Lower Back

Service Description

Acute injuries are the most common in heavy lifting activities as training in the gym, during sport competitions or at work while lifting an item using an incorect and unsafe technique. When we do a powerful lifting of an object , even if the object it's light , there is a risk of back injury and this can be caused by contracting a lot more one part of the back due to the posture, position or any other factor, the muscles in that sector, on that part of the back, can become strained. When this happen and the tension and restriction is felt in the lower back a muscle dysfunction happend already. From this stage other muscles from surrounding area will start to compensate and also the muscles become more prone to injury. Most back movements involve control and actions from muscles in the core and surounding areas, therefore treating the lower back has to take in consideration plenty of other factors and muscles. As I've seen in the past years, since I started to be a massage therapist and be more interested about bio-mechanics, posture, muscles group involved in some specific joint movements, I can say treating only the area where the symptoms are felt, it will probably only cause more muscle iritation and the treatment will be inefficient. Lumbar area due to muscle shortening caused by many reason can create a lot of discomfort and movement restrictions in our daily activities. Pain can be experienced when moving, sitting, standing for longer than 10 -15 minutes, and the symptoms ca reduce range of motion in the lower back. If you experience lower back pain, don't hesitate to get in touch with me and I will try to find the reason of the symptomns and find the best treatment and prevention. The treatment will include muscles assessment to check which are short ( tight ) and which muscles are lengthen ( weak ), massage, NMT, MET, STR, Stretching and advice to strengthen the weak muscles.