If you suffer from spinal stiffness or pain, you should really have your spine checked. If you suffer numbness or pins and needles in your legs or arms it’s even more urgent!

The most common problems are stiffness and weakness. Luckily, your physiotherapist is an expert at assessing spines for dysfunction and quickly fixing the problem. We also won’t sign you up to months of unnecessary treatment like some spinal health practitioners do.

Stiffness is experienced when your spinal joints lack glide and slide or your muscles are tight, shortened or simply stressed.

The solution is easy. Loosen the stiff joints and relax or stretch the tight muscles.

Strengthening of any lazy muscles that cause the painful “knotted” muscles to overwork is a great long-term solution.

Unstable backs are normally the ones that easily “slip in and out” of position. In simple terms, the joints become wobbly
and move about too much. No amount of joint manipulation will fix this type of problem in the long-term. In fact, it will
make it worse.

These back problems require activation of some very specific deep joint stability muscles to start stabilising the wobbly
joints as soon as possible.

It’s handy to know that with the right diagnosis, treatment and specific advice or exercises, your spine will be trouble-free
again in a very short space of time.

If you haven’t had your spine checked for some time, please book your assessment at PhysioWorks today.

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