Is This Sciatica or Just Back Pain? How to Tell the Difference

Is This Sciatica or Just Back Pain? How to Tell the Difference

by Matthew Bennett There are few things quite as unsettling as waking up with a nagging ache in your lower back, or worse, an agonising, shooting sensation that travels all the way down your leg. You might find yourself Googling symptoms at midnight, wondering whether to push through it, rest up completely or make an…

How serious is a slipped disc?

How serious is a slipped disc?

A slipped disc is also called a herniated or prolapsed disc – and it can cause a lot of pain. Discs themselves are soft cushions of tissue between each vertebrae. The jelly-like centre (nucleus) of each disc is soft, but enveloped by a tougher substance called the annulus. Their job is to be shock absorbers.…