Well, I’ve had quite a few questions later all related to back pain. Here’s a few examples:
Would a healthy back bag help my prolapsed disc?
I have arthrits, what can I do?
Will exercise help my scoliosis?
I have to be honest here and say there is no simple, quick answer to any of these questions as [...]
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Avoid Back Pain by Keeping Supple
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by drchris.
Avoid Back Pain by Keeping Supple.
Regular stretching is a great way to avoid back pain, since it lengthens tight muscles, loosens joint and promotes fluid and blood flow. Stretching any part of your body can help, including shoulders, arms, legs, trunk, and pelvis, as well as the back itself.. To help you avoid back pain [...]
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Natural Pain Relief
Posted on 04. Oct, 2010 by drchris.
Todays post is just give you links to two other pages on the internet I’ve written about natural pain relief in general, rather than just back pain. You should find a lot of value in both – especially the Squidoo Page as it will be developing as I find time.
The first is on my [...]
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Calpol – is it safe?
Posted on 18. Sep, 2010 by drchris.
Today’s piece is about paracetamol.
Having been forced to give my eldest – Nicolas, 9 years old – some paracetamol recently on our flight home from Turkey, I thought I’d give you my overall opinion…
Paracetamol, often given to children as Calpol, is perceived by the general public as being a safe from of pain relief.
When [...]
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Back Pain and Emotions
Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by drchris.
The problem with back pain, is that it is not always has an obvious cause. Just as stress and emotional upset can cause headaches and shoulder tension, it can also cause back pain.
It can go the other way too, for example common emotions caused by chronic back pain include depression, irritation and hopelessness.
So what [...]
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Spinal Anatomy 101
Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by drchris.
Your spinal column or “backbone” is made up of 24 vertebrae: seven in your neck (cervical spine), 12 in your midback (thoracic spine) and 5 in your lower back (lumbar spine). Your spinal cord, made up of thousands of nerves, with millions of connections, lies inside your spinal column, protected on all sides by bone. [...]
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What’s the best bag for school children?
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by drchris.
Undoubtedly the best bag for carrying weight is a snugly fitting back pack secured over both shoulders.
According to the back health charity BackCare, as many as 80 per cent of children carry too much weight in poorly designed bags and in the most harmful way – on one shoulder. It warned that excessive load-bearing [...]
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Are Unlevel Shoulders Caused By Heavy Bags?
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by drchris.
Question : Years of carrying a heavy bag on my right shoulder has left me with one shoulder permanently higher than the other – any cure??
Although carrying a heavy bag does not, in my opinion, cause a high shoulder (or as some ask – a low shoulder), prolonged carrying on one side will [...]
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Does carrying a baby cause back pain?
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by drchris.
Question : I have back pain on the lower left of my back, it is not there every day and I was wondering if it was to do with carrying my 20 month old toddler or walking in incorrect shoes, I walk 20 to 30 miles per week.
I must answer this question in two parts.
First [...]
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How Important Is The Spine?
Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by drchris.
Unless you get back pain, or suffer a spinal injury you are likely to take your spine for granted.
As any chiropractor or osteopath will tell you, or indeed government statistics, most of us will have at least one episode of severe, possibly crippling, back pain, once in our lives. For many this one episode [...]
