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BEELIAR, BOORAGOON AND EAST FREMANTLE
BEELIAR, BOORAGOON AND EAST FREMANTLE
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In East Fremantle
BEELIAR, BOORAGOON AND EAST FREMANTLE
Physiotherapy for Lower Back Pain
Located in East Fremantle, Booragoon and Beeliar
If you’re struggling with back pain, we understand how debilitating and frustrating it can be. Whether it’s a sudden sharp pain, ongoing stiffness, or discomfort that worsens with movement, our expert physiotherapists at Move Physiotherapy can provide an accurate diagnosis and start you on your path to wellness.
For those with acute, short-term back pain, we combine hands-on treatment, movement education, and targeted exercises to help you feel better from your very first session. Through joint mobilisation, soft tissue therapy, and guided movement strategies, we can quickly reduce pain and restore function.
For those with long-term, persistent back pain, we focus on building strength and resilience in the lower back and surrounding muscles to prevent future strain. By strengthening the core, glutes, and spinal stabilizers, we help offload the spine, reducing stress on painful structures and improving your overall movement and function.
How Physiotherapy Can Help With Back Pain
✅ Calm Symptoms: If you are currently in a flare-up, we need to settle your symptoms. Soft tissue massage, joint mobilisations, manipulations and dry needling can settle your symptoms and restore mobility.
✅ Assess Strength and Mobility: In cases of long-term back pain, we need to understand why a structure is being constantly overloaded. This means understanding areas of mobility restriction, but notably areas of weakness.
We will perform a comprehensive movement assessment. Our force plates and dynamometry assessments can exactly measure your muscle strength for a personally tailored rehabilitation program.
✅ Strengthen: Underlying most mobility issues is a strength issue. We can prescribe appropriate exercise to build strength without aggravating your back pain. This often involves strengthening the glutes, hamstrings, core and other surrounding muscles.
Notably, long term back pain often causes us to de-condition. As we become more sedentary and less strong, our back pain can become more prevalent in a constant cycle.
Understanding Back Pain: Causes and Diagnosis
Back pain can develop for many reasons, including injuries, overuse, and lifestyle habits. However, one of the biggest contributors is lack of movement. As modern life becomes more chair-based, with increasing screen time both at work and home, we are moving less than ever before. Unfortunately, our bodies aren’t designed for prolonged inactivity, and over time, this leads to stiffness, weakness, and eventually, pain.
A sedentary lifestyle has led to widespread muscle deconditioning, with today’s generations generally weaker than those before. It’s no surprise that back pain and dysfunction are becoming more common as we move less. When the muscles that support the back—such as the core, glutes, and deep spinal stabilizers—aren’t engaged regularly, they weaken. As a result, the passive structures of the lower back, like the joints and discs, are forced to absorb more strain, increasing the risk of pain, stiffness, and injury.
To help you better understand the potential structures involved in your back pain, we have created a flowchart below. However, this does not replace the need for a comprehensive physiotherapy assessment, where our expert team can identify the root cause of your pain and direct your treatment toward the most effective intervention.
It is important that if you are experiencing neurological symptoms that extend into both legs, such as pins and needles, numbness, or weakness, you seek immediate assessment from a physiotherapist or medical practitioner, as these could be signs of a more serious underlying condition.
At Move Physiotherapy, we take a comprehensive approach to diagnosing back pain. Your assessment will begin with a detailed discussion about your symptoms, daily activities, and movement habits. We will then conduct a physical examination to assess your mobility, strength and posture. Hands-on testing helps us identify areas of irritation, weakness, or dysfunction, allowing us to develop an effective treatment plan. If necessary, we may also refer you for imaging, such as X-rays or MRIs, to rule out serious conditions.
