Sciatica
Pain radiating down the leg, often with pins and needles.
Read moreInjury Finder
Lower Back Pain: Common Causes and Conditions
Lower back pain is rarely just lower back pain. Two people can describe the same ache and have completely different things going on: one has a compressed nerve, the other a joint that has stiffened up.
Pick whichever description sounds closest to what you're feeling. If none fit, start from the Injury Finder body map.
What's causing your lower back pain?
Want something to do today? Start with our lower back stretches guide. If the pain has been there for months, chronic pain management is the better place to begin.
Lumbar Disc Bulge / Herniated Disc
What a disc bulge on a scan actually means, and the recovery pathway.
Read moreFacet Joint Pain
Stiffness from the small joints at the back of the spine, worse arching back.
Read moreCoccydynia (Tailbone Pain)
Tailbone pain after a fall, childbirth, or long stretches on a hard seat.
Read moreSacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Pain from the joint linking spine to pelvis, often mistaken for general back pain.
Read moreSpinal Stenosis
Narrowing of the spinal canal, causing leg pain that worsens as you walk.
Read moreDegenerative Disc Disease
Age-related disc wear; a common imaging finding that doesn't always match the pain.
Read moreSpondylolisthesis
One vertebra slipping forward over the one below, sometimes from a stress fracture.
Read moreBack Spasm (Thrown-Out or Locked Back)
A back spasm is the muscles of your back tightening suddenly and refusing to let go. It's one of the ways low back pain shows up
Read moreGet seen straight away if
you have numbness through the saddle area (inner thighs, groin, around the genitals), new loss of bowel or bladder control, or weakness in both legs. These can be signs of cauda equina syndrome. Rare, but it needs emergency care, not a physiotherapy appointment.
Not sure which one is yours?
That's what an assessment is for. Book an appointment and we'll work out what's driving the pain before deciding what to do.
