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A Must See Video Before Finding a Chiropractor!
http://youtu.be/AUEjDegHXn0

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Did you know that 80% of people will have debilitating low back pain some time in their lifetime?

Did you know that if you get a low back pain episode, you are more than 50% likely to have
another episode within 12 months?

Please read on if you want to learn more about how Antony Lo from Penshurst Physiotherapy
Centre solves your low back pain problems...

The main causes of Low Back Pain are well-known - Disc bulges or herniation, joints jammed,
muscles strained and nerves pinched are the most common reasons why people get low back
pain.Â

But Why Did You Get Low Back Pain?

This is the simplest question that doesn't seem to get answered very well...

The reasons often seem simple enough - "I bent over wrong", "I picked up my child", I fell
over...but people do that all the time and they don't get injured. In fact, quite often we hear our
patients say "I didn't do anything" or "I just picked up the soap off the floor" - something they have
done hundreds of times before without any problems. But...

...does your doctor or health professional actually ask "Why did your disc bulge?" or "Why did you
jam your joints" or "Why did your muscles strain" or "Why did your nerve get pinched?".

It is fine to know what happened to make you sore but it doesn't always give you the reasons as to
why it became sore in the first place.Â

Musculoskeletal Physical Therapists are "Problem Detectives"

We believe in treating your Low Back Pain holistically. Many people say they are holistic but are
they really holistic?

To properly assess why you have Low Back Pain, we carefully listen to your story. It is often in
your story that we find clues as to why something happened to you...perhaps it is the way you
work or the habits you have. Our questions are carefully chosen to draw out as much useful
information that you have. In fact, sometimes we ask things that you don't think is related to your
Low Back Pain - things like "what operations have you had?" or "Do you get headaches?". We ask
these things because your answers help us fill in the picture of why you are getting Low Back
Pain.
Next, we always check how your Low Back Pain is affecting your function - that is physio jargon
for "the things you do in everyday life" - things like bending over, sitting, standing etc. These are
the things that will need to get better if you are going to feel 100% again right?

Most importantly, we check on the following:

* Your Joints,

* Your Muscles and

* Your Nerves

Now every good Physical Therapist, Chiropractor and Osteopath will do this...but we don't just
stop at your lower back. We also routinely check the following joints:

* Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ)

* Hips

* Ribs

* Thoracic Spine

Why? Because all of these areas can cause your low back pain. If we need to, we will also check
your knees, ankles, feet, shoulders and neck as well.

You see, you have muscles that go from all of these locations and cross over the low back. You
also have nerves from the low back that go to the legs - all the way to the tips of your toes.

If you are being truly holistically cared for, all these areas will be checked - and that is what we do!

How Do We Treat Low Back Pain?

Once we have worked out what is really causing your problems (not just what is sore), we develop
a treatment strategy.

Ideally you would need to move freely and maintain positions without pain and without causing
further damage both now and in the future. To do that, you need to activate the right muscles at
the right time with the right movement patterns. But you can't do that unless you can adopt the
most efficient position for your all of you joints - including your overall posture. Usually there are
structures that are not quite right which prevent you from adopting the right posture and efficient
positions...

...therefore, we find what we need to release - they could be overactive muscles, tight muscles,
tight joints, fibrosed muscles or joints, or even just overall "tension". We use a variety of
techniques to help you learn to relax the right muscles. Sometimes, our remedial massage
therapists need to provide that release with massage and stretching for you.
We then teach you the most efficient positions and best overall posture for you. These could be to
do with sitting, standing, lifting children, working, etc...basically any position that you are required
to adopt to live a normal life everyday.

Once you can adopt those positions, we teach you how to achieve the best movement patterns.
This could be by thinking of a special cue/thought that gets the brain to work the right muscles at
the right time. Again this is an individual process and the solution we use will be unique for you.

Finally, we teach you how to move correctly and do those tasks that used to be painful or weak but
are now stronger and not painful!! Sometimes we have to break these movements down into
different parts - that is what is often referred to as "exercises". But we always try to relate what you
are exercising to what you need to do in everyday life. Our Exercise Physiologists / Scientists can
help you learn the right posture / alignment, cues and movement patterns with specialised
exercises.

Pretty simple huh?

For when you are "sick of the pain"...

Just because pain is common doesn't mean that it has to be normal. There are many "common"
treatments out there which may or may not have worked for you.

We believe our approach is different to the "common" approach...it is holistic, it focuses on
optimum function and it is cost effective.

Did you know that research has shown that seeing a Physical Therapist with post-graduate
qualifications (like Antony's Masters in Manual Therapy) results in less consults and less money
paid in total even though you pay more per session compared to someone who has the standard
Physical Therapy degree?

So if you want to start feeling better and solve that low back pain problem, then book an
appointment today and "feel the difference"!Â

About the Author:




Antony H Lo |
APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist |
Teaching Fellow at The University of Western Australia |
Masters in Manual Therapy (UWA) |
B.App.Sc. (Physiotherapy)(USyd)

Antony is the Principal Physiotherapist at Penshurst Physiotherapy Centre and is committed to
providing the highest quality assessment and treatment for his patients. He specializes in the 2
most difficult regions in the body to treat...the Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) and the Thorax (including ribs).
In addition to treating patients full time, he also travels twice a year to Perth, Australia to lecture to
the most popular post-graduate musculoskeletal course in Australia. The students are experienced
Physical Therapists who are keen to further their skills in Manual Therapy. Antony also travels to
the villages in Bali, Indonesia to help underprivileged adults and children with musculoskeletal and
neurological conditions.

For more information about various musculoskeletal conditions, please visit
http://www.MyPhysios.com.au

(c) Copyright 2010 - Antony H Lo. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.




Article Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Antony_H_Lo




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A Must See Video Before Finding a Chiropractor!
http://youtu.be/AUEjDegHXn0

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Low Back Pain - Is a Chiropractor for You?

  • 1. ==== ==== A Must See Video Before Finding a Chiropractor! http://youtu.be/AUEjDegHXn0 ==== ==== Did you know that 80% of people will have debilitating low back pain some time in their lifetime? Did you know that if you get a low back pain episode, you are more than 50% likely to have another episode within 12 months? Please read on if you want to learn more about how Antony Lo from Penshurst Physiotherapy Centre solves your low back pain problems... The main causes of Low Back Pain are well-known - Disc bulges or herniation, joints jammed, muscles strained and nerves pinched are the most common reasons why people get low back pain. But Why Did You Get Low Back Pain? This is the simplest question that doesn't seem to get answered very well... The reasons often seem simple enough - "I bent over wrong", "I picked up my child", I fell over...but people do that all the time and they don't get injured. In fact, quite often we hear our patients say "I didn't do anything" or "I just picked up the soap off the floor" - something they have done hundreds of times before without any problems. But... ...does your doctor or health professional actually ask "Why did your disc bulge?" or "Why did you jam your joints" or "Why did your muscles strain" or "Why did your nerve get pinched?". It is fine to know what happened to make you sore but it doesn't always give you the reasons as to why it became sore in the first place. Musculoskeletal Physical Therapists are "Problem Detectives" We believe in treating your Low Back Pain holistically. Many people say they are holistic but are they really holistic? To properly assess why you have Low Back Pain, we carefully listen to your story. It is often in your story that we find clues as to why something happened to you...perhaps it is the way you work or the habits you have. Our questions are carefully chosen to draw out as much useful information that you have. In fact, sometimes we ask things that you don't think is related to your Low Back Pain - things like "what operations have you had?" or "Do you get headaches?". We ask these things because your answers help us fill in the picture of why you are getting Low Back Pain.
  • 2. Next, we always check how your Low Back Pain is affecting your function - that is physio jargon for "the things you do in everyday life" - things like bending over, sitting, standing etc. These are the things that will need to get better if you are going to feel 100% again right? Most importantly, we check on the following: * Your Joints, * Your Muscles and * Your Nerves Now every good Physical Therapist, Chiropractor and Osteopath will do this...but we don't just stop at your lower back. We also routinely check the following joints: * Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) * Hips * Ribs * Thoracic Spine Why? Because all of these areas can cause your low back pain. If we need to, we will also check your knees, ankles, feet, shoulders and neck as well. You see, you have muscles that go from all of these locations and cross over the low back. You also have nerves from the low back that go to the legs - all the way to the tips of your toes. If you are being truly holistically cared for, all these areas will be checked - and that is what we do! How Do We Treat Low Back Pain? Once we have worked out what is really causing your problems (not just what is sore), we develop a treatment strategy. Ideally you would need to move freely and maintain positions without pain and without causing further damage both now and in the future. To do that, you need to activate the right muscles at the right time with the right movement patterns. But you can't do that unless you can adopt the most efficient position for your all of you joints - including your overall posture. Usually there are structures that are not quite right which prevent you from adopting the right posture and efficient positions... ...therefore, we find what we need to release - they could be overactive muscles, tight muscles, tight joints, fibrosed muscles or joints, or even just overall "tension". We use a variety of techniques to help you learn to relax the right muscles. Sometimes, our remedial massage therapists need to provide that release with massage and stretching for you.
  • 3. We then teach you the most efficient positions and best overall posture for you. These could be to do with sitting, standing, lifting children, working, etc...basically any position that you are required to adopt to live a normal life everyday. Once you can adopt those positions, we teach you how to achieve the best movement patterns. This could be by thinking of a special cue/thought that gets the brain to work the right muscles at the right time. Again this is an individual process and the solution we use will be unique for you. Finally, we teach you how to move correctly and do those tasks that used to be painful or weak but are now stronger and not painful!! Sometimes we have to break these movements down into different parts - that is what is often referred to as "exercises". But we always try to relate what you are exercising to what you need to do in everyday life. Our Exercise Physiologists / Scientists can help you learn the right posture / alignment, cues and movement patterns with specialised exercises. Pretty simple huh? For when you are "sick of the pain"... Just because pain is common doesn't mean that it has to be normal. There are many "common" treatments out there which may or may not have worked for you. We believe our approach is different to the "common" approach...it is holistic, it focuses on optimum function and it is cost effective. Did you know that research has shown that seeing a Physical Therapist with post-graduate qualifications (like Antony's Masters in Manual Therapy) results in less consults and less money paid in total even though you pay more per session compared to someone who has the standard Physical Therapy degree? So if you want to start feeling better and solve that low back pain problem, then book an appointment today and "feel the difference"! About the Author: Antony H Lo | APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist | Teaching Fellow at The University of Western Australia | Masters in Manual Therapy (UWA) | B.App.Sc. (Physiotherapy)(USyd) Antony is the Principal Physiotherapist at Penshurst Physiotherapy Centre and is committed to providing the highest quality assessment and treatment for his patients. He specializes in the 2 most difficult regions in the body to treat...the Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) and the Thorax (including ribs).
  • 4. In addition to treating patients full time, he also travels twice a year to Perth, Australia to lecture to the most popular post-graduate musculoskeletal course in Australia. The students are experienced Physical Therapists who are keen to further their skills in Manual Therapy. Antony also travels to the villages in Bali, Indonesia to help underprivileged adults and children with musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. For more information about various musculoskeletal conditions, please visit http://www.MyPhysios.com.au (c) Copyright 2010 - Antony H Lo. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Antony_H_Lo ==== ==== A Must See Video Before Finding a Chiropractor! http://youtu.be/AUEjDegHXn0 ==== ====