Have you tried these two physical therapy methods for back pain?

Are you experiencing back pain? Is it affecting your ability to walk, work and do other normal daily activities? People who answered yes to these questions should consider working with a physical therapy specialist for back pain. 

Back pain is a well-known foe for many Americans, and it’s estimated that approximately 31 million U.S. adults are feeling lower back pain at any given time. Working with a physical therapist is an effective option for back pain. These medical professionals have many therapy methods they can use to treat your back pain. 

Two physical therapy methods that can be helpful for back pain

How physical therapists make up treatment plans for back pain will differ from person to person. Different people experience back issues in different ways; therapy plans are most effective when they’re customized to you specifically. 

However, there are certain therapy techniques that tend to get used for treating back pain. Two of the most common of these include: 

1. Manual therapy — Any technique that involves therapists using their hands to manipulate and mobilize joints and soft tissue is a manual therapy method. An example of a manual therapy method that’s often used to treat back pain is myofascial release. 

Myofascial release therapy focuses on breaking up knots of tension in back soft tissue. This can help the tissue move more freely, which helps decrease pain. A medical study of myofascial release shows that it helped decrease patients’ back pain by nearly 63% after four weeks of treatment. 

2. Dry needling — This technique uses such thin needles, about the width of a monofilament fishing line, that it hardly ever causes pain or even discomfort. Yet dry needling, a technique designed to target and break up tension in soft tissue, can help decrease your back pain significantly. Medical studies confirm that dry needling can help reduce back pain. One study of this therapy method reports that patients who had it experienced a more than 12-point improvement in their visual analogue scale scores for pain.

SSOR offers effective physical therapy for back pain

Ready to try physical therapy for your back pain? Our physical therapists at SSOR are primed to help you treat your pain effectively with a personal touch. We offer free screenings that can pinpoint the source of your pain. Our specialists also have experience building therapy plans that are personalized to fit your specific needs, and our plans are designed to offer benefits like: 

• Reducing pain.
• Improving back flexibility.
• Increasing ability to do normal daily tasks. 
• Decreasing risk of future back problems.

You can even get help from our physical therapists from home by using our at-home care and virtual therapy services. 

Contact us today for more information about how we can address your back pain or to schedule an initial appointment.