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Sciatica: What is it?

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…

What vitamins do I take?

What's the best thing to do when you put your back out? In this article I will give you best practice to resolve this horrible experience as quickly as possible.

5 rules for when you have 'put your back out'

Guiding Principle I: Chronic pain is an intelligent messenger

Chronic pain is intentional and intelligent. Conventional wisdom considers pain to almost always be caused by some kind of breakdown in the body's machinery. As such, pain is typically considered to be a direct result of a 'fault' in…

What is dry needling?

How do I answer - Myotherapy compared to Chiropractic?

Comparing Myotherapy to Chiropractic is an excellent way to help a patient understand what you are really doing because … they are more similar than we admit! *Note: This post is written for professionals so may be more technical…

Back Pain: The secret to good sitting posture and pain relief – Part I

How do I answer - Myotherapy compared to Physiotherapy? Part II

  '... when answering this question keep it simple and speak about the results not the process. Sometimes patients really do want more detail. So what do you say?' *Note: This post is written for professionals so may be more…