Tense muscles, restricted movement and imbalances that develop in the body can also cause pain. These do not show up on MRI or X-ray.
If you get a sharp pain in your lower back when getting out of a car, standing up or lifting something heavy, the cause may be functional tension. Osteopathy finds this problem by touching the body and resolves it.
1Sacroiliac joint blockage
Sometimes neither a herniated disc nor a vertebral protrusion can be seen, yet the pain is severe. This is because the problem may lie in the mobility of the spine — in particular, a blockage in the sacral (sacroiliac) region. These blockages can be detected through osteopathic manual examination.
Osteopathy approaches the body as a whole. The goal is not only to look at the painful area, but to find the true cause of the pain. Perhaps the cause of the problem is not where you think it is.