Low-back pain – what’s happening?
I was talking to a patient today about his low-back pain. He said his back goes "out". Now I had to be firm that he should not use such rubbish term...
Sitting at work is not good for anyone
I've posted about sitting at work before, here, however, there's a recent study published in the ‘International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and P...
What are we trying to achieve during a new patient consultation?
I was reading an article on low-back pain (LBP) which had a good summary of what I am trying to get out of any new patient consultation. A new patien...
Hyper mobility
One of our excellent Sports Massage Therapist- Luke Norland writes this about hypermobility: "Hypermobility is a common problem affecting many of our...
Lower back pain – the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) new draft guidelines
In the UK it is estimated that low back pain is responsible for 37% of all chronic pain in men and 44% in women. The total cost of this to the UK eco...
Neck pain? It’s your IT that’s the problem
Is the groovy IT stuff you are using giving you neck pain? It’s my belief that it is. We see well over 3000 people a year and I estimate over 2000 o...
Is sitting at a desk killing you? Part 2
We have touched on this before. Sitting at a desk is doing you no good. This all seems so obvious to us but it is now, pleasingly, real science. A...
What’s the best way to treat low-back pain?
Our Bristol chiropractor, Rupert Clements, writes about this low-back pain clinical trial: A 2006 report estimated that the direct and indirect cos...
Can chiropractic help with my headache?
A study on neck generated headaches, snappily called: Dose response and efficacy of spinal manipulation for chronic cervicogenic headache: a pilot...