| Reminders, TX - Low Back Pain, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Back pain can be associated with joints in the lumbar region with have a tendency to remain in a compressed, or even decompress state. For those with demonstrable compression I often recommend a decompression bench (I am not a fan of inversion tables / boots!!!) as part of their homework routine. Before the homework is…
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Client present with nagging back pain on their right hand side after a ride round QE park, no other symptoms, no real incident that triggered it, but got worse when engaging their core. They were holding themselves a little fun as a result when they came in, and their breathing appeared quite shallow. We tested…
Continue Reading We’ve talked about sciatica before, but this week has been a very sciaticy kind of a week! True sciatica is felt in the lower limb. Pseudo sciatica is felt in the buttock and / or thigh. Lumbar rediculopathy originates from the back and works through the butt and down. Theres a big difference in treatment…
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A client presented with low back pain (like so many do), but this time we had the added complexity of a shortness of breath. It started on waking one morning in the week, and other than a days gardening the day before, nothing unusual had happened. The history in this instance was crucial. The gardening…
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Episiotomy – a surgical cut made at the opening of the posterior vagina down into the perineum during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues 😷 These procedures are becoming more and more frequent, unfortunately because people’s intrinsic core, breathing patterns and pelvic floors aren’t ready before they get pregnant –…
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It’s never nice when you have an old client call you up in pain. Did you know I provide an ‘emergency’ call out service for existing clients? 🚑 There are no blue lights, and I don’t provide a 7 minute response time, but if things are so bad you need to see me before my…
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The human body is complex. There is also a beautiful simplicity to it at the same time. Scar tissue often mirrors this complex / simple beauty. This week I had the honour of treating a double spinal surgery site. Both scars had their overactive regions (pink), each paired with shared under active regions (blue). The…
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A fair number of people believe they have sciatica when they come to see me. They might have been told by their Doctor, or used Dr Google to find out. So I thought it might be useful to explore some of the things which might be a cause of the pain in your bum 😳…
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Ever wondered why discs herniate, ‘causing’ the spine to compress, often impinging nerves??? For some, it’s a stability strategy where the central muscles of the abdomen and / or low back do not function well or at all. Over time that dysfunctional strategy diminishes the intradiskal space. To resolve this, we need to reverse this…
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