Back Sprains and Strains

Back Sprains and Strains

What is a Sprain/Strain? A sprain occurs when you apply excess stress on your back that can overstretch and damage ligaments. A back strain is an injury to either a muscle or tendon What causes strains and sprains? Our backs are amazing structures that cope with such...
Back Sprains and Strains

IDD Therapy Spinal Decompression for unresolved back and neck pain

In the recent IDD Newsletter, there is an interesting article about ‘Reducing the Back Pain Burden on Primary Care with IDD Therapy. It goes on to say:- The opioid crisis in America highlighted the dangers from over prescribing pain medications for back pain and has...
7 Top Tips on How to Stay Healthy whilst Working from Home

7 Top Tips on How to Stay Healthy whilst Working from Home

Working from home has become more of the norm that going to the office. The benefits to businesses include reduced overheads, smaller business properties as well as the ability to employ people from throughout the UK and beyond. The benefits to employees include no...
IDD therapy for chronic back

IDD therapy for chronic back

IDD Therapy Spinal Decompression for unresolved back and neck pain Some of you may know we do a lot with patients who have back and neck pain.  IDD Therapy is a treatment tool we have been using, especially for patients with disc problems like a bulging or herniated...
Treatment or ‘torture’

Treatment or ‘torture’

Torture or Treatment? When we get visits from young people to the clinic they are interested to hear about the IDD machine. When you think about it this technical piece of the equipment is not that far removed from ‘the rack’ used in medieval times to extract...