Open AccessUrinary Colic During Low‐Back Treatment: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire?
Author(s) -
Kaymak Bayram,
Özçakar Levent,
Aksoy Sercan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00616.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , urinary system , renal colic , low back pain , physical therapy , back pain , psychological intervention , lumbar spine , surgery , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology
Objective. The objective of this study was to present a possible discrete effect of heat therapy on the urinary system during physical therapy of a patient with lumbar discopathy. Design. This is a case report. Setting. This study was carried out in a a tertiary care university hospital. Patients and Interventions. A 33‐year‐old man with the diagnosis of lumbar discopathy undertook physical therapy including heat. On the third day of treatment, he had suffered colic low‐back (flank) pain with quite a different nature from his initial painful complaints. In addition to conservative management of the renal stone, we continued heat therapy. Outcome Measures and Results. After 10 days of physical therapy, he was found to have improved both with regard to his low‐back and urinary complaints. Conclusions. The physicians should be aware of the effects of heat therapy on the urinary system when treating patients with musculoskeletal pathologies of the lumbar region.