Back pain and heart disease
I’ve long noticed that people with heart disease seem to have stiff backs. I mean literally stiff – inflexible. Coronary arteries (the [...]
Back Pain Workshops
Lower back pain is incredibly common - you'll see from the table below that it's the leading cause of disability in the [...]
Sitting bad for 76% of lower back pain sufferers
Why is it that we're drawn to things that are bad for us? Sugar, alcohol, smoking, sitting... If "sitting" seems to you [...]
How to Avoid Holiday Back Pain
Back pain very often flares up when on holiday. The reasons for this will be particular to your own back problem, [...]
The Purpose of Pain – how it relates to mechanical damage
(Please note that in this article, I’m referring to what we might term “physiological” or “healthy” pain. Some people have pain [...]
Back pain in kids
Back pain is increasingly common in the under 18s. In fact it's twice as common now than it was 16 years ago. [...]
High heels and back pain
Apparently Twiggy has given up high heels - as reported in the Mirror this week. This is no surprise, and of course [...]
“Nurofen Back Pain” or us?
With the admission that "Nurofen Back Pain" is no more beneficial for back pain than "Nurofen Migraine", the manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser must [...]
Benefits of back pain – Part 1
"Back pain has made me wiser". I know if you're in the middle of a severe and/or long-lasting pain, this statement is [...]
The sound of pain
"Ooooyahh"... That's my sound for low back pain. With a strong emphasis on the opening "ooo" and a croaky "ahh". [...]