Understanding Low Back Pain
Back pain happens to everyone and for some is a life changing occurrence. The causes are as many as there are structures capable of producing pain; and every tissue in the body is capable of giving us pain. Help from the health care profession is sought when the pain is severe enough to interfere with activities we need, or want to do. What happens next depends on who you choose to consult. There are many health care practitioners who treat back pain - the family doctor, chiropractor, physiotherapist, massage therapist, acupuncturist, orthopaedic surgeon, neurosurgeon, anesthetist, rheumatologist, psychiatrist and psychologist to name but a few. Each approaches your problem from a very different perspective which is based on their formal training and their clinical experience. Their training/experience helps them to develop models some of which are based on scientific principles and some on long time common thought. Listen to this videocast to learn more about the functional model we use at Diane Lee & Associates to treat back pain.
