Sit-Stand Desks – Flavour of the Month? Sit-stand desks have been around since the late 1980’s but have recently become exceedingly popular. In my chiropractic practice I have had more enquires about these desks in the past year than in all of the years since they hit the market. In this blog I will take Read More

Massage and Lower Back Pain In the City of London where our clinic is located there are many centres that offer massage and apparently many workers who seek this type of care for a variety of ailments, my guess being that neck/shoulder and lower back pain are amongst the most common complaints that are treated. Read More

Neck Back Pain and Massage Patients seeking care at the Broadgate Spine Centre frequently complain about neck pain. This is hardly surprising in as much as our patients work at large banks, insurance companies, IT and other tasks which require them to sit for longer periods of time in constrained postures. In fact, neck pain Read More

Sitting Causes Back Pain – Really? The most common condition that chiropractors treat is lower back pain and the most common reason given by patients as to what caused their back pain was too much sitting and poor posture. As our clinic is located in the middle of the City, most employees spend long days Read More

Back to Physiotherapy  Following back surgery last year, I was referred to Chris Pettit by my surgeon to speed up my recovery. I have suffered from back pain for more than a decade and seen countless physiotherapists over the years. I cannot commend Chris highly enough, his techniques have helped me to strengthen my core Read More

Sitting at a computer is something that many office workers do almost all day, every day at their office.  The amount of time spent in this posture means that is a cause of accumulative stress and strain which in the end can cause back pain and neck pain.  As chiropractors in the City of London Read More

Most people associate sitting properly at their desks on good chairs when they hear the word ergonomics. While this is partially true, the modern interpretation of ergonomics is “designing the job to fit the worker, not forcing the worker to fit the job.” The word ergonomics originates from the Greek terms “ergon” which means work and Read More

Although chiropractors treat conditions that are not relate to the spine, the overwhelming majority of their patients seek chiropractic care for lower back or neck related conditions. Approximately 60-70% of all chiropractic patients suffer from lower back pain issues. These figures have not changed over the recent decades and what is really interesting about this Read More

Lower back pain is the most common condition seen by the chiropractors at the Broadgate Spine Centre. The majority of our patients work in financial services in our neighbouring area including Moorgate, Bank, Cannon Street, and Liverpool Street Station. Others come from different parts of the City of London. Most chiropractor patients with low back Read More