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Back Pain Treatment St Andrews

Symmetree Osteopathy serves St Andrews and nearby areas, offering trusted, quality care.

Back pain can be crippling, impacting every part of your life from work to recreation and sports.

If you’re struggling with back pain, osteopathy can help you get back on track. Osteopaths provide hands-on treatment to address the root cause of your pain, without the need for medication or surgery.

Causes of Back Pain

Back pain affects up to 80% of people at some point in their lives. While the underlying causes are rarely serious, it remains a major source of discomfort, often disrupting daily life and taking a toll on quality of life.

Irritation or poor function of the bones, joints, ligaments, or muscles in your back is the main cause of most back pain. Vertebral dysfunction, where the spinal vertebrae compress nerves in the lower back, is a common culprit.

Back pain treatment Diamond Creek
Lower back pain treatment Diamond Creek

What will your Osteopath do?

A comprehensive case history and examination will be performed by your osteopath.

They will then explain in detail:

  • How osteopathy can help you
  • What is wrong and which muscles, joints or nerves are causing your pain
  • Why it has happened
  • What treatment you require
  • Provide you with a treatment plan with milestones to help measure your progress
  • Refer you for further investigation if required such as GP’s, X-Ray, Podiatrist etc.
  • How many sessions they think it will take to relieve the pain and resolve the problem
  • What you can do to speed your recovery
  • The things you must do to avoid prolonging or aggravating the injury
  • What can be done, through treatment and management, to ensure the problem does not re-occur

Treatment

Osteopathic care for back pain targets restoring spinal joint function, easing muscle tension, and strengthening muscles, resulting in improved movement, reduced discomfort, and less nerve irritation.

Your treatment will be personalized, typically involving spinal and soft tissue mobilization, core stabilization advice, strengthening exercises, stretching, and heat/cold therapy. Call us today to schedule a detailed lower back consultation and start your journey to recovery!

Diamond Creek Back Pain
Diamond Creek back pain treatment

Tips for looking after your back

  • Exercise regularly and try to maintain a healthy weight to decrease the load on your spine.
  • Try not to sit for long periods of time. Take short breaks regularly.
  • Be mindful of your posture, try not to slouch or slump.
  • Be careful when lifting. Keep your back straight, bend at the hips and knees and tighten your core prior to picking up an object.
  • Make sure you have a supportive bed.
  • We have more helpful hints and tips that can help with back pain. Our main philosophy is prevention is better than cure.

Symmetree Osteopathy offers quality care to local residents in Diamond Creek & surrounding areas including St Andrews.

Areas we service

We’re here to help your body reach its full health potential. Schedule your appointment online today or contact us at (03) 8418 0886!