An illustration of the entire spinal column can be seen below. The spinal column is easily recognisable and is built up of vertebrae (bone) which are separated by discs (cartilage). The joints of the spine are at the rear and most of the muscles attach to the rear area. Pain Giving Structures Injury to the Read More

Back pain can really affect the way you live your daily life. Whether it is making it difficult to sit and stand or stopping you leaving the house, it is important that your doctor can determine exactly how much your pain is stopping you going about your usual daily activities. To help us measure the Read More

In a recent article in the Broadgate Journal, we reviewed how pain is measured and quantified in a clinical setting. This article will take a look at how clinicians are able to measure the ability of patients to manage daily activities and work – alongside their lower back pain. These measuring instruments have been developed Read More

Spinal manipulation is very useful at treating back pain and it has been used for more than 2,000 years, since the days of Hippocrates. Over the past 100 years or so, this treatment has been taught to osteopaths and chiropractors and it has become common amongst physiotherapists during the last two or three decades too. Read More

Spinal manipulation has been practised by doctors since the time of Hippocrates. It was taught systematically to chiropractors and osteopaths for the past 100 years or so and during the past 20-30 years it has become more common for specially trained physiotherapists to carry out spinal manipulations as well. Spinal manipulation for lower back pain Read More

When patients visit Broadgate Spine & Joint Clinic, they are almost always reporting pain as their main problem and lower back pain is a complaint we commonly treat City workers for. Of course, pain is subjective and each patient will experience varying levels of pain, but it is important that your clinician can determine exactly Read More

The most common complaint that patients have when consulting a clinician at the Broadgate Spine & Joint Clinic is PAIN. Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints of City workers and we treat several thousand patients with lower back pain every year. In order to organise appropriate treatment, an important question that Read More

Lower back pain can prove to be insufferable and impair the quality of your everyday life. Prescription drugs can be used as part of your treatment plan to manage your lower back pain and different drugs can be used for different types of pain. For example paracetamol can be used for postural back pain or Read More

There are a number of causes of back pain and the choice of a prescribed drug obviously depends on the diagnosis. Simple muscular or postural back pain may respond to paracetamol or a mild anti-inflammatory drug, but more severe pain may require codeine preparations or other drugs that affect pain pathways. Let’s take a look Read More

Whether you are a professional sportsman or an amateur who enjoys a Saturday-afternoon kick about, an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury used to often spell the end of your sports participation. However, as long as there are no degenerative changes in the knee or associated damage to the collateral ligaments, your condition could be managed Read More