Dr. Sridhar Murthy J N

Dear, low back pain are often referred for physical therapy for four weeks as an initial conservative (nonsurgical) treatment option before considering other more aggressive treatments, including back surgery. The goals of physical therapy are to decrease back pain, increase function, and teach the patient a maintenance program to prevent future back problems. Common forms of physical therapy include: 1.Passive physical therapy (modalities), which includes things done to the patient, such as heat application, ice packs and electrical stimulation. For example, a heating pad may be applied to warm up the muscles prior to doing exercising and stretching, and an ice pack may be used afterward to sooth the muscles and soft tissues. OSee Physical Therapy: Passive PT (Modalities) for Back Pain 2.Active physical therapy, which focuses on specific exercises and stretching. For most low back pain treatments, active exercise is the focus of the physical therapy program. This article focuses on active physical therapy and exercise as a means to help recover from back problems and prevent or minimize future flare-ups of low back pain Low back pain has lasted between two and six weeks, or if there are frequent recurrences of low back pain, physical therapy is often recommended. Some spine specialists consider physical therapy sooner, particularly if the pain is severe. •Read more: Exercise and Back Pain In general, the goals of physical therapy are to decrease pain, increase function, and provide education on a maintenance program to prevent further recurrences. A physical therapy program for back pain usually has two components: 1.Passive physical therapy to help reduce the patient's pain to a more manageable level 2.Active exercises Passive Physical Therapy - Modalities Acutely, the physical therapist may focus on decreasing pain with passive physical therapy (modalities). These therapies are considered passive because they are done to the patient. Examples of modalities include: •Heat/ice packs •TENS units •Iontophoresis •Ultrasound.

Yes! There is lot of stress on knee joint when you sit cross leg. If you have knee pain and you want to prevent your self from further damage follow instructions, take chair and pray. Keep doing yoga but upper body ,breathing and ask your physio for special Exs designed for knee. Best of luck.

your mother mainly problem in nack it's problem pain go in shoulder you used heating paid in shoulder some exercise also do she your mother also go near a physiotherapy she/he do well treatment a physiotherapist give her heating paid+US+IFT+ exercise=batter feel it's all treatment all most 20 days but she do rest.

Hi lybrate-user, it's ab arthritis with many management options. Pain killers and steroids ate given fir few days only to suppress the acute inflammation or swelling, there have been very good studies saying that if taken judiciously under supervision they cause no harm. 20 percent of AS don't respond to basic treatment line and exercises. They require slightly more expensive drugs. It depends on which way you want to l9ok at it 10 years back we had almost nothibgvto treat, not much evidence and a dismal outlook. Many patients spines used to get fused with dismal outlook. Now a days good evidence, good medicines, gives AS patients very good quality of life, which is very important as most of AS patients are young working males. Please see the glass half full, be positive and follow your rheumatologist.

Back Pain . Advice���. Hot Fomentation x twice daily. Avoid bending in front. Postural Correction. Sit Tall, Walk Tall. Extension Exercises x 15 times x twice daily Bhujang Asana x 15 timesx twice daily Core Strengthening Exercises. Back Stretching.

Multiple Joint Pains / Early morning pain It is called as Rheumatic arthritis. If your pain is more in the distal joints, ie. In the upper limbs if the pain is present in the fingers/wrist and in the lower limbs it the pain is present in the toes/ ankle, then we shall definitely say it is Rheumatic arthritis. Wear elbow brace and wrist brace which will make her to feel warm and that will make the joints become firm. Hot water fermentation will help. Knee cap will also help to prevent the damaged cartilages If your pain is more in the distal joints, ie. In the upper limbs if the pain is present in the fingers/wrist and in the lower limbs it the pain is present in the toes/ ankle, then we shall definitely say it is Rheumatic arthritis. Which joints you have pain? If your proximal joints (ie. Shoulder, hip & knee has pain) then you can pour hot (warm) water in that area to reduce the inflammation. If you have pain in the distal joints ie. Wrist, fingers, ankle, toes then you can wear either elbow brace or wrist brace which will help you to feel warm and very protective. And also immerse the distal joints in the hot water tub which will help you to reduce the pain. Consult the near by physiotherapy clinic and also consult a general physician to check with your ESR levels to check whether you have inflammation.

Check yourself up thoroughly whether you have anaemia or heart related problems, if everything ok and still swelling remains check for family history, here homoeopathy can help with proper case taking.

Apply hot fomentation twice daily. Avoid bending in front. Postural correction- sit tall, walk tall. Extension exercises x 15 times x twice daily - lying on tummy, take left arm up for 3 seconds, then bring it down, right arm up for 3 seconds, bring down. Bring right leg up, hold for 3 seconds, bring it down. Then right leg up and hold for 3 seconds and bring it down. Repeat twice a day- 10 times. Bhujang asana -- lie flat on your stomach, keeping the palms out, bend the neck backward, take a deep breath and while holding it for 6 seconds, raise the chest up. Release breath and relax your body. Repeat the exercise 15 times twice daily.

Take honey in warm water,,take ginger juice,, take kaalajeera with rice daily,,with this u need proper homoeopathic treatment to cure ur problem permanently

Hi, Share reports and more details of your problem prior to any conclusion. According to the details, will let you know whether homoeopathy can help you or not.