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  1. Taking Control Can Do Wonders for Your Back Pain

    by Chris Aldred

    Feeling in control makes us happy. We all like to know that it’s our decision what we eat, what we do in our spare time, what job we do, and generally how we live our lives. We feel...

  2. Talk Back - From the Spine

    by Ruth White

    Ruth White writes from the point of view of the backbone in the context of a case study of a woman called Christine. Christine suffered from terrible back pain and had her backbone...

  3. The Alaska Back Pain Protocol – Who's It For and How Does It Work?

    by Dr Brent Wells DC

    The Alaska Back Pain Protocol (ABPP) was developed in 2001 to treat people with back pain and it has helped 9000+ people.

  4. The Alexander Barrie System Of Pelvic Correction

    by Alexander Barrie

    The author, a Registered Shiatsu Practitioner and Registered Cranio-sacral Therapist, has developed a system for correcting the position of the pelvis through observation, empirica...

  5. The Healing Power of Far Infrared Heat (FIR)

    by Jesse Cannone

    The author explains that both ice and heat are well-known for breaking the pain-spasm cycle.  However most heating remedies provide only superficial relief. Far Infrared Heat, on...

  6. The Importance of Being at Rest

    by Joel Carbonnel

    There was a time when bed rest was regarded as the treatment of choice for back pain. Only ten years ago, it was common for GPs to prescribe one to two weeks of bed rest to their pa...

  7. The Importance of Promoting Good Posture in the Workplace

    by Lee Dover

    Slouching might feel comfier in the short term, but it causes long-term complications. Particularly with the rise of technology, paying attention to your posture has never been more...

  8. The Psychology of Back Pain

    by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.

    On the front page of today's leading Swedish daily newspaper, the respected broadsheet DAGENS NYHETER (The Daily News), is featured a major article on back pain. The gist of this l...

  9. The Reasons you Should have IDD Therapy in your Back Pain Clinic

    by Stephen Small

    Let’s face it, every back care clinic would like a new revenue stream, but that isn’t always easy to achieve. Maybe you simply don’t have the hours in the day to take on any new pat...

  10. The Spinal Touch Treatment

    by Bel Spencer

    Spinal Touch is a therapy which works on the soft tissue and can help to undo tensions and postural distortions and assist in restoring alignment and restores the balance of the ce...

  11. The Strong Myth of the Weak Back

    by Joel Carbonnel

    The author focuses on the treatment of a weak back and the strengthening of back muscles in this article, following a call from a patient referred to him by an osteopath.

  12. The Vital Role of Seating in Back Care

    by Alan Glaser

    Do you suffer from the occasional ache in your neck or back? Should you expect these pains to arrive as part of your daily work? The answer to this last question is, of course, no....

  13. Too Supple To Be True

    by Joel Carbonnel

    In his column this month Joel Carbonnel looks at the case of a dancer who came to him with back pain which had been diagnosed by her chiropractor as being caused by hypermobility. ...

  14. Top Tips for Combating Sciatica Naturally

    by Oliver Eaton

    Sciatica is defined as pain in either one or both legs with possible tingling, numbness or weakness caused by the pinching of the sciatic nerve along its pathways.

  15. Transverse Abdominis (TVA) and its Function in Lower Back Stability

    by Stephen Braybrook

    Lower Back Pain (LBP) is a generic term, and is the main cause of work-related absence and disability in industrialized societies. These disorders have been linked to trunk instabil...

  16. Treating Long-Term Back Pain

    by Tim Hanwell

    If we get out of bed one morning with a bit of back pain, the chances are we are unlikely to do anything about it.

  17. Treatment of Back Pain using Theraflex

    by Irene Phillips

    The author was the first Osteopath in the world to use a powered Vertebral Mobiliser, back in 1997. The Theraflex is a very advanced form of this technology. It consists of a compu...

  18. VDUs and the Computer Posture

    by Robi Persad

    In working at a computer for long periods of time the arms are held up and in front of the body. This causes an increase in the tone of the anterior muscles and an imbalance betw...

  19. Which is Better: Heat or Ice for a Pinched Nerve?

    by Dr Brent Wells DC

    You’ve probably used heat or ice before on a sprain or a sore muscle. But, if you have a pinched nerve, you know it’s a different feeling than a sprain or strain. So, you may be won...

  20. Work and Leisure without Backache

    by Joel Carbonnel

    Misuse is the primary cause of backache, and it doesn't go away as long as we don't earnestly tackle this problem of use. The first prerequisite to work and play without backache is...

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