Outpatient physiotherapy · Westlands

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Lower back pain
Back pain treatment

Lower back pain

Does this sound like you?

  • Aching after sitting in traffic or at a desk
  • Stiffness getting out of bed in the morning
  • Pain when bending, lifting or standing long

How we treat it

Manual therapyExercise therapyTherapeutic massageDry needling
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How we treat

Four hands-on approaches, matched to your pain

Dry needling

Fine needles release tight trigger points in muscle.

Manual therapy

Joint mobilisation and soft-tissue work by hand to ease stiffness and get movement back in the spine and joints.

Exercise therapy

A short set of exercises you do at home, progressed each visit, to help keep the pain from coming back.

Therapeutic massage

Deep-tissue and remedial massage to relax overworked muscles and improve blood flow.

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Patients

From people we've treated

4.7 on Google · 22 reviews
★★★★★

"Moses is a highly skilled physio. He's great at diagnosing imbalances, knows which exercises to prescribe, and is a pro with dry needling. He relieved many tight muscles in hard-to-massage places. He genuinely cares about your health."

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Meet your physiotherapist
Moses Katasi

Moses Katasi

Founder & CEO · Certified orthopaedic physiotherapist · 9 years in practice

Trained at KMTC and Amref International University, with an orthopaedic dry needling certification from IAOM-US.

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X-ray Says "Reduced Disc Space" or "Spondylosis"? What It Really Means for Your Back Pain

By Moses Katasi, Orthopaedic Physiotherapist · 6 November 2026

Your back has been aching for a while, so you go for an X-ray like the one in the photo. The report comes back with words like "reduced disc spaces", "degenerative changes" or "lumbar spondylosis". Someone tells you it's arthritis of the spine. You search online and see words like "wear and tear" and "no cure." Now you're worried your back is getting old and there's nothing you can do.

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Tried Everything for Your Back Pain? Before the MRI, Get Your Pelvis Checked

By Moses Katasi, Orthopaedic Physiotherapist · 6 November 2026

Like the woman in the photo, you end up curled on your side, knees pulled up to your chest, because lying on your back makes your lower back ache. It's the only way you can get comfortable, and it's been like this for weeks, maybe months.

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Can't Sleep Without Painkillers for Your Back? When Scans Are Clear but the Pain Won't Go

By Moses Katasi, Orthopaedic Physiotherapist · 4 November 2026

It's become a nightly routine. Before bed, you take your tablets: Myospaz, Zulu MR or another muscle relaxant, maybe pregabalin or another nerve tablet your doctor prescribed. Without them, your back aches and you toss and turn until 3am. You've done the X-ray. You've done the MRI. You may even have tried physiotherapy before. Everyone says, "There's nothing serious." But the pain is real, and the tablets are the only thing that gets you through the night.

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Find us

Contact details

Address
Kerai Office, Mogotio Road off Muthithi Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya

Look for Kerai Office on Mogotio Road, just off Muthithi Road in Westlands.

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Phone
0705 717 353
WhatsApp
Message 0705 717 353
Email
info@katasi.co.ke
Hours
Mon–Fri: 7am–6pm
Sat: 8am–4pm
Sun: closed

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Payment & insurance

We accept M-Pesa, cash and [insurers / SHA – to be confirmed].

Kerai Office, Mogotio Road off Muthithi Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya

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