Does back pain have anything to do with leg length? It is actually a common question I get asked by my patients. Why?
They have been told by other practitioners that due to their “leg length” differences they will always have back pain. What the practitioner is doing is making life easier each time, but due [...]

When you suffer from back pain there are common muscles people and practitioners think of that are involved. There are of course your hip flexors, your hamstrings and your lower back muscles. You then accept your abdominal muscles have a part to play as well.
There are 2 muscles that are not commonly thought of as [...]

A common cause of back pain is muscle soreness. You go gardening or do housework and then you overdo it, spend too long in the activity and notice either that day or the next, your muscles are sore.
Delayed muscle soreness is common with back pain, but also in other areas such as your legs from [...]

Back problems are common, and back pain relief is elusive; they range from a general back ache to radiating pain down your legs. As always they are caused by the same mechanisms whether you have a minor lower back ache, or a severe sciatica attack.
Back problems are caused by tight muscles, weak muscles, poor joint [...]

I get asked a lot “is there something I can do to ease my lower back pain right now?”
For most people, apart from taking medication, this is a real dilemma. However there are a few things you can do at work to ease your back pain until you can actually deal with the underlying causes.
You [...]