In the clinic, we often see gym goers presenting with upper, middle, or lower back pain from lifting weights, through exercises such as deadlift and back squat. Does this mean that lifting weights is bad for your back? It certainly doesn’t, and whilst there is a risk of back injuries, there are numerous strategies we …
Sciatica, or sciatic pain, is a term used to describe symptoms of pain, pins and needles, or reduced muscular control due to sciatic nerve root irritation. When the sciatic nerve root is compressed in the lower lumbar spine, symptoms can be felt along the pathway of this nerve, starting at the lower back, and travelling …
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It’s quite common to see people avoiding deadlifts as a result of the negative stigma surrounding its correlation with low back pain. Honestly, I think that’s rubbish. Deadlifting is commonly used as an end-stage rehabilitation exercise to strengthen the low back and glutes. But why is an end stage rehabilitation exercise for low back pain …
With children heading back to school next week, we think that it’s very important to highlight the impact that a school bag can have on a child’s body when used incorrectly. Overloaded or incorrectly worn school bags can unfortunately play a major role in a lot of neck, back pain and shoulder pain among children. …
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This is something that annoys many in the allied health field – why do we treat a back so differently to many other joints? You might be wondering what I mean by this…I mean that when people come in with say, knee pain, we aim to reduce the pain, increase the movement and then gradually …
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