Specialist Lower Spine Physiotherapy

Let our expertise give you piece of mind

Lower back pain can be incredibly disruptive. It can affect how you move, sit, sleep, work and exercise, and for many people it becomes a persistent source of frustration or anxiety. When back pain lingers or keeps returning, it can start to limit confidence in everyday movement.

The lower back is a complex area, and pain can arise from many different structures — including joints, discs, muscles, nerves and movement patterns. Successful treatment depends on understanding what is actually driving your symptoms, not just where the pain is felt.

At Solent Specialist Physiotherapy, lower back problems are assessed and managed by clinicians who specialise in spinal conditions and work with complex back pain every day.

Why lower back problems need specialist care

Lower back pain is rarely caused by a single factor. Symptoms can be influenced by:

Joint or disc-related changes
Nerve irritation (including sciatica-type symptoms)
Muscle and soft tissue overload
Movement patterns and biomechanics
Previous injury, flare-ups or periods of reduced activity

Many different conditions can feel similar, yet require very different management. Without specialist assessment, people often receive generic advice or exercises that don’t address the true cause of their pain.

Specialist lower back assessment allows us to identify which structures are involved, how your spine is moving, and why symptoms may be persisting — so rehabilitation is targeted and appropriate from the outset.

Common lower back problems we help with

We regularly support people with:

Persistent or recurring lower back pain
Sciatica and nerve-related symptoms
Disc-related back pain
Mechanical lower back pain
Postural and movement-related pain
Back pain related to work or sport
Post-injury and post-surgical rehabilitation

If you’re unsure what’s causing your back pain, a specialist assessment can provide clarity and reassurance.

What makes our lower back service different

At Solent Specialist Physiotherapy, your care is led by highly experienced specialist clinicians working at advanced level within the NHS and private practice.

We prioritise accurate diagnosis from the very first appointment, identifying whether your pain is driven by joint, disc, nerve or movement-related factors — rather than relying on generic labels.

Your rehabilitation is guided by specialist-level clinical reasoning, combining movement analysis, progressive loading and education to support long-term recovery and confidence in movement.

Where appropriate, we can:

Request and interpret X-ray or MRI to better understand what is happening inside your hip
Correlate scan findings with your physical examination and symptoms. We don’t just read reports — we are experts at correlating the images with how your lumbar spine moves, loads and feels, so decisions are based on the whole picture, not just a scan.
Our spinal specialists can talk through options such as facet joint injections or nerve root blocks if they may be helpful for your symptoms, and can discuss your case with the appropriate clinician where needed

This integrated approach helps reduce prolonged pain, unnecessary flare-ups and delayed recovery.

Find the right clinic for your lower back appointment

Specialist services are offered across different locations and settings.
To see where this service is provided and how to book, please view our locations.