The lower part of the spine is the most common place to experience spinal pain and debility due to muscle strain, tension, or injury. Such factors can impact the spinal bones, discs, nerves, or muscles, leading to various symptoms. Lower back pain, or “lumbago” refers to pain in the lower back that often radiates down the hips and legs. While lower back pain can start with mild symptoms, it can become quite debilitating which can be prevented with timely intervention. The good thing is you can manage lower back pain with advanced QI spine therapy.

Your lower back is susceptible to injury more than other areas of the spine. You may experience lower back pain along with various other symptoms. Symptoms of lower back pain may vary from person to person, depending upon the injury sustained by the muscles, ligaments, discs, joints, or spinal vertebrae. You should be able to identify those symptoms so that you can also seek timely lower back pain treatment and prevent it from worsening. The common symptoms associated with lumbago may include:

• Sharp or dull pain that comes from time to time or may remain constant. 
• Soreness and inflammation along with pain.
• The pain doesn't decrease when you rest.
• The lower back muscles feel tight or constantly cramped.
• You find it difficult to sit, sleep, or perform other daily activities.
• There is numbness or tingling, especially in your feet.
• Your legs feel weak, and you can't move around easily.
• The pain from your back radiates to the legs.
• There's a loss of bowel movement or pain in the groin area.

Lower back pain can only be treated when the underlying cause is known or diagnosed. It can occur for various mechanical and non-mechanical reasons, including the following:

• Poor posture: The most common reasons are sitting for long hours, frequent bending, or lifting loads in the wrong posture.
• Spine Injuries: These could happen due to sports or gym activities, accidents, or simply lifting heavy loads in the wrong posture.
• Lifestyle: Factors like lack of activity, smoking, stress, weight, and pregnancy can aggravate lower back pain
• Age & Genetics: Hereditary and age-related degeneration can also be an underlying cause of lower back pain.

An accurate diagnosis of lumbago is essential for effective lower back pain treatment. At QI Spine Clinic, we employ our patented device, which is run on Digital Spine Analysis (DSA) technology, which aids our spine specialists in obtaining precise diagnoses of your spinal issues. It also enables the isolation of the weak muscles to allow our spine doctors to focus on the weak areas and provide specialised treatments that strengthen the spinal muscles and induce cellular healing. This is achieved by our unique Cell Repair Technology, which works on Frequency Specific Microcurrents (FSM). This treatment delivers low-frequency microcurrents that help alleviate pain and inflammation while activating cellular repair and healing. 

We also offer other non-invasive and conservative methods of lower back pain treatment to manage the existing symptoms, prevent further worsening, and avoid the need for surgical intervention. This includes spine rehabilitation and isolation therapy under the supervision of our well-trained physiotherapy experts. Our guided spine rehabilitation program has provided symptom relief while encouraging healing and preventing the recurrence of your symptoms. It has been proven effective in restoring spinal muscle strength and reducing surgical requirements. In a small number of cases (almost 5%), surgical intervention may be required to manage advanced lower back pain.

If you are concerned about lower back pain, you shouldn't delay diagnosis and treatment. You should consult a spine specialist as early as possible to address the problem early.