Mechanical Low Back Pain: A 12-Week Rehab Protocol With Progression Criteria
A twelve-week framework to triage out specific pathology and radiculopathy, screen psychosocial risk, and confirm a non-specific, mechanical presentation.
Body region
Lumbar spine
Evidence-led clinical content for assessment and management of lumbar spine conditions — non-specific low back pain, radiculopathy, stenosis, and post-surgical rehab.
Your lumbar spine — the lower back — carries much of your body weight and is one of the most common places to feel pain. Symptoms can come from muscles, joints, discs, or nerves, and range from a short-lived twinge to stiffness that lingers for weeks. The reassuring part is that most low back pain settles with time and the right movement.
Physiotherapy for the lower back focuses on easing pain, restoring confident movement, and building strength so everyday tasks feel easier. In this section you'll find evidence-based guides on assessing and treating conditions like non-specific low back pain, sciatica, disc problems, and post-surgery recovery — practical for clinicians and clear enough for patients to follow.
Lumbar Radiculopathy: Red Flags and Assessment Protocol
Lumbar radiculopathy is one of the few low back presentations in which a structural source can often be reasonably localised, and missing a red flag carries the greatest consequence.
Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Clinical Reasoning Framework
Low back pain is the single largest contributor to years lived with disability globally, yet in most presentations, no specific pathology can be reliably identified.