Neck Pain

Want to Prevent Osteoarthritis?

Here are 3 evidence based tips to minimise your risk of developing osteoarthritis! (P.S these tips also help manage it!) 1 – Maintain a healthy body weight throughout your life. The extra pressure that increased body weight (body fat) puts on your load bearing cartilage is well documented. This increases the rate of wear and …

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3 Reasons you develop back pain in winter!

With winter comes back pain, why? Keep reading and you’ll find out. Here at Back to Health Physiotherapy, many of our clients have come in over the past few weeks complaining of lower back pain. For a majority of these patients they have felt pain that they have never felt before, but for some it …

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Should You Use Heat, Ice, or Both for Injuries?

The question of whether you should you use heat, ice or both has been a frequently asked question at our clinic for a very long time. It’s the topic of a lot of debate.It really does create quite some confusion. The problem is, that both answers are right…it just depends on the circumstances.Let me shed …

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Returned to your desk for the year and have a painful neck already?

Returned to your desk for the year and have a painful neck already? Here are 3 key tips to avoid a frustrating, painful neck that could last all year! 1. Fix your ergonomics! – This is something so many people are always “getting around to”. Fix your workstation – at work and at home; screen …

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Do you have Tech Neck?

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Are you putting up with Pain? You shouldn’t.

How pain works: In simple terms pain is a sensory and emotional experience that your brain controls and it does not need to be associated with actual injury or tissue damage. The primary function of pain is to be the bodies alarm system to let your brain know something is wrong. Receptors in your tissues …

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