For the pain originating in the misalignment of the spinal column, an intervertebral disc or intra-joint structures, manual treatment followed by according stabilizing rehabilitative exercise is recommended.

Pain may also originate in tissue contraction. In this case, stretching should be performed. Each structure and tissue needs a specific approach suiting them. Muscles respond well to tension that reduces the increased tonus, IMS/Western acupuncture, Chinese acupuncture, and trigger points therapy. We should also consider stripes (the soft tissue that surrounds and connect between all the structures in the body).

For local pain hypersensitivity superficial or deep massage is recommended, as well as external acupuncture and applying plaster (kinesio taping method). It is very important to match the stimulus to the patient’s condition. Besides, it is possible to use cold or heat, electrical currents or shock waves.

Back pain is affected by multiple aspects of nervous system activity. Deep in the brain there are important centers that determine how we experience the pain and whether we feel it or not. These complex processes occur between billions of nerve cells. It is impossible to interfere directly in the activity of brain centers. This is why back pain can be so difficult to treat. A professional therapist has the necessary tools to deal with pain originating from the central nervous system.

Pain that doesn’t have a clear physical cause or is accompanied by other symptoms or pain that first emerges under the age of 20 or after the age of 55 requires special attention. There are also other cases health specialists should be able to identify.

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