ProHealth BackCheck

In the present times many people suffer from back pains, since we move our spines and back muscles either too little or incorrectly because of our way of life. In addition there are neck and shoulder pains, neck stiffness, pains in the small of the back, difficulties in bending, lumbago and sciatica.

These symptoms are caused by different mechanisms. Thus painful tenseness of the back muscles, which further intensifies basic bad posture due to pain and compensating for it, is frequently caused by contortions of the small vertebral joints (e.g. due to clumsy, sudden movements). Back muscles that are formed too weakly as well as osteoporosis (bone atrophy) also come into consideration as initiators of chronic back pains.

ProHealth has developed a diagnosis and preventive medical programme that selectively uncovers the causes of symptoms and initiates specific therapeutic measures.

The ProHealth BackCheck comprises the following components:

• Detailed medical preliminary consultation about individual stresses and possible symptoms of the back
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the cervical spine
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the thoracic spine
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the lumbar spine
• Osteoporosis diagnosis by osteodensitometry
• Biomechanical functional analysis of the muscular spinal column profile ("ECG of the back")
  • Biomechanical tests
  • Analysis of postural abnormalities
  • Display of muscular weaknesses
• Development of an individual back training programme in cooperation with our sports therapists
• Detailed concluding consultation with explanation of the images and findings
• Commented findings folder
• Aftercare by telephone

Should pains be caused by weaknesses of your back muscles, we compile in cooperation with our sports therapists a back training programme tailored individually to your muscles.

Our ProHealth Institute has a variety of modern treatment facilities due to its many years' experience in the therapy of back pains.

For instance, with the aid of image-controlled computer-based methods acute and chronic pain conditions can be treated directly using minimally invasive interventional techniques after exhaustive diagnosis.