Back Pain Physiotherapy at Home in Dhankawadi, Pune

Back pain in Dhankawadi often arrives at the end of the day rather than the start. A ride along a barricaded Satara Road, an evening at the laptop on a dining chair, a bucket carried up to the third floor: none of them looks serious, but together they keep the lower back loaded.

This page covers what a home visit for back pain involves in Dhankawadi. For the causes and treatment in general, see our guide to back pain physiotherapy.

Where the load on your back comes from in a Dhankawadi day

• The Satara Road ride. Metro construction between Swargate and Katraj has narrowed the road, and the stretch is mostly braking, balancing and edging past barricades. Staying braced like that for the length of a commute tires the back muscles.
• Working from the sitting room. Many people now work from home, on a sofa or a dining chair with the laptop low on the table. After a few hours the pelvis tips back and the spine rounds.
• Standing on a hospital or campus shift. Staff who spend hours on their feet around the Bharati Vidyapeeth campus and hospital, or at the shops of KK Market, tend to lean onto one leg and bend repeatedly to low surfaces.
• Carrying in a flat. Water cans, gas cylinders and shopping go up several flights when the lift is slow or switched off.
• Lifting a child or a parent. Helping a stiff parent out of a low sofa or off the toilet strains the back of the person doing it.

The physiotherapist uses this list to decide which movements to test at home.

What a back pain visit looks like in your flat

The session starts with questions: when the pain began, whether it spreads into a leg, what eases and worsens it, and whether any warning signs mean you should see a doctor first. After that the physiotherapist watches you move and tests strength, sensation and reflexes in the legs. This separates ordinary mechanical back pain from pain referred by an irritated nerve, which is handled differently. Pain that runs down the leg is covered in our guides to sciatica treatment.

At home we can test the real tasks. You might be asked to get up from your bed, sit at the table where you work, lift a bucket or climb a few of your own stairs. Treatment typically combines hands-on work for stiffness and muscle spasm, a few exercises chosen for your problem, and changes to the habits that keep setting the pain off. If pain is too sharp for exercise, a portable pain-relief device may be used briefly so that you can move. Progress is reviewed at every visit.

Many people with back pain also have trouble with their legs on stairs. If so, see how we approach knee pain physiotherapy in Dhankawadi as well.

Small changes between visits

• Raise the laptop on a stack of books and use a separate keyboard, or move to a firm chair with a cushion behind the lower back. Stand and walk to the door every half hour.
• On long rides, pull over once, get off, and straighten up. Check that your handlebars are not pulling your shoulders forward.
• Carry two lighter loads in place of one heavy one up the stairs, and keep them close to the body.
• Walk a little each day within comfort, along the lane or in the society compound.
• Do the exercises as often as advised. Doing double on a good day tends to bring on a bad one.

When back pain should not wait for physiotherapy

See a doctor or go to an emergency department straight away if back pain comes with new trouble passing urine or controlling the bowels, numbness around the genitals or back passage, or weakness in a leg that is getting worse. The same applies after a fall or road accident, and with fever, unexplained weight loss or a history of cancer.

Once serious causes have been excluded, physiotherapy can begin. You can book a back pain visit online, or read more about home physiotherapy in Dhankawadi and the neighbourhoods we cover. Our article on physiotherapy versus painkillers for back pain may also help you plan.