“Flexion Intolerant” means your lower back doesn’t like bending forwards. “Extension Intolerant” means it doesn’t like bending backwards.
This is a difficult combination. It most frequently applies when one pain is worse for bending forwards and the other pain is worse for bending backwards. Perhaps your lumbago is worse in flexion and your sciatica worse in extension.
But it can be that the same pain is worse for bending in either direction.
So, for your own sake, it’s best to minimise moving in both of these directions with your lower back. At least for now.
In due course we’ll gradually build back up your capacity for these movements. But try to minimise them for now.
Follow the other AXB guidance on rehab i.e. UIOLIBDAI / UIOLI and SLABS
We adhere to lower back pain guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, are registered with the General Osteopathic Council and are members of The International Association for the Study of Pain.
