Tag Archive for: back pain

Tom’s story

Meet Tom and Ang…

Disc injury: what is all the fuss about?

4 tips on selecting a good mattress

Myotherapy

Guiding Principle V: Follow the pain

I am a problem solver . . . As a kid I would get myself into trouble because I spent hours pulling a something important apart because I was curious. Then I couldn't put it back together. There was more than one occasion that my 'mechanically…
7 day rule

Guiding Principle IV: The 7 day rule

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . and he rested on the 7th day! Tim, are you going religious on us? Okay. I'll admit I have a faith and believe in God and all that. But what I am about to share with you I did…

Guiding Principle III: Discussion and rationale

This article discusses what may be happening in the myofascial system when cross-fibre manipulation is applied.  Cross-fibre manipulation. I explained in part 1 that this manipulation involves 'locking' your thumb or fingers onto the…

Scoliosis explained

Lower back pain: rule of 10s

Sciatica: What is it?

Is cracking my back good for me?

Guiding Principle II: Stiffness IS pain

Stiffness IS pain - What am I talking about? I stumbled across this observation whilst assessing range of movement in a patient's neck many years ago. For no apparent reason I decided to interpret the location where the patient was describing…