This man saved my life….
July 1996, it’s a hot day and I’m entering the golf club at Hadden Hill. Two older men are there. One of them, seeing me, says to his friend, while pointing at me: ‘This man saved my life’! I then realise that it’s Norman, who I had seen the previous year in the clinic. I […]
Why does this lady get Recurrent back pain?
This lady has been getting back pain on and off for a long time! Her low back is tender to touch and she also gets pain in other joints, including her hands and fingers. When she has manual therapy she finds it uncomfortable and she does not get as much relief from treatment has some […]
Is your BP monitor any good?
This article was stimulated by me seeing an article by Dean Piccone and colleagues [1] in the JAMA. I thought that all blood pressure (BP) monitors that are sold in the UK would be equally valid, but apparently not! Why is measuring BP important? We know that elevated systolic BP is a risk factor for […]
Does too much exercise cause back pain?
Sometimes you wonder about scientists. Do they want their research to be understood? Or do they want to cloak it in mystery? One study, published quite a number of years ago (2009), sounds like the title of the latest instructions from a piece of drainage kit from Plumbers World: ‘Physical activity and low back pain: […]
Can you run faster with these?
I’ve never been a very fast runner. My Parkrun speed is only 6.2 mph. Mostly I run for the mood ‘high’ that running gives me. I reckon that Jill, the family guinea pig, can run faster than me (size related). Guinea pigs can run at speeds of up to 8 mph! How come they can […]
An older lady with back pain
This older lady had back pain. Why did we do a urine test? What did it show? Find out in this short video!
30 yrs ago, things were a little different…..
We opened the clinic almost exactly 30yrs ago. Things were a little different back then. Andrew used to wear a tie, for instance! But it wasn\’t very different. Our aims were the same: Firstly: to find out what is wrong with you. Secondly: to help you get better, and thirdly: to help you stay well! […]
Spinal manipulative treatment helps acute low back pain
There was an interesting article published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It was a research study into the effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for acute low back pain. The outcome of the study was very positive. What was really great (from our point of view) was the editorial encouraging […]
Exercise helps almost everything, according to the latest research!
A recent paper published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has concluded that \’ Exercise therapy appears to be a safe way to improve functional capacity and reduce disability in individuals with chronic disease\’. What was particularly interesting to me was the huge array of conditions for which this appears to be the case, […]