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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I get asked often, is there one stretch that you must do for back pain? Although I tell my patients that it is best to stretch all the muscles that are causing your back pain, there is one muscle you should always stretch. Why? It is a muscle that is the most commonly tight, it [...]

Most of you are aware that back pain is affected by stress. If not … well it is! Stress it self is not the problem, otherwise everyone would have back pain, as life is stressful even for the ultra rich. It is your ability to deal with stress that creates or aggravates back pain. If [...]