The Positive Health Approach
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and its burden further increases with an ageing population. Evidence suggests that the prevention of long-term disability from low back pain can be achieved by adopting a ‘positive health approach’.
The idea of positive health is defined as ‘the ability...
Exercise and Low back pain
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and is experienced by 80% adults at least once in their life. About 95% of low back pain is termed non-specific low back pain as no specific cause can be identified (e.g. vertebral fracture, malignancy, infection), and is...
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Why Things Hurt ?
In this video, Dr Lorimer Moseley explores these questions, and position the pain that we feel as our bodies' way of protecting us from damaging tissues further.
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Understanding Your Pain
Understanding your pain is important because it changes the way that you respond to pain.
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Lancet papers in the Media!!! …Know your Back Pain
The Lancet published a 3 part series of interesting papers on chronic lower back pain... and it caught the Media's attention !!!
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