How Physical Therapy Cured My Lower Back Pain

How Physical Therapy Cured My Lower Back Pain

 Pains of WFH

WFH has become the ubiquitous abbreviation for off late. I've had mixed feelings about the "Work from Home" model since it became a mainstay of my company last year

I took out a pen and paper and wrote the pros and cons. While the pros outweighed the cons, they didn't outweigh them. There was one deception that weighed on the back of my mind, my lower back.

Denial of pain

You read about all the ill effects of your bad lifestyle, but you go on

telling yourself that it's none of my business, that it won't happen to me. I knew that my lifestyle had become sedentary even before WFH made it worse, but I never gave it much thought. I could hear my lower back whining every time I sat down for too long, but I ignored its faint cry.

Yet, one morning I woke up with a scream in my lower back. It was stiffer than a withered tree branch.. I decided to heed his roar.

Temporary measures

I contacted my family doctor who had me undergo a series of tests. I subjected to MRIs, x-rays, while my blood broken down into bare

components to rule out nutritional deficiencies.

The doctor told me there was no sign of pain. To silence my whining and complaining, he prescribed me painkillers and sent me on my way home. Over the next few days I took pain meds and the pain went away. This worked for a while.

. I went back to the doctor who dismissed my pain and prescribed more medication. Disappointed, I left the clinic and started searching the internet.

Permanent cure

I came across countless options; acupuncture, reiki, homeopathy, Ayurveda and many more. Yet, I was as skeptical about them as I was about back pain; I wanted something more practical. I came across it when I discovered Health loft which offered physical therapy for back pain.

Skeptical but desperate, I signed up for an initial examination with a physiotherapist.. They delivered from the start and then some.

The physical therapist did a full assessment to test my coordination,

movement and mobility. She also delved into the history of my back pain, assessed my lifestyle, and worked out the origin of my back pain. It is a result of poor posture and is something that can

corrected long-term with physical therapy for back pain.

Realistic healing

I remember walking out of the clinic that day in pain and yet

smiling because for the first time in a long time I felt hope and confidence. What convinced me about the Health loft was their

assertion that while healing is possible, realistic healing takes time and effort. Physical therapy for back pain only works if it works for it; there is no miracle pill.

My mobility and strength were but improving. My pain and

suffering but lessened until one day I woke up with no pain in my back; a feeling I haven't experienced in years. I continued in the Health loft for a few more weeks until I started jumping out of bed like a loaded catapult.