Tag Archives: Chronic back pain

19Jun/19

My experience of talking at DisruptHR

June 19, 2019Back pain, Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Uncategorizedbusiness, Chronic back pain, chronic pain, Pain Coach, pain education, stress, Wellnessrichmondstace

Standing in a marked box, microphone in my left hand held close to my chest, screen to my right and just behind (meaning that I cannot see the current slide unless I turn), twenty loaded slidesRead More…

21Sep/15

Andy Murray wins despite back pain

September 21, 2015Andy Murray back pain, Back pain, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Chronic pain in sportandy murray back pain, back pain, Chronic back pain, chronic pain, overcoming painrichmondstace

Andy Murray wins despite back pain, a classic example of how the meaning and situation flavours the lived experience. Simon Briggs of The Telegraph said: “Not many players are capable of winning three points in aRead More…

11May/15

The language of back pain

May 11, 2015Back pain, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Low back painacute back pain, back pain, Chronic back pain, low back pain treatmentrichmondstace

The language we use when we talk about back pain is revealing and worthy of noting. This is both the language of the back pain sufferer and the clinician or therapist. Why? Because it highlights theRead More…

16Apr/15

George Clooney’s back pain

April 16, 2015Back pain, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Chronic pain treatmentback pain, Chronic back pain, chronic pain, chronic pain physiotherapy, chronic pain treatmentrichmondstace

George Clooney’s back pain — Back pain can affect anyone, and does affect most at some point in a lifetime. In fact, it is probably more unusual not to suffer back pain! George Clooney has beenRead More…

23Mar/15

I used thirst to help someone understand pain

March 23, 2015Back pain, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Understanding painChronic back pain, chronic pain, Low back pain, pain, understand painrichmondstace

I used thirst to help someone understand pain. He had been given the structural explanation for recurring low back pain (trapped nerve that runs all the way to the toes), which naturally leads to a tissue basedRead More…

28Oct/14

Top 5 back pain myths

October 28, 2014Back pain, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Chronic pelvic pain, Low back pain, Pain beliefs, Pain Educationback pain, back pain physiotherapy, back pain treatment, Chronic back painrichmondstace

Welcome to my top 5 back pain myths. What are these you may ask? Around pain and in particular back pain, there are many phrases and explanations used to try to educate the patient. These haveRead More…

30Jul/14

When is a door not a door? When it’s a jar – a perspective on back pain

July 30, 2014Back pain, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Chronic pain treatment, Pain, Pain Education, Pain philosophy, Pain treatment, Philosophyback pain, Chronic back pain, chronic pain, chronic pain treatmentrichmondstace

This old joke springs to mind when I think about back pain. We can think simply about a door and create an image of how it appears but in fact a door consists of at leastRead More…

28Mar/14

Relieving low back pain — keeping it simple but effective

March 28, 2014Back pain, Brain and behaviour, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Low back pain, Pain treatmentChronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, chronic pain, Low back pain, low back pain treatment, pain treatmentrichmondstace

Back pain is very common and most people will experience it. Many reasons are given for back pain, usually blaming the discs (they are not discs but rather amazing structures that work with the vertebrae toRead More…

13Jan/14

MRI for back pain – does the report content affect the management?

January 13, 2014Back pain, Back surgery, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic painback pain, back pain MRI, back pain physiotherapy, back pain treatment, Chronic back pain, Low back painrichmondstace

MRI for back pain –> Lumbar MR Imaging and Reporting Epidemiology: Do Epidemiologic Data in Reports Affect Clinical Management? This is the question posed by the authors of this recent study, seeking to determine whether addingRead More…

19Dec/13

Low back pain & neck pain | a very common problem

December 19, 2013Back pain, chronic back pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Chronic pelvic pain, Neck pain, Pain, Pain Education, Pain treatmentback pain, Chronic back pain, chronic pain, neck pain, painrichmondstace

Most of us will experience low back pain and neck pain at some point in our lives. In fact, it is unusual not to have some aches and pains around the spine. With back and neckRead More…