleep

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.

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.

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.

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

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