Morning Back Pain
Has your back become stiff and achy in the morning and slowly improves throughout the day? Sometimes, pain may occur in the back after an uncomfortable sleeping position or a physically active day of the previous day, but chronic pain in the back in the morning should not be overlooked. It could be a first sign of an underlying health problem that needs to be properly assessed and treated.
Dr. Ejaz Danish (DPT) and his well-trained rehabilitation staff at Lahore Spine Care can help you pinpoint the source of your back pain and create a treatment strategy that will help you get lasting pain relief.
While you are sleeping you stay in the same position for hours. Less movement during the night can make muscles, joints and spinal discs stiff and painful when you wake up in the morning if they are already irritated.
Morning back pain can go away in minutes, it could be hours, depending on what happens.
Any position you sleep in, without support, adds additional pressure to your spine.
Mild stiffness in the mornings can be alleviated by improving one’s sleeping posture.
If you don’t move for a long time, muscles around the spine tighten up.
This is especially common in people who:
Flexibility can be greatly enhanced by stretching and physiotherapy exercises in the morning.
In older people, water loss and decreased flexibility of the spinal discs occurs over time.
This may cause:
Physiotherapy is used to strengthen the neighboring muscles, which will take stress off the injured disks.
If a slipped disc or herniated disc presses on the nerves, it can lead to:
Symptoms tend to be worse upon rising, as the discs absorb fluid during the night, which will put pressure on to the discs for a short time.
Sciatica is the irritation of the sciatic nerve.
Symptoms include:
Sciatica is aggravated when it is first experienced in the morning before the stiffness has gone away.
Osteoarthritis can affect the joints of the spine.
Typical symptoms include:
Mild stiffness in the morning that lasts for less than 30 minutes.
Physiotherapy is done regularly for maintaining joint mobility.
AS can lead to things like:
Inflammatory pain does not get better with rest, as mechanical pain does.
Abdominal and back muscles are weak, offering less support for the spine.
This leads to:
One of the best long-term treatments is core strengthening exercises.
Increasingly, morning back pain will be more likely to affect you if you:
If your back pain:
Minor issues can be avoided if they’re diagnosed early in the course of disease.
Many back pain conditions are recommended to be treated with physiotherapy as one of the initial treatments.
Lahore Spine Care treatments might involve:
Treatment is individualized to the patient’s condition, goals and lifestyle.
Reduce morning back pain with these tips!
To lower the stiffness in the morning:
Last 5-10 minutes after waking
It’s the little things every day that add up.
When morning back pain is a recurring problem, or if it disrupts your sleep and/or work or is a continual problem, don’t ignore it! A early assessment can help to pinpoint the cause and lead to the best treatment before the issue gets worse.
Dr. Ejaz Danish PT and his multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team at Lahore Spine Care offers evidence-based care for:
Patients are treated in a personalized way with the goal of decreasing pain, regaining movement and returning to normal activities safely.
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It is common for people to experience back pain in the morning, and this may happen due to the stiffness in the muscles, bad sleeping position, arthritis, degeneration of the disc, or other conditions like sciatica, slip disc and so on.
If the stiffness is occasional and not debilitating, that is probably a normal part of life, but if it becomes more frequent or severe, or persists for longer than two weeks, or if it is accompanied by numbness, weakness or other symptoms of concern, it should be investigated.
Yes, a poor mattress can lead to a bad back in the morning.
Yes. A poor fit or old mattress might lead to poor alignment of the spine while sleeping and can aggravate early morning back pain.
Yes. Physiotherapy can help to gain flexibility, build strength in supportive muscles, correct posture and treat the cause of a lot of back pain.
When do I need to hold off on exercising if I have back pain in the morning?
Stretching and exercises advised by a trained physiotherapist may be useful to help relieve stiffness. Do not do anything that makes a person feel more pain until they have an evaluation, however.
When do I need to go to the hospital right away?
If your back pain is accompanied by a loss of bladder or bowel control, severe leg weakness, fever, unexplained weight loss, or is after serious trauma, get medical attention right away.
If you are experiencing back pain in the morning, it is your body’s way of alerting you that some aspect of it requires attention. Some will be minor and can be addressed with lifestyle changes and others will need early detection and treatment. Ongoing pain can lead to a chronic problem if not treated.
If you experience lower back pain on a regular basis, be sure to have a professional evaluation and start a treatment plan for your back pain to help you recover.
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