Have Back Pain? Physical Therapy can Help!

When back pain hits, its no fun! Pain in the back can come on suddenly and for what seems to be no reason at all. You can be fine one minute and then the next your back is hurting. When you have an achy back it may seem like a good idea to binge watch your favorite show while you're resting your back and letting it heal. But the opposite may be true. It could be more beneficial to go to physical therapy to decrease your back pain, increase your ability to function, and to prevent further problems with your back from occurring in the future. 

It may be hard to believe that physically active can reduce pain. Research has shown that light aerobic exercises like jogging or walking can your reduce back pain. The benefit of combining physical activity and physical therapy is that a physical therapist can customize exactly what you need to reduce your back pain and what you shouldn't do. Also everyone is different, which means one exercise will not help everyone, but a physical therapist can identify what will help you. 

Getting to a physical therapist as soon as possible, even while your back is hurting, will make it less likely that you will have worse complications in the future that may require surgery. A few weeks of physical therapy can really help avoid those complications and can really help improve your health as it relates to your back. 

It's true you can Google remedies for back pain such as exercises or what pain medications to take. But what you can't get from Google is the customized advice and education that comes from doing physical therapy. An example of what a physical therapist can do for you is to help you avoid doing exercises that may increase your pain.

Most importantly, before engaging in any exercise to help remedy back pain, make sure to talk with your doctor or physical therapist first. They know what is best. 

For further information on how physical therapy can help back pain, you can click this link: Back Pain: Why Physical Therapy Might be the Relief You Need