Our approach to low back and hip pain…
Utilizing manual therapy to correct joint and soft tissue dysfunction, and biomechanics and exercise science to correct stability, position, and movement.
The concept is simple, the proper execution to each individual is complex.
Most cases of low back and hip pain and dysfunction are mechanical in origin. This pain is rarely a surgical issue and pain-killers tend to only mask the problem. Many professions work with aspects of the mechanical (musculoskeletal system). Few practitioners treat the full scope of the system.
Your back and hips are not just a bunch of bones stacked upon each other. They don’t go “out of place” any more than they go back “in place”. Alignment is a dynamic process that changes moment to moment. Knowing how to use your back and hips in conjunction with the rest of your body is the key to pain-free, high-level function.
Your low back and hips are intimately tied together. Dysfunction in one WILL affect the other. Similarly, the muscles throughout your lower back, hips and legs play a big part in the function of your back and hips. Your feet can also play a large role in what happens up the chain in your lower back and hips. It may come as a shock, but your breathing can also play an important role in back and hip pain. Our diaphragm (pegged as a breathing muscle) plays a large role in stabilizing the joints in your hips and low back.
Simple cases of back and hip pain and stiffness are often able to be quickly alleviated by joint and soft tissue manipulation directly to the area of pain – although it may not correct underlying dysfunction, depending on your goals, it might be good enough for you.
More complex, longer lasting, and recurring back and hip pain do much better with an approach that takes other features into consideration.
As someone who struggled with significant back pain with little help from joint manipulation alone or massage alone, I can attest to the effectiveness of a multiple systems approach. You can read about my personal story of chronic back pain HERE.