You may have heard it bantered around the media or fitness industry that ‘core stability’ or strengthening muscles around the spine is the key to having a healthy back. My view is that ‘core stability’ exercises such as the plank below stiffen the spine, leading to more stiffness and pain. Why? The core stability […]
If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it!
We have all heard this expression, ‘If you don’t use it, you’ll loose it.’ Whether its your French that you learnt at school or those rusty tennis skills, unfortuately aquired skills require practice, otherwise we get a bit rusty. This idea of a blog came about as I recently had a patient who had forgot […]
Top tips if you are starting an exercise challenge
Getting back into exercise after a long break? Have you signed up for a charity 10k, cycle ride or even a marathon…? Many people find that training for a goal or a specific event, especially if there is a charity involved, a really motivating prospect. However if its a been a while since you did […]
Surprising facts about shoulder injuries
Many people think shoulder injuries are limited to serious athletes but unfortunately almost everyone will have trouble with their shoulder in their life (think; computers, phones, carrying babies or heavy objects). Not all pain from the shoulder is from the shoulder joint. We can get referral pain from the spine. It’s the most common injured […]
My experience of helping 10,000 patients with back pain…
I spend a lot of my working week, around 60%, helping relieve peoples back pain. In fact, I’ve been in practice for over eight years and calculated that I have helped around 10,000 people with back pain. Given that 80% of the UK population have had back pain in their life and quarter of all […]
Sitting all day = Stiff Back!
‘Sitting all day = Stiff back’ – well it did for me when I sat on a steam train all day this past weekend. As lovely as it was seeing the rugged landscape of North Wales rush by me and my father, who the trip was for, on a bygone steam train. However, I did […]
Any fitness goals 2016? Get yourself checked out to save injuries later…
Its that time of year and you want to get yourself fitter and healthier for 2016. So, you sign up for a triathonlon, 10k or even a marathon and you start training. All is going well and then an overuse injury looms and stops you from training and obvious dissapointment and frustration prevail. Why not […]
Correct shopping posture – don’t let Christmas put a crimp on your back
Holiday Shopping: Oh the Joy, Oh the Pain There are more back, neck and shoulder injuries suffered during the holiday season than at any other time of the year This is because people are loaded up with gifts, they’ve been walking for hours and hours, many women in high heels, and all the time putting […]
Knee Pain is not always a knee problem
Knee pain is not always stemming from a problem in the knee joint. In fact, it is a very commonly mis-diagnosed injury. So, if its not coming from the knee, what is causing the problem? The spine. The spine is the nerve centre for the whole body and without the spine we would not be […]
How to get the most out of your New Year’s resolution
We all tend to over indulge a little at Christmas and doing a little more exercise is a common New Year’s resolution. But how do you get the most out of your gym routine and how much exercise should you do to stay healthy? There is no denying that exercise is good for you. We […]
