Back Pain Toronto Treatment

Source of Pain and Back Pain is Bad Posture

There's nothing worse than constant debilitating back pain. Sitting, standing, lying down - it doesn't matter - in most cases, there's no position that gives relief shoulder pain, low back pain, mid back pain, neck pain or more pain and the pain ruins everything you do. You can't sleep, you can't work, and the pain just doesn't quit. It's the worst.

If you have back pain, shoulder pain, low back pain, mid back pain , neck pain, abdominal pain or more pain you should come to Toronto Osteopathy Clinic. We can help you to get out your pain

Trouble with your back does not simply produce pain in the back. It can also be the cause of more remote symptoms in the head, neck, buttocks and limbs (sciatica for example). Back pain can be the first sign of a non mechanical problem such as abdominal or pelvic disease, kidney disease, a tumour or a vascular problem.

If you have disfunction in vertebral column you can have diseases. See the schema: Misalignment of spinal vertebrae and assosiated possible conditions

Back Pain Treatment

An osteopathic practitioner does not only treat symptoms, but also examines the entire body to address the underlying causes of the problem.

Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy is a whole system of evaluation and treatment designed to achieve and maintain health by restoring normal function to the body. Manipulation means the therapeutic application of manual pressure or force. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment is different from what a chiropractor would do. Chiropractors focus exclusively on the realignment of joints. Doctor of osteopathic medicine believe structural problems in the spinal column can affect the nerves that radiate out to the various organs, thus causing disease.

Doctor Osteopath use manipulation to treat musculoskeletal disorders such as:
• Low back pain
• Upper back pain
• Thoracic back pain
• Neck pain
• Sports injuries
• Repetitive stress injuries
• Some types of headaches
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Back Pain Types

Acute, sub acute and chronic are the three main types according to the duration of the pain. Acute pain lasts for less than 4 weeks, sub acute lasts from 4 to 12 weeks, while pain lasting for more than 12 weeks (three months) is called chronic back pain. Acute pain usually goes away without any intervention. Sometimes simple movements and stretches help. When it is chronic back pain, you may need medical attention, as the back ache can be symptomatic of other conditions.

Depending on the position, back pain can be classified into three - neck pain, upper back pain and lower back pain. While neck pain and upper back pain are almost always due to poor posture or jerky movements, lower back pain can be due to serious conditions like disc herniation, fractures to bones and due to infection in different internal organs like kidney, pancreas, uterus, etc. In extremely rare cases, cancer can also cause lower back pain.

There are also three main back pain types - axial, referred and radicular pain.

• Axial back pain is the most common type. It often has no specific cause. The acute pain can go away without any special attention. Certain activities, long term rest on a chair or on bed can aggravate the condition
• The brain may not identify the exact source of pain. In such cases, the damage done to certain parts can appear to be hurting other places. Since nerves pass through the spine, the brain wrongly identifies the spine or backbone as the source of pain. This type of pain is referred pain. You feel pain on the back, but the cause can be an infection to other body parts - kidney, urinary bladder, pancreas, uterus, etc
• Radicular back pain is due to actual damage to the backbone, spinal nerves or inter-vertebral discs. When spinal nerves are damaged or blocked, it can cause numbness, insensitivity, and weakness in legs and arms

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