Walking, lounging on a sofa in the evening and sleeping comfortably in bed are all things that we take for granted until back pain stops you from doing them. This is especially poignant after you have worked all your life and are looking forward to a long and active retirement only to have it turned […]
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Back pain, especially when caused by a disc prolapse that may affect the local spinal nerves, can be debilitating as well as extremely painful and also have a detrimental effect on all aspects of peoples’ lives, leaving them feeling totally drained. Many of these conditions do not respond to standard treatments but a new approach […]
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Sciatica can be one of the most painful conditions to suffer with and, if it doesn’t settle within six weeks, is notoriously difficult to treat and can drag on for an awfully long time. However, IDD Therapy from the USA is changing the way that this condition is treated in the UK. This was the […]
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“I spent Christmas 2011 lying on the floor… the only way to get relief from the relentless agony” remembers Leighton Batchelor. After six years of debilitating disc and sciatic pain, the 38-year-old kitchen fitter faced back surgery followed by months of recovery time. However, a leaflet that he was given by a friend about IDD […]
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Back pain can affect most of us at some point in our lives. Fortunately, for the majority, this will only last for a short period but for some it can become severely disabling. This was the case for Tina Thrift who, following a bad fall in April 2014, was left in crippling pain in her […]
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Jason Pelham, a 47 year old site manager, almost had to cancel his family’s dream holiday due to continuous pain caused by sciatica. Holidays are generally very important to us, giving us the opportunity to get away from daily life and relax, eat and drink a bit more than we probably should and spend quality […]
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‘Slipped’ or prolapsed discs can have a major impact on our lives. They occur when there is damage to the outside of the disc and the inner part can bulge out. There are many complex factors which result in abnormal stress on the disc, but poor posture, abnormal stiffness, past injuries or poor muscle control […]
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