13/08/2025
📍 Why Your Back Pain Keeps Coming Back – A Physio’s POV
For Patients 👩🦳👨🦳:
1️⃣ Weak Core Muscles – Your spine relies on strong core & back muscles for stability. If they’re weak, pain returns easily.
2️⃣ Poor Posture Habits – Slouching or long hours in one position strain the spine daily.
3️⃣ Incomplete Rehab – Stopping therapy when pain reduces means the root cause isn’t fixed.
4️⃣ Lack of Mobility – Tight hamstrings, hip flexors, and back muscles put constant stress on the spine.
5️⃣ Lifestyle Factors – Overweight, stress, poor sleep, and no physical activity slow recovery.
For Students 🩺📚:
1️⃣ Educate patients about muscle re-education beyond pain relief.
2️⃣ Assess for movement patterns, not just site of pain.
3️⃣ Prescribe functional strengthening before discharge.
4️⃣ Reinforce ergonomic modifications at work/home.
5️⃣ Follow up — prevention is part of treatment.
💬 Have you ever stopped therapy as soon as pain reduced? That might be the reason it’s back.
