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: […]
Muscle tear….or DVT?
I’ve just done my first Parkrun. For those that don’t know anything about Parkrun, it is a free, community-led international event that happens somewhere near you on a Saturday morning. It is a 5kilometre run, which is timed. It felt like hard work, and I got too hot as I had kept my fleece on, […]
This check-up was a really good idea!
People have different opinions about check-ups. Most of us go to the dentist for check-ups, for instance. Some don\’t. Many medical specialities recommend check-ups, like opticians. Some of us go along with it, sometimes we forget, or can\’t be bothered! Anyway, here is a little video about a check-up that was a huge help…..
A 70yr old man with leg pain
Leg pain is pretty common, especially as we get older. There are lots of reasons why this can happen. In this video I discuss about one cause of leg pain that commonly happens when we are younger, but can result in us having leg pain later in life. Found out what it is in this […]
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 […]
Andrew is ticked off….
Hedgehogs are increasingly rare in the UK. My girlfriend does her very best to hep them prosper by taking in under-weight young hedgehogs and keeping (and feeding) them through the winter. Sometimes the hogs are in poor shape when they turn up so they need some help, including tick removal. In this video Andrew talks […]
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!
Does your posture create your mood or does your mood create your posture?
Our emotions and our physical body are linked. Some practitioners feel that our body \’remembers\’ emotions and events. This is sometimes referred to as \’muscle memory\’. This short video discusses the link between the two, and was stimulated by Andrew reading the book \’Emotional Anatomy\’.