Back Pain
Revive Spine & Sport – Physical Therapy That Puts You First
Back pain can make even the simplest daily activities—like getting out of bed, driving, or sitting at work—feel like a challenge. Whether your pain started suddenly from an injury or has been building over time, the team at Revive Spine & Sport in New Braunfels, TX is here to help you find lasting relief.
Our patient-first approach is designed to not only ease your pain, but also restore your strength and mobility so you can return to the activities you love.
Common Causes and Symptoms of Back Pain
Common Back Symptoms:
If you’re experiencing any of these, physical therapy can help:
- Constant or occasional aching in the mid or lower back, abdominal region, lower back, pelvis or legs
- Sharp, stabbing pain with certain movements or lifting
- Stiffness or reduced flexibility in the abdominal region, lower back, pelvis or legs
- Radiating pain into the abdominal region, lower back, pelvis or legs
- Muscle tightness or spasms in the abdominal region, lower back, pelvis or legs
- Tingling, numbness, or weakness in the legs or pelvis
- Pain that worsens after long periods of sitting or standing
- Difficulty transitioning from sitting to standing
- Difficulty standing upright as you walk
- Loss of balance
- Pain while sleeping, turning over in bed, or during intercorse
- Pain with bowel and bladder activity
What causes backpain:
Back pain can be caused by an injury, overuse, poor posture, or degenerative conditions. Some of the most common causes we see in New Braunfels include:
- Disc injuries (herniated or bulging discs)
- Muscle strains and ligament sprains
- Arthritis and spinal stenosis
- Sciatica/nerve irritation
- Poor posture from desk work or prolonged sitting
- Weak core or stabilizing muscles
- Sports-related injuries
- Unresolved pain after prior conservative care
- Post-surgical pain
- SI Joint pain/dysfunction
- Spondylosthesis, spondylosis
- Degenerative disc disease
Our 3-Step Back Pain Treatment Process
At Revive Spine & Sport, our physical therapists use a clear, effective, and personalized approach:
Step 1: Pain Management
Our first priority is identifying the exact source of your back pain using Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) and movement-based testing. Once we know what’s driving your symptoms, we use targeted exercises, manual therapy, activity modification, and posture correction to reduce irritation and improve function.
Step 2: Return to Function
Once we have determined the drivers we begin focusing on strength training and mobility. By waiting until step 2 for this process we can be confident with progressively building your routine up until you achieve your goals set during phase 1.
Step 3: Prevention of Recurrence
Our goal is long-term results, not quick fixes. Upon achieving your goals we want to begin increasing your independence by reducing appointment frequency. From here some will graduate while others may choose to stay on a maintenance plan. This allows regularly scheduled wellness visits to assess progress and address any concerns.
The Revive Difference
At Revive, we put our patients first and prevent outside influences from dictating treatment. To ensure we can do this, we are out of network with all insurance companies. As healthcare has gone down the drain, there are two major contributors:
- Declining health insurance reimbursement rates that require providers to see at least one patient every 30 minutes. Overlapping patient sessions cut into your treatment time.
- Health insurance companies dictating the treatments approved.
Our approach ensures optimal outcomes, less time wasted, and a family atmosphere here in New Braunfels. We specialize in helping patients who have already tried conservative care without success, using MDT to guide every treatment decision.