Low back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek help from our clinics in Brighton, but here’s a vital message: just because it hurts doesn’t mean your back is damaged. This shift in perspective is crucial for recovery and could change the way you approach your pain. Not All Pain Equals Injury…
As autumn sets in and winter approaches, we tend to get less exercise and less sunshine. During these times, back and joint pain often feels worse – to learn more about this, you can read our blog post about it here. But did you know that improving lymphatic flow is a great way to relieve…
Fibromyalgia turns a whisper of pain into a scream. It is a condition caused by the amplification of pain by the nervous system. Light stimuli become painful and average levels of pain are experienced as much more severe. The brain’s normal processing of pain becomes impaired, leading to intense discomfort, fatigue, anxiety and many associated…
We have all experienced pain at one time or another, but for those with chronic pain the experience is never-ending and it changes everything. Chronic pain affects more than two-fifths of the UK population, meaning that around 28 million adults are living in a constant state of discomfort and agony. It is more common in…
It’s estimated that over 50 million opioid prescriptions are written in the UK each year. This includes drugs containing codeine like Co-codamol and Co-dydramol and others like Tramadol and Pethidine. So what – you might say – anyone in pain deserves to find relief. Unfortunately, there are side effects that can be very serious indeed.…
Dry needling specific areas in muscles called trigger points is an evidence based technique for relieving and often eliminating pain coming from muscles such as back pain, neck and shoulder pain. Muscle pain can come in many forms from just being tender to touch, to a consistent ache to an excruciating spasm. Dry needling with acupuncture needles…
Chronic pain can become the problem itself. Pain is always a problem but what happens when you have so much pain for so long that your body adapts to it? This is what happens with chronic or persistent pain. Your body creates new nerve pathways that make the pain a near permanent feature. This is…
I mostly agree with Adam Meakin about SIJ diagnosis but disagree with some points. Static palpation is indeed of limited value, probably because of variations in anatomy and poor correlation of supposed findings with pain, dysfunction or pathology. The bone out place theory has not been taught at chiropractic colleges in Europe for 30 years…
