Lower Back & Sciatica.
Bodywork to reduce stiffness, ease pressure and help your body move with less strain.
Does this
sound familiar?
Lower back pain is rarely just one issue on its own. It’s often a build-up of tension and restriction through the body that affects how you move, sit and function day to day.
Persistent lower back pain or stiffness
A constant ache or tightness that makes everyday movement uncomfortable.
Pain when bending, lifting or standing
Simple movements like picking something up or standing for too long feel restricted or painful.
Pain travelling into the glutes or legs
Discomfort that radiates from the lower back into the hips, glutes or legs.
Sharp or nerve-like pain (sciatica)
A shooting, burning or pulling pain that may travel down one side of the body.
Stiffness after sitting or waking up
The lower back feels tight and restricted after being still for a period of time.
Pain that keeps coming back
Symptoms settle temporarily, but return because the underlying issue hasn’t been addressed.
What's
Causing It?
Lower back pain is rarely caused by one structure alone. It’s usually the result of load, tension and movement patterns building over time.
Long periods sitting can place ongoing load on the lower back, leading to stiffness and reduced mobility.
Restricted hips and glutes can increase tension through the lower back and reduce how well the body shares load.
When the trunk isn’t supporting movement well, the lower back often takes more strain.
Work, training or daily tasks involving lifting can build pressure through the lower back over time.
Compression or irritation around the lower back and surrounding tissues can contribute to pain that travels into the leg.
Old injuries can change the way you move, increasing load on the lower back without you realising it.
Clinical Observation
Treating the source of tension, not just the symptoms.
The lower back is often taking the load for something else.
Lower back pain often feels local, but the reason it keeps returning usually isn’t.
Tight hips, restricted glutes, poor load sharing and compensation patterns can all increase pressure through the lower back. That’s why treating the painful area alone often only gives short-term relief.
This approach focuses on how the body is moving as a whole — reducing tension, improving movement quality and helping load travel through the body more efficiently.
The goal isn’t just to settle the pain for now.
It’s to reduce the strain that keeps bringing it back.
Load principle
When the body shares movement and load properly, the lower back doesn’t have to keep compensating.
Who this is for.
This treatment is designed for people dealing with recurring lower back pain, stiffness or nerve-related symptoms linked to movement and load.
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& Surrounds.
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Check if this is right for you
Lower back pain often returns when the underlying tension, movement patterns or load through the body haven’t changed.
Let’s find the
root cause together.
Book an initial consultation. We’ll perform a comprehensive physical assessment to identify the drivers behind your tension and restricted movement.