Archive for Back Pain
Reduce the risk of Sciatica
Well, I know I’ve said this before, but poor posture is one of the biggest causes of any back problem.
Being overweight can be an issue as well so, healthy eating and exercise is important.
Stress has a surprisingly negative effect on the lower back, which is exactly where the Sciatic Nerve is at its most vulnerable.
During day [...]
Harley Street advice for everyone
In recent months, I’ve been focusing on getting solid advice on back care out to the most vulnerable groups in society.
Pregnant ladies, older people, post surgery patients and manual labourers to name a few.
Back care is sorely underrated and people don’t appreciate how incredibly important it is to every aspect of your life.
As a Physiotherapist, I don’t want [...]
Back exercises are essential at any age
Some older people suffer in silence with back pain, (some not so silent!) but the common point is that a lot of older people do suffer. They don’t need to.
People say things like, “I have a little back pain every now and then, but I am getting on now. It’s to be expected.” – No!
It [...]
SPINAL TOUCH
Spinal Touch is a unique and effective light touch technique.
Its aim is to bring the spine into mechanical balance by realigning the body’s centre of gravity which is situated on a plane between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the first sacral segment.
The treatment is based on the principle that such a realignment can play a [...]
Back pain in pregnancy
There are two types of back pain in pregnant ladies: true back pain and pelvic girdle pain.
True back pain was probably always there, and is caused by poor posture in your everyday life. Of course, poor posture during pregnancy is unavoidable and so it exacerbates true back pain.
Pelvic girdle pain is caused by movement in [...]
Manual handling the right way
Hello,
Manual handling is very underestimated! Yet it’s crucial to avoiding back pain and long term back damage.
Manual handling is a simple set of common sense points.
There are 4 major areas you need to address before lifting anything…
1) Item – you should answer ‘no’ to all of these…
a) Is the item an awkward shape and size?
b) [...]
Feeling good – from top to toe!
Hello again,
Okay, here’s part two of my ‘Top to Toe’ posture advice.
This one is for when you’re standing –
Whether you’re standing in a bus queue or guarding Buckingham Palace – there’s a right and a wrong way to position every part of your body.
So, here’s the right way to stand, from ‘top to toe’…
Your head: [...]
essential steps towards preventing back pain (part three of three)
Hello again.
I hope you’ve been doing my daily exercises as often as possible. Have you noticed the difference?
More than half of chronic back pain develop as a result of poor posture.
Follow these tips towards correcting your posture – this is my third and final instalment.
Remember to do these exercises as often as you can, every [...]
stress and the spine
This in an important one for most of us.
The NHS says that in any given year, at least one in five people in the UK visit their GP because of back pain. Shocked? Maybe you shouldn’t be. Have a little read of this.
Of course posture is huge factor in the development of spinal problems, but [...]
essential steps towards preventing back pain (part two of three)
Hello there.
Thanks for dropping in again.
This is my second installment of essential tips to help you prevent back pain by correcting your posture.
As we know, more than half of chronic back pains are resulted by a poor posture. Try doing these exercises as often as you can, every time you are in front of a [...]
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