The World’s Best Way To Sit For Your Back

The World’s Best Way To Sit For Your Back

We live in a world where more and more jobs are desk based. Sitting goes against how we evolved as humans. Keeping it to a minimum is proven to have the best effect on back pain when compared with sitting with good posture. However, sitting with good posture takes...

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“You’re Getting Old. Rest And Take Painkillers”.

“You’re Getting Old. Rest And Take Painkillers”.

This is what Sally, 59 from Balham, was told when she went for a consultation with her GP about her back pain before coming to see me. Getting older is blamed for a lot of medical problems but back pain should not be one of them. If getting older meant that you were...

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What does it mean if my MRI scan shows a “disc bulge”?

What does it mean if my MRI scan shows a “disc bulge”?

"My MRI scan shows I have a disc bulge so I have stopped picking up my grandchildren". Waiting for the results of your spinal MRI scan can be quite nerve wracking. Once you get the results there is sigh of relief when you are told there is nothing life threatening....

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