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 […]

What is the best medication for back pain?

When we get back pain, many peoples first reaction is to head to the bathroom cabinet and take some medication. But what is the best medication to take? ibuprofen? paracetamol? muscle relaxants, anticonvulsants? The list is seemingly endless. Even if we don’t have medication in our bathroom cabinet, many of us will have something prescribed […]

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 […]

My girlfriend doesn\’t like beetroot!

There is a common condition that quite often causes back pain. The standard medical treatment in recent years has been medication, but there is a shift now towards managing this condition with dietary changes and weight loss. Find out what this condition is by watching this very brief (1 min) video, where we visit our […]

It just went \’pop\’!

When describing how her back pain started, one of our patients said \’it just went pop\’! Find out what happened, and why, in this video!

Do our joints cause more trouble when it rains?

Is there a relationship between joint pain and the weather? Do chiropractors see more patients when the weather is bad? Spurred on by an article that he read in the BMJ recently, Andrew discusses these topics in this video!

Just one hour per week!

 Great article here, by Harvey and colleagues, about how effective even just ONE hour per week of exercise is, in the prevention of depression. Depression is often a significant factor in physical symptoms such as neck pain, low back pain and headaches. Exercise may therefore be really helpful in helping to reduce these symptoms. […]

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 […]