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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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....

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. ...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

You Don't have to be Perfect to be Free of Back Pain

by Steven Hefferon

The article begins by referring to a recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which did MRI scans of 98 people who did not have back pain, and found that m...