Low Back Conditions

Intervetrebral disc degeneration is one of the most common mechanical causes of low back pain, and it occurs when the usually rubbery well hydrated discs lose integrity as a normal process of ageing. In a healthy back, intervertebral discs provide height and allow bending, flexion, and torsion of the lower back. As the discs deteriorate, …

The physiotherapists at Sydney Muscle & Joint Physio Penrith attend to many patients with low back pain with associated radiating pain in the involved lower extremity, otherwise known as sciatica. Sciatica refers to a set of symptoms that include lower extremity paresthesias, burning or sharp shooting pain, numbness, and weakness may be reported and must …

At Sydney Muscle & Joint Physio Penrith low back pain most often presents with movement restriction, often reported as stiffness or tightness and clinical this can be referred to as low back pain with mobility deficits. Common symptoms are low back pain as a central band across the back with stiffness, often worse in the …

Referred pain is pain that occurs far from the primary lesion and can be caused by autogenous dysfunction or by external stimuli. Low back pain with referred pain is most commonly associated with pain into the buttocks, thigh or lower leg that may be worsened by flexion of the lumbar spine such as sitting. This …

Lumbar spinal stenosis describes a congenital or acquired condition, where the degenerative acquired form is by far the most common. Stenosis means narrowing and these in turn leads to compression and irritation of neural structures including the thecal sac, traversing and exiting nerve root. Acquired degenerative stenosis is thought to result from a cascade of …

Chronic low back pain is low back pain that is present for greater than 3 months, affecting 84% of the population at least once in their lifetime. Chronic low back pain episodes account for 30% of sick leave longer than 6 months, and 20% of workplace incidents.Non-specific low back pain is non-radiating pain with no …

Facet arthropathy as it relates to low back pain is also known as lumbar facet arthrosis and is a degenerative syndrome that typically occurs secondary to age, obesity, poor body mechanics, repetitive overuse and microtrauma. Research has linked facet joint degeneration to degeneration of intervertebral discs, showing that intervertebral disc degeneration likely occurs before facet …

Low back pain is a common condition worldwide and has fast become one of the leading causes of disability internationally. Acute low back pain is any bout of low back pain that has been present for less than 3 months. Symptoms of acute low back pain can include localised pain on one side or pain …

Degenerative spondylolisthesis is an acquired spinal condition in which there is anterior vertebral displacement without a disruption of the pars interarticularis. Degenerative spondylolisthesis usually occurs in the lumbar (low back) spine, more commonly at L4-L5 (4th and 5th lumbar vertebral levels) and presents with central back pain, pain into the buttocks and legs and often …

Lumbar spinal stenosis describes a congenital or acquired condition, where the degenerative acquired form is by far the most common. Stenosis means narrowing and these in turn leads to compression and irritation of neural structures including the thecal sac, traversing and exiting nerve root. Acquired degenerative stenosis is thought to result from a cascade of changes initiated by the degeneration …