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TexStar Chiropractic

Lower Back Pain

Lower back pain is one of the most common conditions TexStar treats. Your doctor looks for the source, then sorts a stiff joint or tired muscle from a disc, a hip, or a problem that should not be treated in a chiropractic office.

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Dr. Amy M. Ho adjusting a patient's lower back

What it feels like

How People Describe It at the Front Desk

Bring the details below to the exam. They narrow the list faster than the words back pain do.
  • A deep ache across the belt line that worsens as the day goes on
  • A catch when standing up from a chair or out of the car
  • Pain that wakes you when you roll over at night
  • Stiffness for the first twenty minutes every morning

What the Exam Is Looking For

The chiropractor asks what started the pain, whether it stays in the back or travels below the knee, and which movements make it worse. Motion, strength, and nerve tests narrow the list before any table or machine is used.

Why Below the Knee Matters So Much

Pain that stops in the buttock or thigh behaves differently from pain that runs past the knee into the calf or foot. The second pattern raises the odds a nerve is involved and changes both the tests the chiropractor runs and the tools considered. It is the single most useful thing you can report accurately.

The Hips and the Desk Usually Get Examined Too

A low back that hurts is often the part paying for something else. Hips that do not extend, a mid-back that has stopped rotating, or ten hours in a chair will all send load somewhere, and the low back is a willing volunteer. The exam looks above and below the sore area for that reason.

Care That May Follow

A stiff segment may be adjusted. A disc pattern may be tried on spinal decompression. Weak hips or a collapsed posture may get rehab. Laser or spot cold is added only when the sore tissues, not just the story, support it.

How Long This Usually Takes

Most uncomplicated low back pain improves over weeks, with or without treatment, and care is aimed at making that faster and less miserable. Long-standing pain moves more slowly. Either way the chiropractor sets a short trial and retests rather than quoting a number of visits in advance.

Go to Urgent Care or the ER Instead

New trouble controlling urine or stool, numbness in the saddle area, or leg weakness that is clearly getting worse the same day needs emergency evaluation. Those are not first-visit chiropractic problems.

Back Pain That Needs a Physician Before a Chiropractor

These point away from a mechanical problem. Emergency care comes first, and the clinic can see you after.

  • New trouble controlling your bladder or bowels
  • Numbness across the saddle area between the legs
  • Leg weakness that is visibly worse over hours or a day
  • Back pain with fever, chills, or unexplained weight loss
  • Pain that began with a significant fall or crash and is not yet cleared
  • A history of cancer with new back pain that does not ease with rest

Where

Available at all four clinics

Same offer and same phone number at every office. Name the clinic you want when you book.

First visit

What the First Visit Includes

One appointment covers the consultation, exam, one trial treatment, and a findings review.
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Questions

Common Questions

Answers from the chiropractors. Anything specific to you is for your doctor, not a web page.
Do I need an x-ray before I am seen?

Not always. X-rays of one area are taken when the chiropractor decides they would change the plan. They are not automatic.

Can I be seen at any clinic?

Yes. All four offices see lower back pain. Bring the name of the clinic you want when you book.

Should I rest or keep moving?

For most mechanical back pain, gentle movement beats bed rest after the first day or two. The chiropractor will tell you which positions to favour based on how your pain behaved during the exam.

Heat or ice?

Ice suits an area that is hot and freshly angry. Heat suits a back that is stiff and guarded. If you cannot tell which yours is, ask at the visit rather than alternating at random.

Will I be told I need a year of visits?

No. The chiropractor recommends a short trial, retests what was restricted, and changes the plan from the result. Nobody can responsibly price a year of care before examining you.

What if the exam says this is not a chiropractic problem?

You will be told that directly and pointed toward the right kind of care. That outcome is a real result of the visit, not a failure of it.

Keep reading

Related Pages

The treatments the chiropractor may reach for, and the conditions that overlap with this one.

Founder

Dr. Michael P. Henry

Dr. Henry founded TexStar Chiropractic in 2011. He grew up in Manchaca, studied kinesiology at The University of Texas, and was appointed to the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Your visit is with the chiropractor at the clinic you choose.

Get to the Root of Your Pain

The consultation, the exam, one trial treatment, and a review of what your doctor found, in a single appointment.

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