BONE SCALPEL

• We at Holistic Spine Clinic believe that proper rehabilitation and physiotherapy of patients is most important aspect of non-operative and operative management of Spinal problems.
• Many patients will benefit from doing proper exercise before their operation, to hasten their recovery afterwards. Most back problems result from a combination of poor posture, either when seated at a desk at work, or during walking and in particular lifting. Furthermore, inappropriate self-taught exercises may actually make matters worse. This can lead to chronic pain in the lower back (lumbar spine) or neck (cervical spine). People in certain occupations or with particular recreational habits may be more prone to such problems. A number of people are born with a weakness in the spine, which may pre-dispose them to problems, such as back pain, later in life.
• These problems are exactly the ones which therapy can address. The trained physical therapist can, through a range of postural and dynamic exercises, educate the patient to develop a better posture or lifting pattern and by improving muscle tone, as well as usage, increase overall fitness. Most patients who are seen in the clinic will be offered physiotherapy as their initial treatment option, unless they have a condition requiring urgent surgery, or they have already been under an experienced physical therapist and failed to benefit.