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Backache - Non-surgical treatment options
Common sense practices to prevent backache
Spinal problems are a preventable occupational hazard for anyone in a desk bound profession and the high incidence of backache among this sector is due largely to lack
What is physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is concerned with assessing, treating and preventing human movement disorders and restoring normal function.
Chiropractic: non-invasive, low-risk and cost-effective
Chiropractic is a health profession specialising in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the effects of these disorders on the function of the nervous system and general health.
A sleep revolution on the way?
Eighty percent of people suffer from lower back pain at some point in their lives. Now, a South African woman, who is neither a doctor nor a scientist, has come up with a solution.
Backache? A chiropractor can help
Research on ailments in the workplace suggests that 60% of people suffer from lower back pain at some point in their lives. Fortunately, there's light at the end of the tunnel.
Exercise, manipulation a good combo
Patients given a combination of spinal manipulation and exercise experience greater improvements in back function compared to those treated with only one of the two.
Acupuncture may improve back pain
Acupuncture leads to greater improvements in chronic lower back pain than does standard treatment, according to the results of the German Acupuncture (GERAC) trials.
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