Phase 1
Pain
Calm the pain down.
Hands-on techniques like manual therapy and dry needling ease muscle spasm and take the edge off, starting at your first visit.
What We Treat
Low back pain treatment in Shreveport.
The stiffness when you stand up from the couch. The twinge that decides whether today’s a good day. It can get better, and it starts with a cause-first evaluation, not a guess.
Sound Familiar?
Does this sound like you?
- Bracing on the sink to stand up straight
- A burning line down one leg that starts before you’re even out of the car
- The “my back just went out” moment that drops you mid-step
- Stiff enough in the morning that you plan your first ten minutes around it
- Pain that shows up right on cue after a long day in your desk chair
- Letting your kid pick up their own toy because bending down isn’t worth the risk
Two or more? Keep reading.
Why It Happens
Back pain is a symptom. Something causes it.
Your back doesn’t hurt for no reason, and it’s rarely just one thing. A strained muscle or sprained joint from lifting or a fall. A degenerating or herniated disc irritating a nerve, which is where sciatica often comes from. Narrowing around the nerves, called spinal stenosis. And very often, deep back muscles that weakened over time and stopped protecting the spine.
Here’s what most people don’t hear: disc changes and arthritis show up on the scans of plenty of people with no pain at all. So an image alone can’t tell you why your back hurts. A hands-on evaluation of how you move and how strong your back really is can. For many backs, that includes MedX lumbar strength testing, which measures exactly how much strength you’ve lost.
The Honest Truth
Waiting on a back doesn’t make it wait on you.
If you keep waiting
- Your hips and knees start picking up the slack, and can start hurting too
- Most people who have one episode of back pain will have at least one more, and it rarely picks a convenient time
- You move less to avoid the pain, which weakens the exact muscles meant to protect your spine
If you start this week
- You find out what’s actually driving the pain, not just where it hurts
- Treatment can start on your very first visit
- You get a plan with an endpoint: a real one, not an open tab of visits
No referral needed in Louisiana. If your back has been trying to tell you something, now is a good time to listen.
How We Fix It
The same four phases. Built for your back.
Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like for a low back.
Phase 2
Prime
Get your motion back.
Joint mobilization and targeted mobility work restore movement in the stiff segments that have been guarding the injury.
Phase 3
Perform
Make it strong enough to trust.
Progressive strengthening, including MedX lumbar training in pain-free ranges, rebuilds the support your spine was missing.
Phase 4
Prevent
Keep it from coming back.
Lifting, bending, and posture mechanics get practiced under real load. Once you’re back to full strength, a monthly MedX visit helps you maintain it.
Questions, Answered
What people ask before booking for back pain.
No referral is needed. Louisiana allows direct access, so you can start physical therapy without seeing a physician first. You usually don’t need an MRI to start, either: disc changes and arthritis show up on the scans of many people with no pain at all, so we begin with a hands-on evaluation of how you move. If anything we find calls for imaging or a physician’s evaluation, we’ll refer you.
In most cases, yes. Movement usually helps more than rest does, and total rest tends to leave a back stiffer and weaker, which sets up the next flare-up. The key is the right movement for your specific back, which your physical therapist sorts out at your evaluation and then progresses safely as you improve.
Yes. We rehab patients after lumbar and cervical spine surgery, including laminectomy, fusion, and complex revisions, working within your surgeon’s protocol.
A new patient evaluation typically lasts about 60 minutes, and treatment sessions typically last 45 to 60 minutes. How many visits you need depends on your diagnosis, how long you’ve had pain, and your goals, and we re-evaluate your progress every month. Questions? Call us at (318) 222-7442.
Book Your Visit
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Request a time and a real person calls you back during office hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Fri, 7:45 AM–5:00 PM
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Eberhardt Physical Therapy
- 820 Jordan Street, Suite 150, Shreveport, LA 71101
- (318) 222-7442
- admin@eberhardtpt.com
- Mon–Fri, 7:45 AM–5:00 PM