5 Steps for a Healthy Week

Taking just 30 minutes on a Sunday morning to complete these five steps is my top tip for ensuring a healthy week. Step 1 - You are what you eat Nutrition is extra important when recovering from back pain or any other injury. Your body breaks down the components of the food you eat and […]

Rest & Digest for Recovery

You’ve probably heard of the fight or flight response - in response to a threat or a perceived threat a physiological change occurs in the body. Adrenaline and cortisol hormones are released which have wide ranging effects. The heart and lungs speed up Digestion slows or stops Pupils dilate Increased muscle tension to provide the […]

Relaxation Exercise

Focussing on your breathing and working to relax your muscles can be a great way to supplement your rehabilitation from injury. Try this little exercise as a starting point. Lie on your back, close your mouth and breathe gently into and then out of your nose. Put your right hand on your chest and the […]

Understanding Pain & Injury

There are two broad types of back injury: sudden and cumulative. Even if the onset of pain is sudden, the injury may have been developing cumulatively, beneath our awareness, for some time. Pain is a bodily system like the respiratory system or the cardiovascular system. Its function is to warn of us harm or potential […]

Causes of Back Pain

Elements of our home, work and social lives can cause, contribute to or aggravate back problems. We need to identify the 'aggravating factors'. It is important to study the nuances of your aggravating factors. For example, if your housework is the problem try to establish which specific aspects of the housework are doing it. Don't […]