Low Back Pain — What Actually Helps
Low back pain is common and rarely dangerous — but how you respond to it matters. What causes it, a simple self-check, and why movement beats bed rest.
Calm the nerve, treat the cause, and settle the pain down the leg.
Book on WhatsAppSciatica is pain that travels from the lower back or buttock down the leg, often with numbness, tingling or weakness. It usually comes from irritation of the sciatic nerve — commonly a lumbar disc, or tightness in the surrounding muscles.
The reassuring part is that most sciatica settles with the right conservative treatment. The aim is to take the irritation off the nerve and deal with the mechanical cause behind it.
We map exactly which movements ease your symptoms and which provoke them, then build the plan around that.
The leg pain usually eases before the back pain — a sign the plan is working.
From there we move you on from calming the nerve to rebuilding strength.
No. The large majority of cases improve with conservative physical therapy. Surgery is only considered in specific situations, and we will tell you if a medical review is warranted.
Prolonged bed rest usually slows recovery. We guide you toward gentle, safe movement that helps the nerve calm down faster.
Send us a WhatsApp message and we’ll set a time for your assessment. You don’t need a referral to begin.