Lower back pain/stiffness some suggestions please

[alophysio]

Hi Craig,

Thank you for the post. Your point is well made and I appreciate the post linking to musculoskeletal physiotherapists. You are right, being in Australia has its limitations. By listing the other physio, i was hoping to provide a contact point for makaveli1 to phone her to find out where some other physios are near his area... Her name was given to me by a phyio that runs courses over there in England. I also emphasised the ONE in perhaps the wrong way. Now i reread it, it looks like the ONLY physio to see - not my intention and i am sorry about that. I was hoping to mention that i only had one name to give.

As for why i don't think it is discogenic pain...The pain has been there for 4 months now. It is therefore chronic and given that makaveli1 didn't report reinjury, i assumed that any perpetuation of his pain was more likely to be from a motor control issue that the disc injury itself - as in the disc is sustaining some form of stress on it causing the pain. It could also be simply a case for the pain psychologist but i think most people won't think so. Also, the NHS physio would probably have given Mackenzie extension exercises if he felt that it was a disc problem...In fact, if PA in prone was stiff, wouldn't that mean decreased extension ROM anyway??? So therefore, i thought that the diagnosis was non-specific low back pain with probably issues in controlling movement.

It will be interesting to see how Makaveli1 goes...

So to recap, thank you for the extra reference and I am sorry if i offended anyone. And yes, it is hard to provide advice without seeing the person (something that i thought i said but didn't).

BTW Craig, check you messages...

[neurospast]

After having read all the responses I am wondering how it is possible to give such a precise answer with so little information In a way like chunkypuffin said. The problem which arises is that a answer is given on "hear say". The physiotherapist said that.... he did..... After my experience the majority of patients are so stressed at first contact that they have no clue what is said, what is done and what exercises are given. Therefor it is a good idea to give indeed simple exercises and maybe only one or none. This patient could be a problem because he is to keen to get better and therefor impatient and could hurt himself again and again. (I asume after reading his comments. maybe Makaveli1 could reply to see if my assumption is right)
And yes I make the same mistake, I assume on the little information given but wouldn't it be good practice to assume as little as possible?

[makaveli1]

thanks for the replys everyone just a quick update. As far as I know I havent reinjured the area to the point it was before but have strained my back on a few occasions.

I went to the NHS physio last week and he check my flexiblity by making me bend forward, to the side, and backwards. He said these had improved, but still couldn't give me any real diagnosis, he suggested I strip my training right back to the bare minimum. So I basically stopped for 2 weeks, the pain is still there after a while when I sit. I have been doing the same exercises as before written in the thread 2 or 3 times a day. I know my flexibility has increased as am closer to touching my toes.

I just felt like the guy blew me off I told him the pain was still there, but he said it is still "early", made another appointment with him but feel like its a waste of time.

So Im going to go private to in the next few days, hoping I can get more of an insight to what is wrong with me, and how I can fix it faster. Will let everyone know how it goes