Treatment

​​​ Avoiding exercise is the worst thing you can do when you are experiencing minor back pain. It is important to stay active when recovering from injury. You should reduce activities that require a lot of exertion but continue to be as active as possible, those who maintain active therapy are more likely to recover quicker.
A slipped or herniated disk can cause pain and discomfort in your lower back. In most cases, a slipped disc will go back to its normal place spontaneously, but it can take four to six weeks to fully recover. Remaining moderately active is ideal in order to keep muscles and ligaments flowing. Chiropractic care decreases the pain and helps recovery become a lot faster.
Most people believe that a hot bath reduces back pain however getting into a hot bath when muscles are inflamed can make matters worse by increasing the inflammatory response in an acute injury. Ice is your friend, generally it is better to apply ice to an injury for 10 minute intervals the first 48 to 72 hours after the injury to help ease inflammation and pain.
 Back pain should not become a normal part of ageing. As we age, we can become more susceptible to certain types of painful back conditions. With regular chiropractic treatments, back pain does not have to be a part of the ageing process.

Inter-Professional Spine Assessment and    Education Clinic 

ISAEC is an innovative, upstream, shared-care model of care in which patients receive rapid low back pain assessment (less than four weeks on average), education and evidence-based self-management plans. It is designed to decrease the prevalence of unmanageable chronic low back pain, reduce unnecessary diagnostic imaging as well as unnecessary specialist referral.
It is important to also note that until ISAEC is fully rolled out to all primary care providers (PCPs), referral into the program is only available to patients whose family doctor or primary care nurse practitioner has enrolled in the program. ​