Physical therapy for Back Pain

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Back pain can be frustrating and debilitating. It shows up in many forms:

• Acute back pain that flares up and lasts a few days
• Chronic back pain that bothers you daily for months or even years
• On-and-off back pain that comes and goes, the kind many of us ignore and hope will just go away

Many people with back pain become afraid to move, and that fear often shapes how back pain gets treated. At Empower Physical Therapy, we know the best thing for your back is safe and guided movement. We'll help you move with confidence again as quickly as possible. 

A Thorough Movement Analysis

Your care begins with a detailed movement analysis and posture screening. We look at how your whole body works together, from your spine, hips, and pelvis to the way your knees move, all the way down to your ankles and feet.

Why look so far from your back? Limitations in how the lower body moves often create movement problems that show up as low back pain. Finding those correlations allow us treat the real source of your pain.

Treatment Starts on Day One

You shouldn’t wait to start feeling better. Once your movement analysis is complete, treatment begins at your first visit. Depending on your needs, it may include:

• Hands-on manual therapy to ease pain and improve movement
• Dry needling to release tight, painful muscles
• Shockwave therapy, in some cases, for stubborn pain

You'll also leave with a home exercise program from day one. Along with exercises to reduce your pain, we'll teach you how to change movement habits and reduce stress on your lower back, while still loading the tissue appropriately so it can heal and get stronger.

Building a Stronger, More Resilient Back

As you improve, we advance your program to include:

• Comprehensive mobility work
• Strengthening for your back, hips, and core
• Corrective mechanics to change how you move and reduce faulty postures and bad habits
• Progressive loading to make your back less vulnerable to future injury

Our goal isn't just to get you out of pain. It's to help you move better, stronger, and more functionally than ever before.

Keeping Back Pain From Coming Back

We'll make sure you leave knowing how to prevent back pain from returning, and exactly what to do to calm things down if you start to feel a flare-up coming on.

Take the First Step

You don't have to keep living around your back pain. Call 207-241-4560 or Book Online to schedule your evaluation. We see patients at our Scarborough clinic (33 Haigis Pkwy) and our Falmouth location (269 US route 1)