From the bottom up: Flat feet problems and how to resolve them

Feet are the stabilisers of the body. They are the foundation on which we stand. They are made up of 26 bones, and 100 different muscles from our toes to our ankles. We rely on them to carry our weight which is distributed by the angle of the arch. If the arch is fallen, at one stage of your life pain will be experienced in the foot and it likely to referred to other areas of the body,  especia…

Diagnosing back pain

There is a lot more to back pain than pulled muscles. Back pain is the fastest growing disability in the western world, affecting 1.8 million Australians, and incidence are only expected to rise. Appreciating the complexities of diagnosis can help you help your doctor and set you on the road to recovery sooner.

New Ways To Use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Pain

To turn the tide on the economic and personal repercussions of chronic back pain, researchers are looking at novel ways to deliver treatment – cognitive behavioural therapy delivered online or by phone. In millions of cases worldwide chronic pain persists for  months, years, or even a lifetime and sufferers are willing to give something new a shot.

Sound therapy: does it really work for back pain?

A new practice of sound therapy is conservative in a medical sense, but radically shakes up our perceptions of healing and the role we can all take in someone’s recovery from a back injury. The therapy uses words and sounds to engage with a person’s thoughts and emotions to promote pain relief and healing of lower back pain.

Sound therapy is non-invasive. It is effective because it treats t…