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Low Back Pain Treatment in Mont Albert North, Melbourne
You've rested. You've done the exercises. It keeps coming back. Let's find out why, and fix it properly.​
Low back pain is one of the most common reasons people stop doing what they love. Whether it's flaring up every time you get back to training, nagging through a long day at a desk, or unpredictably stopping you in your tracks, you deserve more than another round of "rest and see how it goes."
At Health & High Performance in Mont Albert North, Melbourne, we take a different approach. We assess how your body loads, moves, and recovers, and build a rehabilitation program that gives your low back what it actually needs to stop the cycle.
Why Low Back Pain Keeps Coming Back
Most low back pain isn't caused by a single catastrophic event. It's the result of accumulated load on tissues that don't have the capacity to handle it.
This is why generic advice, rest, stretch, take it easy, produces short-term relief but doesn't solve the underlying problem. The pain settles down, you go back to what you were doing, and it comes back. Often worse.
The spine is a robust, load-tolerant structure. In the vast majority of cases, low back pain is not a sign of serious structural damage. It's a sign that your body's current capacity doesn't match the demands being placed on it. Address that mismatch, and you resolve the pain.
That's the foundation of everything we do.
Our Approach to Low Back Pain Rehabilitation
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Thorough Assessment: Understanding the Whole Picture
Low back pain rarely has a single cause. Our initial assessment looks beyond the pain site to examine how your whole body moves, loads, and transfers force, including the hips, pelvis, thoracic spine, and lower limbs.
We identify what's contributing to your pain, what's limiting your movement, and, critically, what capacity you currently have to work with. This gives us the information we need to build a program that's specific to your back, not a generic protocol.
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Progressive Load Management
Rest doesn't build capacity. Graded loading does. Your program is designed to progressively increase what your low back can handle: starting where you are, building tissue tolerance, and steadily working toward the loads your life and sport demand.
No generic stretching routines. A real, periodised program with clear progressions and objective criteria to advance through each stage.
We work with active individuals who are ready to do more than just manage their low back pain:
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Runners, cyclists, and endurance athletes dealing with recurring back flare-ups during training
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CrossFit athletes and gym-goers whose low back prevents them from loading the way they want
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AFL, soccer, and field sport athletes managing chronic or recurring back presentations
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Office workers and desk-based professionals whose low back is affecting their ability to exercise and enjoy life outside work
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Anyone who has tried rest, massage, or a generic core program and is still not right
Why Choose Luke Nelson for Low Back Pain Treatment in Melbourne?
Luke Nelson is a Sports Chiropractor with 20 years of clinical experience, a Masters in Sports Science, and a post-graduate diploma in Sports Chiropractic. As a certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, Luke brings a performance and load management lens to low back pain rehabilitation that goes well beyond symptom relief.
Luke has worked with Olympic runners, Ironman triathletes, and athletes across a wide range of disciplines. His experience at the elite level shapes the way he approaches every patient, regardless of whether they compete professionally or just want to get back to their Saturday run.
Our clinic in Mont Albert North includes a full on-site rehabilitation facility, including assessment tools, rehab equipment, a treadmill with video motion analysis, and a high-performance gym, so your assessment, programming, and rehabilitation all happen in one place.
Book Your Low Back Pain Assessment in Melbourne
If your low back pain has been hanging around longer than it should, or keeps returning every time you try to do what you love, it's time to get a clear answer.
Our clinic is located in Mont Albert North, easily accessible from Balwyn, Box Hill, Kew, Doncaster, Surrey Hills, Hawthorn, and surrounding Melbourne eastern suburbs.
Online consultations are also available for patients across Victoria and Australia.
Ready to stop managing it and start solving it?