Shelby Township, Michigan
Whether low back pain is affecting your golf game, limiting your workouts, or making workdays feel endless, our physical therapists will build a personalized plan to help you move better, get stronger, and get back to what you enjoy.
The soft center of a spinal disc pushes out through a tear in its tougher outer layer and can irritate nearby nerves. It can cause low back pain, plus pain, numbness or weakness that runs into the buttock and leg.
Pain that follows the sciatic nerve from the low back through the buttock and down the back of the leg, usually from a herniated disc or narrowing in the spine pressing on the nerve. It ranges from a mild ache to sharp, burning pain with numbness or tingling.
A stretch or tear of the muscles or ligaments in the low back from a heavy lift, an awkward twist or a sudden movement. Expect pain that gets worse when you move, muscle spasms and trouble standing up straight.
The discs between your vertebrae lose water and height over time, so they cushion less. It can cause low back pain that flares with sitting, bending and lifting and eases when you walk or change positions.
The spaces inside the spine narrow and put pressure on the nerves. It often causes low back pain plus pain, cramping, numbness or heaviness in the legs when you stand or walk, which eases when you sit or lean forward.
Spondylolysis is a stress fracture in a low back vertebra, common in young athletes whose sport repeatedly arches the spine, like gymnastics and football. When it lets the vertebra slip forward, it's spondylolisthesis. Both cause low back pain that's worse when you lean back.
The sacroiliac (SI) joints connect your pelvis to the base of your spine. When they get irritated, pain sits low in the back or buttock on one side and can flare when you stand on one leg, climb stairs, run or roll over in bed.
Wear in the small joints at the back of each vertebra. It usually shows up as stiffness and an ache across the low back that's worse in the morning, after standing a long time or when you bend backward.
Rehab after a discectomy, laminectomy or fusion. We protect the surgery early, then rebuild core and hip strength, movement and endurance so you can get back to work, lifting and what you love.
Back pain that has lasted three months or longer and keeps flaring with sitting, lifting or long days. We find the movements and weak links driving it and build the strength and capacity your back needs to handle what you do.
How we treat it
A high schooler chasing a D1 scholarship. A parent who wants to run with their kid again. Regardless of your goal, you need to be performing at your best. We keep the same standard of treatment regardless of your level of activity. Work with our team: 1 on 1 capacity with your Doctor of Physical Therapy, every single visit.
Where physical therapy meets performance. We keep building until you're stronger than you were before the injury, not just back to where you started.
We use strength and power testing to drive your plan of care. See your progress with trackable data with our OVR force plate and VALD technology.
Signing day, a new weight lifting PR or running around in the yard with your children. Your plan is built to get you back to what you love, stronger than ever before.
Book your evaluation. Let's get to the root of the problem and create the game plan to get you back in the game.
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