BackCare, the leading charity in the UK for those affected by neck or back pain problems, runs an awareness week on a different theme each year. The theme for this year's Back Care Awareness Week (BCAW), which runs from 2nd - 6th October this year, is "Back Pain in Education". Back and neck pain affecting adults costs the UK economy £15bn and result in more than 4,000,000 lost working days every year. BackCare has decided to target children and young adults during BCAW this year because, many … [Read more...] about Preventing Back Pain for Back Care Awareness Week
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A Complete Approach To Back Pain
Your Winchester Chiropractor, Max Atkinson, can tell you from experience that more than 85% of us will suffer from back pain at some point. At his Bradford House practice, treatment for patients with back pain is a holistic, complete approach to back pain. Treatments that work well for one person, do not work as well for others so it is vital that after a thorough assessment and diagnosis, combination of treatment approaches are offered in each case. The aim of Chiropractic is to address the … [Read more...] about A Complete Approach To Back Pain
Back Care Awareness Week
If you are one of the UKs 7 million unpaid carers, you will welcome the focus of this year's Back Care Awareness Week (3rd – 8th of October 2016), during which, BackCare, the national back pain charity aims to help the estimated 70% of carers who suffer from back and neck pain and who risk developing chronic pain. This invisible army of carers saves the UK Government an eye-watering £119 billion each year - more than the entire annual budget for the NHS! We are not professionally involved … [Read more...] about Back Care Awareness Week
Preventing Back Pain on Long Car Journeys
Whether you are the car driver or a passenger, if you suffer from back pain, you will know that it can begin or get worse during a long car journey. For those whose jobs involve travelling, long spells behind the wheel are inescapable. For others, those longer journeys may be much less frequent and part of something more enjoyable, like a holiday or travelling to a family reunion. In either case, getting to your destination with back pain, or having it come on after your arrival can ruin … [Read more...] about Preventing Back Pain on Long Car Journeys
8 Tips for Preventing and Managing Back Pain on a Long Flight
If you suffer from back pain, you will know that one of the things, almost guaranteed to worsen the symptoms, is to have to sit for long periods. This is especially true on a trip abroad that involves long hours in an uncomfortable aircraft seat, not designed with back care in mind. Winchester Chiropractor Max Atkinson has put together 8 top tips for preventing and managing back pain on a long flight so that rather than arriving at your holiday destination, hardly able to move, you can arrive … [Read more...] about 8 Tips for Preventing and Managing Back Pain on a Long Flight
Seven Top Tips for Preventing Back Pain
With 8 out of 10 people suffering from back pain at some time or other, it is hardly surprising that this problem is one of the most common causes for a visit to Winchester Chiropractor, Max Atkinson's Bradford House practice. He says that many patients also visit for regular 'maintenance visits' as they have found that Chiropractic Care combined with practical advice on lifting, posture, diet, exercise and workplace ergonomics are invaluable for preventing back pain recurrences. Many people … [Read more...] about Seven Top Tips for Preventing Back Pain
