Spinal problems

Low back pain is a big problem in the western world in terms of loss of working days and health service bills. If you have back pain, however severe it may be, other people can't see it. Time and again patients with back pain will say to me: "I had no idea it could be this bad." If you've had a severe bout of back pain, you will know only too well how disabling it feels, as if even the slightest movement is going to make it so much worse. Your body seems to be telling you to stay absolutely still. Yet we know from many research papers that the sooner you get moving the better it will be for your back.

Of course it is important to get your back thoroughly examined and in a tiny percentage of cases surgery will be required but the vast majority of patients with back pain will benefit from appropriate manipulation and exercise.