Spinal injury: Know the signs

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) states that approximately 700 people sustain a new spinal cord injury (SCI) each year in the UK. Currently...

Surgery: Pandemic Rehabilitation of Spine

Surgery: Pandemic Rehabilitation of Spine: In these pandemic times, one assumes that patients are prone to staying still and to staying isolated. Not so! My...

Impact of the backpack on the spine

Finite element study shows one book in the backpack weighs 7 books to the spine:  As we consider a return to school, we must start to...

Back pain through the ages

Most people will experience back pain at some point, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people come to accept a level of...

Back to health

Whether it’s a twinge in the small of your back or an eye-watering ache in your lumbar spine, back pain is a modern epidemic. Most people...

Brexit strexit

Are you one of the millions of people in the UK feeling the effects of Brexit Strexit – in other words, you are demoralised, confused...

Chiropractic: a summary of concerns

Although obscured by controversy, there is evidence to indicate that spinal manipulation can be as effective as conventional treatment methods in relieving low-back pain.1,2,3,4This grain...