Low back pain with Exercises is one of the highest search terms on Google. Your exercises depends on your lower back examination which includes your posture, gait (walking) active movements which should include the Stork Test for suspect Pars Stress Fractures , Lumbar joint Facet mechanical inflammations Slump test, Myotomes which is your strength in your muscles The tests for your strength in your muscles is 1, Single Leg Standing 2. Single leg squat 3 Single Plantar Flexion this is the ability for you to stand on your tip toes this is often not possible in the older age group or if the pain is unbearable If one supports oneself with a chair then it is safer
Helen uses this examination form or low back pain too find out if you are ready for back exercises or if you require to be referred back to your General Practitioner. As you can see from this clinical examination form one must go through a thorough examination before considering any exercises. You will see that one can fill in an questionnaire about your back pain and the limitations is may give you in your Daily Life Activities You will see diagrams of the different types of Lumbar Disc Herniations and some do require urgent surgery and some will reduce in size but it takes a good 6 months to a year. Helen has included in this page a current Evidence Level 1 Paper from the Spine in which is shows that it takes a minimum of 6 months to a year for a lumbar disc sequestration to reduce in size. During this time it is important not to do any aggressive exercises as this may prevent the disc material from being slowly reabsorbed by the body
Helen uses Physitract which is mini videos clips for your low back pain which can be sent to your computer or smart phone, you can send her encrypted messages about which exercises increases your pain or fill in a low back pain questionnaire of which Helen has uploaded one well know low back questionnaire This is particularly useful for Private Health Insurance or even to show to your General Practitioner or your Consultant for monitoring your weekly or monthly changes in pain levels for good clinical insight and information for medical purposes
The exercises are selected very carefully depending if you have the worst, most unbearable pain to mild pain or medium pain. There are a wide range of exercises including advice on how to get up from the lying to a sitting position and vice versa how to stand up from a sitting position. It is part of the NICE Guidelines that we all encourage sensible exercises
By using Physitract. The feedback is extremely encouraging. As you can message Helen and tell her which exercises are increasing the pain and which are decreasing the pain. Also, you need fewer sessions of treatments which reduces the costs for you and some people find just one or two sessions is enough because they are happy to follow these wonderful video clips which arrived safely on their computer or their smart phone
You can also fill in the pain chart questionnaires, which is much appreciated by the Private health insurance companies
Different Back Pain History depending on Case History Examination Assessment and any Imaging Reports
so your exercise prescription depending on your own personal circumstances and considerations
