Spinal Injuries
Spinal injuries can be extremely debilitating and overwhelming without the right support. Spinal injuries cause massive trauma to the spine, and the reality is that most, if not all, spinal injuries require ongoing treatment. At Fixed Physio, we’ve diagnosed and treated a wide range of spinal injuries. Whether you’re suffering from a new back injury or chronic back pain, physiotherapy can help.
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Back pain can occur from a wide range of activities such as sports accidents, gardening for hours at a time and improper lifting techniques. Whatever the cause, back pain can lead to various ranges of discomfort depending on your injury.
Types Of Spinal Injuries
There are a few different types of injuries we encounter as a practice offering back physiotherapy in Christchurch. The main types of injuries we see are:
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Cervical
These injuries affect the neck and head region and can often result in arm pain.
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Lumbar
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These injuries on the lower back can often involve hip and leg pain.
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Sacral
These injuries can affect the back, hips, buttocks, and pelvis.
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Thoracic
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These injuries affect the upper chest region, mid-back, as well as abdominal muscles. Arm and hand function is usually normal for this type of injury.
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Back pain can occur from a wide range of activities, such as sports accidents, gardening for hours at a time and improper lifting techniques. Whatever the cause, back pain can lead to various ranges of discomfort depending on your injury.
Symptoms Of Back Injury Or Spinal Injury
While the cause of injury may vary, there are often unifying symptomatic results from spinal cord injuries. As a leading back pain therapist in Christchurch, we see a number of these symptoms in our patients and have a deep level of empathy for their treatment needs. Talk to your preferred healthcare practitioner right away if you are experiencing any of the following
symptoms:
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Extreme pain or pressure in your back, head, or neck
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A sense of numbness or tingling pain in your fingers, hands, feet, or toes
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Impaired breathing
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Difficulties with balance as well as difficulty walking
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Incoordination, weakness, or even paralysis in any part of your body
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Loss of bowel or bladder control
Back injury or spinal injury often results in a loss of movement, exaggerated reflex activity, spasms, intense pain or stinging, or even the loss of sensation, such as an inability to feel touch or temperature.
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Remember, if you are struggling with spinal injury or back pain, you need to be given timely and supportive treatment. We are here to help you and look forward to helping you on your journey.
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In order to return you to full health as quickly as possible, we treat back pain with a combination of hands-on-treatment and exercises. Our experienced physios are trained in the most effective therapy techniques and will advise you on the best treatment options applicable to you with the objective of relieving pain and restoring movement again.
Our objective is to relieve pain and improve your physical conditioning and overall well-being so that you can remain pain-free and engaged in life.
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