If you have sciatica, a McKenzie trained therapist will aim to find: one key exercise to rapidly relieve your pain show you exercises and movements to avoid typically sees patients 4-5 times always aims to ... read more

You have certainly had a journey with your lower back. I would suggest to start getting hold of a book on"chronic pain." One I recommend to patients is "Manage Your Pain." It is written by ... read more

Poor sitting posture puts alot of stress on discs and is in my opinion the biggest reason why so many people suffer lower back and referred leg pain. After surgery, it's always best to to ... read more

Joel has answered this question very comphrensively. Your local McKenzie physiotherapist will be able to help you get on the road to recovery. read more

Joel makes very good points. You need to do pain relieving exercises first. Once the pain is releived with that then strengthening the area allow you to get back to what you love to do. ... read more

It is really a matter of testing it out. By using the McKenzie Method, if you can be in a position or do an exercise which reduces the leg pain then this is a good ... read more

The short is answer is like Monte described above. An "acute injury" means it has recently happened. Chronic pain or injury is typically when someone has experienced a probelm for 6 months or more. Then ... read more

A McKenzie Physiotherapist has post-graduate training in spine probelms. They will get you to perform numerous movements with the aim to find one key exercies to rapidly reduce the pain. If the pain centralises - ... read more

If you have a shoulder problem ie bursitis, then you may have weakness of muscles around the shoulder because you haven't been using the shoulder because of pain. However, as mentioned above, weakenss down the ... read more

As Dr Wilk described, the pain radiates down into the leg and into the foot. There may be associated neurological symtpoms such as pins and needles, numbness in certain areas and weakness in certain muscle ... read more

Stewart has made some good suggestions above. My question to you is: "Are your orthotics custom made?" There are "off the shelve" orthotics which can be heated with a "heat gun" and then molded to ... read more

As Neil mentioned, it is important to consider the stage of your pregnancy. In the mid-later stages, the hormone relaxin can have a big impact on the stability around your pelvis. This hormone is produced ... read more

Neil has given great advice above. Sitting the wrong way is a major cause of pain. Often it is a little niggle and then it develops slowly into something more serious or it just may ... read more

Scoliosis is a structural change in the spine - looking from behind, the spine appears bent or out of alignment. This typically occurs in the thoracic region of the spine - where that ribs are ... read more

Degenerative spinal disease is a general term for wear and tear in the structures that make up the spine. This can occur in the cervical, thoracic or lumbar regions. Just because someone has degnerative changes ... read more

Lower back pain is very common. Often it starts in our 20-30's, improves but then it tends to recur. Exercise for lower back pain is essential. The specfic exercises will depend upon your probelm. a ... read more

Good answer Joel. I always suggest to clients to trial different positions and the one that helps to reduce the pain in the lower leg is key. If you are in a position and it ... read more

Weight training for osteoporosis is essential. Our bodies respond to the load and stress that we place on them. You can buy a pair of hand weights at Rebel Sports (1.5 - 2kg) and take ... read more

Back pain is common during preganancy. It can resolve but often it does return. It is important to strengthen muscles are your tummy (know as core muscles), watch the way she sits and learning a ... read more

Joel Lang has answered this question very well. To find your closest McKenzie trained physiotherapist, you need to look in the world-wide directory of qualified McKenzie physiotherapists. There are 2 levels of training, crendentialed and ... read more

If you have any back or neck related problem I would suggest the McKenzie Method of Physiotherapy. Why you may ask? Well, typically a trained McKenzie Physiotherapist aims to find: * one exercise that will ... read more