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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Feeling good – from top to toe!

Hello again, I hope you’re having a stress free 2011 so far.  I’m going to offer pieces of advice relating to posture that will definitely make you feel better from ‘top to toe’.  This one is for when you’re seated – Whether you’re sitting slouched at your desk or flopping onto a sofa after a [...]

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