Articles previously published in The BackCare Journal, Talkback, and BackCare’s Membership Newsletter.
Articles from previous issues of Talkback can be found in our online database. You can search by treatment / therapy or by subject. You can also search by name, if you know the name of the author of the article you are looking for.
The ten most recent articles are listed below. For more articles, select a subject or therapy or search by author.
Talkback Articles
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- 2008When the acute pain is gone or at least has dissipated a new phase of your back treatment starts – the home care phase.
- 2008How losing weight can help to relieve back pain
- 2008This article is from a presentation by Dr Lisa Roberts, ARC Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy in May 2008 and summarises what physiotherapy is and what it can offer people with back pain.
- 2008Negative, anxious thoughts have a negative effect upon your body and feelings and, conversely, positive, upbeat thoughts have a beneficial effect.
- 2008Swimming is often quoted as being a good exercise to keep your back fit and healthy.
- 2008Joy Anderson shares her experience of yoga.
- 2008An MRI scan showed of signal between L2 and L3, extensive laminectomy between L3 and S1 and extensive degenerative changes with some hypertrophy affecting facet joints at a number of levels, leading to a degree of narrowing of the lateral recess.
- 2008This reader's question has highlighted the confusion between these two joint conditions. Brian Hammond, osteopath, chiropractor and BackCare Council member explains the reasons for pain, offers guidance as to manual therapy and explains when, and how, stretching can be helpful
- 2008The surgical options are spine decompression when nerves are involved, and for mechanical back pain, spinal fusion with bone grafting, spine stabilisation without fusion or disc replacement.