Treat Your Own Back with Physical Therapy

08/04/2022

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02/16/2022

A wonderful story of Robin Mckenzie and how his methods changed the way we treat lower back pain.

How a humble New Zealander changed the world of physiotherapy and empowered patients to treat their own back pain. Film created by www.flashworksmedia.co.nz

08/31/2021

32-52% of lower back pain sufferers from three studies showed that people who were scheduled for surgery and were evaluated with the McKenzie method had a "directional preference" to their symptoms.

This is to say, their symptoms improved and leg pain moved to their lower back area indicating a good prognosis for recovery without surgery. (Source: Rapidly Reversible Low Back Pain, by Ronald Donelson, MD)

08/14/2021

A simple lumbar roll like the original Mckenzie roll can significantly help you heal from lower back pain and sciatica as sitting without one is a risk factor for increased disc pressure.

06/24/2021

https://youtu.be/gsUE0CEz6g0

Leading McKenzie Method® provider Dr. Yoav Suprun offers valuable insight and advice with “Understanding Lower Back Pain and Sciatica.” Learn the truth about...

01/01/2021

Why do chiropractors manipulate the low back in both directions before they test to see if one direction is what is needed? I see too many patients after the fact and they are always worse.

Patient generated forces first with a directional preference!

12/04/2020

Be careful. Consider the McKenzie method PT instead.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/10/23/model-katie-mays-death-raises-more-questions-about-chiropractors/?sh=36eddb3142d8

Was this a rare, freak occurrence or a concerning risk of chiropractor neck manipulations? Unfortunately, the answers provided by some chiropractors in response to safety questions have only raised more concerns. Here are examples.

09/04/2020

The Quebec Task Force study contributed much to our understanding of chronic lower back pain.

https://youtu.be/DkRnZNAnWfE

Are you suffering from low back pain? Here is a video to better understanding lower back structures and chronic low back pain treatment approaches. The commo...

05/31/2019

Labels are not it.

https://buff.ly/2XbT7y1 What's in a Name? Potentially quite a lot: “...'degenerative disc disease' represents an underdeveloped concept, with greatly varying, disparate definitions documented. Such inconsistencies challenge clear, accurate communication in medicine and science, create confusion and misconceptions among clinicians, patients and others...” https://www.mckenzieinstitute.org/

05/15/2019

Less is more.

For Ty King-Wall, a principal dancer at the Australian Ballet, the hardest bit of dealing with a chronic back injury was accepting that a significant cause of the injury was in his brain.

04/13/2019

McKenzie method is the most popular choice of physical therapists who treat lower back pain.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=mckenzie+method+physical+therapy+articles&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart =gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DD60axeeK2QoJ

02/03/2019

MRIs are mostly unnecessary when it comes to lower back pain. Get PT first. It will save you money and you'll avoid over medicalizing your situation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/jama-opinion-piece-slams-our-addiction-to-unnecessary-mris-ct-scans/2019/01/18/d1f5b2f4-19be-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1YIC9fkKxY4dS_EczDapQecsoqZOfkazN5mx6kKi08tkV2DLpmmSf_Lg4&noredirect=on&utm_term=.b98aae72318a

3 doctors point out possible negative effects of overusing such diagnostic imaging.

01/09/2019

Is it okay for exercises to be painful?Posted on January 8, 2019January 3, 2019 by PhysioTools According to a quite recent systematic review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, exercise into pain might be beneficial in the management of persistent musculoskeletal pain. Does this mea...

12/13/2018