Pain Management

There are a number of potential causes of head and facial pain – one of the most common (and the main one helped by physiotherapy) is referred pain from the cervical spine (neck).

Our spines are made up of vertebrae which are connected by discs. The discs act as shock absorbers in our spine, and both allow and limit movement.

The groin refers to the area where the upper thigh meets the pelvis on either side of the pubic area. It is marked by a fold or depression at the junction of the lower abdomen and the inner part of the thigh.

The illiotibial band is a sheath of thick, fibrous connective tissue that attaches to the top of your pelvis and runs down the outside of the thigh, crossing the knee joint and attaching to the shin bone.

The lumbar spine consists of 5 bones (vertebrae) at the bottom end of the spine. Those 5 bones interact with each other via a total of 30 individual joints, have countless ligaments attaching to them, and also have up to 10 different spinal muscle groups that contribute to their movement.