Love your back this Valentine’s Day

This month, Apex Clinic founder and spinal physiotherapy specialist, Rebecca Nelson, offers a fresh approach to tackling back pain and sciatica and some top tips on how to avoid it.

A unique approach to beating back pain Based on over 20 years’ experience of successfully treating spinal problems, Rebecca knows how debilitating back pain and sciatica can be. It can literally ruin lives. Apex Clinic’s high success rate in clearing back and leg pain is based on a specialist regime of manual physiotherapy techniques, developed by Rebecca Nelson that is entirely unique to Apex Clinic.

Apex Clinic’s unique regime for clearing back pain

Used by the entire team at Apex Clinic, this regime is strongly influenced by leading Australian and New Zealand physiotherapy approaches. The Apex Clinic treatment regime often succeeds where other treatment regimes have failed in getting patients better and restoring their quality of life.

Top tips your back will love

• Watch your back first thing in the morning as this is when the discs are at their most vulnerable. Minimise lifting
  and bending first thing and avoid sit-ups or weights within the first two hours of the day.

• Avoid walking or running uphill if you have back pain as this increases pressure within the discs.

• When driving or sitting at your desk, make sure you are sitting with your back reclined backwards by approximately 30 to 45 degrees from the vertical.

• Take care when sneezing: instead of bending forwards as you sneeze or cough, stick your tummy button out as far as possible and arch your lower back backwards.

• Tired trainers can hurt your back. Replace your trainers every 350 to 500 miles before they go flat and lose their shock absorption properties.

• Ditch killer heels for flatter shoes during the day. High heels can overload the joints in your back and lead to back pain. Save the high heels for nights out.

• Never exercise straight after flying. You are far more likely to suffer a disc injury after flying (especially long-haul) with cramped leg-room and high cabin pressure.

• Don’t assume that back pain or sciatica is part of the normal ageing process, it isn’t and in most cases it can be cleared.

Apex Clinic: Helping you get your life back

Apex Clinic is extremely proud of its high success rate in clearing back pain and sciatica when patients have had
unsuccessful treatments in the past. If you are suffering back pain or leg pain, don’t give up on finding a cure. Book an appointment with one of our specialist physiotherapists at Apex Clinic for a second opinion. No GP referral is
necessary.