Back Pain Causes and Chiropractic Treatment Options in Wichita, KS

Q: What soft tissue therapies are effective for back pain?

Many of our soft tissue therapies can be quite effective in treating your back pain. Your chiropractic treatments may include Active Release Techniques (A.R.T.), Dry Needling, Cupping, Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM), or Kinesio/Rocktape to name just a few offered at our Wichita, KS chiropractic clinics.

Q: What is the best posture to minimize back pain?

Quite frankly, we believe the best posture you can have is to simply change your posture frequently. We encourage you to check out our blog on posture and back pain for more information . If you think posture may be increasing your back pain, reach out to our Wichita, KS chiropractors today.

Q: Is there anything I can do at home to minimize my back pain?

Absolutely! As a part your chiropractic treatment plan, our chiropractors will provide you with corrective exercises that will help address your back pain. These corrective exercises will be specific to your pain location, symptoms, and triggers.

Q: Does foam rolling help back pain?

Yes! We believe there are a large variety of foam rolling exercises that can help address and minimize your back pain. In fact, it is quite common we may recommend a foam rolling technique as one of your corrective exercises. In addition, we have an entire section of foam rolling tips and tricks on our blog!

Content reviewed by Dr. Rachel Sparks, DC

What are Symptoms of Back Pain?

While back pain can vary significantly, below are some common symptoms of back pain.

Intermittent, sharp and stingy pain
Constant, dull ache in your back muscles
Pain that gets worse when you stand, lift, bend, or walk
Unpleasant sensations experienced elsewhere in the lower or upper body, depending on the mechanism of injury and type of tissue damaged (i.e. muscles, ligaments, tendons, bone, fascia, or nerves).

Different symptoms and location of symptoms will correspond with the different damaged tissues. To help your chiropractor at ICT Muscle & Joint Clinic properly identify which structures are damaged, please be aware of and able to describe the type of pain present, its frequency, and which activities increase pain.

Contact our chiropractors today if any of the following occur:

Radiating or traveling pain
Electrical shooting pain
Bowel or bladder problems

Numbness or pins and needles
Weakness of the lower body
Excessive pain upon waking up or sitting

What are Causes of Back Pain?

All causes of back pain occur when any given tissue becomes over-stressed or compromised via excessive load. Often, this stress or compromise is a direct result of your daily activities and habits. Unless a traumatic accident has occurred, without treatment, back pain will become a chronic problem because the mechanics of the body have been compromised by activities of your daily life.

Common Causes of Back Pain

Improper hip motion
Rounding of the back as “normal” posture
Infrequent changes in posture
Prolonged sitting

Improper lifting of heavy objects
Tightness in your latissimus dorsi (a.k.a. lat)
Improper extension of your thoracic spine
Bulging or ruptured discs

Our Chiropractic Treatment Approach for Back Pain

At ICT Muscle & Joint Clinic, we focus on treating the symptoms and root cause of your pain. The body is a dynamic, mobile structure and must be assessed and treated as such to create successful, long-term outcomes. Surrounding all joints, there must be a balance between tension and compression of the ligaments, muscles, tendons, and fascia. When pain is present, it is due to an imbalance of these structures. This requires mobilization and release of tight structures, in addition to strengthening weak or inhibited structures of the painful joint(s), as well as the joint(s) above and the joint(s) below.

If you’re experiencing back pain, whether it be lower, mid, or upper back pain, our chiropractors at ICT Muscle & Joint Clinic in Wichita, KS can help! We employ the best scientific, evidence-based, treatment procedures using a combination of chiropractic manipulation, soft tissue therapy, and rehabilitative exercises. Our chiropractic treatments focus on a comprehensive approach geared toward lasting results. Together, our chiropractors will work with you to assess your pain, determine appropriate treatments and therapies, and develop corrective exercises to address the root cause of your back pain – all leading to a path of long-term improved health and movement.