Contact your GP first
With sudden severe pain, loss of strength or sensation, fever, shortness of breath, chest pain, unexplained weight loss, symptoms after an accident or when you feel seriously ill.
When back pain keeps coming back, it is worth looking beyond the painful spot alone.
Does this feel familiar?
People often come with symptoms such as:
Lower back pain that returns
Stiffness when getting up
Pain after sitting or lifting
Tension around pelvis or hips
Avoiding movement
Poor sleep because of pain
Back pain can be influenced by posture, load, stress, sleep, breathing and the way your body protects itself. Sometimes the pain has calmed down, but the protective pattern remains.
Acupuncture can help calm pain processing and tension. Cesar Exercise Therapy helps you discover which movements, postures or daily habits keep the symptoms going and how to change them realistically.
Acupuncture and exercise-based therapy are both studied for persistent low back pain. Results differ per person, but this combination is a serious and defensible approach.
The first step is understanding when the pain increases and what your body does in response. Then we choose the simplest useful route.
“I finally understood why the pain kept returning.”
That differs per person. We evaluate regularly whether treatment is making enough difference.
Usually not. If symptoms are severe, sudden or medically worrying, contact your GP first.
Yes, when that makes sense for your symptoms. I discuss this during the initial consultation.
Discuss first?
I think it is important that you start in the right place. That is why I explain when you can contact me and when speaking to your GP first is wiser.
With sudden severe pain, loss of strength or sensation, fever, shortness of breath, chest pain, unexplained weight loss, symptoms after an accident or when you feel seriously ill.
If you are unsure whether acupuncture, Cesar Exercise Therapy or the combination fits. Also if you are already receiving treatment, use medication, are pregnant or mainly want to know where you can start safely.
During the initial consultation I look at what is appropriate. If my approach is not the right first step, I will say so and think along about a logical next step.
You do not need to know exactly which treatment is right. Send me your question; I will think it through with you personally.
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