BEVERLY HILLS
We specialize in treating various causes of back pain, such as muscle strains, herniated discs, sciatica, muscle spasms, myofascial trigger points, neuropathy and spinal misalignments. We implement state of the art modalities and techniques coupled with patient education to help alleviate back pain and optimize overall health. Experience relief and embrace wellness at our office. Our expert team is dedicated to addressing a wide range of issues, from chronic pain to sports injuries. Using cutting-edge techniques and personalized care, we strive to restore your health and vitality. Whether you’re seeking relief from back pain, headaches, incorrect posture or overall discomfort, we are here to help you feel your best. Take the first step towards a healthier you!
So when you look at the lumbar spine, the low back, you’ll see that the facets or the joints of each segment of the spine are at this angle. So what it does is it allows for forward flexion. So, for example, what we see in the lumbar spine, low back pain, are issues related to ergonomics, mechanical issues like posture, disc herniations, trauma, repeated use, overuse.
When you move up the spine—sciatica, by the way, is another very common neuropathy that we see in the low back.
Diagnosing back issues is a great question and is the key to having a good prognosis for the patient. Being able to distinguish pain or dysfunction—which are usually the same thing, by the way—from tendons, ligaments, muscles, is there osseous, is there another pathology involved.
So, we have numerous orthopedic exams. We have numerous testing methods to be able to rule out each of these one by one to kind of specific on the particular exact cause of what’s causing the pain or dysfunction.
And we address it from that point on. But the key to a good patient outcome is correct diagnosis. And we really pride ourselves on being able to isolate the specific root cause of these mechanical issues that we see in all of our patients.
There are many tools and resources that people can use in their houses or outside of a doctor’s office that can significantly help them to not only prevent back pain or to deal with the issues that they currently have.
Most of our lives, most of us are flexed, meaning we bend forward, whether we’re sitting at the office, at the dinner table, driving in the car. The majority of people will benefit from minor, mild extension, meaning bending slightly back.
There’s a whole slew of different very helpful, useful exercises that people can do, but it’s very individually specific to that particular patient which, therefore, calls for a correct examination of that patient.
So, are there things people can do at home? A hundred percent, there is.
I would say almost every single human being can do something in their house or outside of a doctor’s office to significantly help their future and their present health. But they need to be examined because the exercise or the stretching or the strengthening exercise that’s going to be given to them needs to be very specific for that individual, and not just some stamped exercise that people try to apply to the masses.