Chronic Lower Back Pain will affect at least 70% of people at some point in their lives and is the leading single cause of disability, accounting for 11% of total disability in the UK population. 95% of lower back pain is 'non-specific' meaning that there is very rarely a serious condition that causes it yet when it happens it can be debilitating and unfortunately can return again and again. So, what do we think causes it and what can we do about it? Common causes range from

I have seen some conversations on social media lately about out of shape personal trainers and I was appalled to see that a lot of people who work in the industry were saying 'they shouldn't be allowed to do the job'. Nobody seems to take this attitude towards sports coaches for example; a coach may never have competed in the sport and yet they are considered an expert and their advice is valued to the extent that 'the coach is king', so why should this attitude be applied to