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 [...]
Aqua Therapy for Pain Relief
HOW MUCH DOES WATER'S BUOYANCY HELP IMPROVE YOUR LEVEL OF PAIN OR FITNESS? This is a guest post from freelance medical writer [...]
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 [...]
Why you don’t do your exercises
If you're struggling to do your exercises for back pain (or any other exercises), is it because you don't remember to do [...]
Exercises for lower back pain
As the topic of exercise for lower back pain is huge, and one I've covered a few times in the past, I [...]
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, but [...]
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 [...]