Acute Back and Neck Pain

Physiotherapy can help patients with low back pain or neck pain with or without radicular symptoms.

It aims at faster symptomatic relief, and thus leads to less chronic disability.

1. Recommend structured exercise programmes tailor-made to the physical condition of patients
        
2. Provide people with advice and information to promote self-management of their low back pain
    
3. Adequate symptomatic relief
          
4. Therapeutic exercises
          

References:

• European Scientific Journal: Non-specific neck pain and evidence-based practice 2013
• Cochrane Back Review Group: Full guideline of low back pain 2009
• European guidelines for the management of acute non-specific low back pain 2006
• Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health From the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. Interventions for the Management of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2021;51(11):CPG1-CPG60.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health From the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. Neck pain: revision 2017.  J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2017; 47 (7)
• Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management. Assessment and non-invasive treatments. NICE guideline NG 59. Method, evidence and recommendations. Nov 2016