Dec 1, 2015 | Conditions, News
It affects 80% of people, costs businesses huge amount of money through lost work hours – BACK PAIN and other orthopaedic conditions are a huge problem . Many people often don’t know where to start – their GP, the physio, osteopath, chiropractor or should...
Feb 19, 2015 | Conditions, News
Whiplash is most commonly caused by car accidents that result in a sudden, exaggerated thrust of the head backwards, forwards or sometimes sideways. There may be no visible bruises from this type of injury but the abnormal forces applied to the tissues of the neck and...
Feb 19, 2015 | Conditions, News
Spinal Instability – Description When the discs in the spine start to degenerate they lose disc height and disc tension (turgor), leading to slackening of the surrounding ligaments. The core muscles of the spine and deep abdomen often become “switched...
Feb 19, 2015 | Conditions
Description & Symptoms A trigger point is essentially a tender “knot” within a taut band of shortened muscle tissue. A common area for trigger points to occur is in the upper trapezius muscle in the top of your shoulder. This trigger point usually causes referred...
Feb 19, 2015 | Conditions
In this section: What is sciatica? What causes sciatica? Treatment for sciatica Conditions that mimic sciatica Piriformis Syndrome What is sciatica? Sciatica refers to pain felt in the buttock or down the back of the leg as result of irritation or compression of the...
Feb 19, 2015 | Conditions
Description & Causes Facet joints are the small knuckle sized joints along the posterior aspect of the spinal column. Each vertebral level has two facet joints; one on the left and one on the right. Facet joints normally function to guide movement of the spine and...
