The two big doctors in the world of bad backs are Dr Stuart McGill and Dr Paul Sherwood. Dr Sherwood passed away a few years ago, but is still very much a colossus in the back world. In many ways they both say the same thing: “High-end bad backs can …
“What should I do in-between treatments… homework ?” My general approach for my patients is not to give “homework” – exercises and the like – because as the spine gets better, treatment to treatment, people move more anyway and do swimming, yoga stretches , Pilates… walking & running… My exception …
ASMI (Advanced Spinal Mobilisation Instrument) treatment can be used to treat various conditions including sciatica, herniating /bulging discs, pinched nerves, spasms, radicular pain, numbness and tingling, scoliosis, spinal stenosis and sacroiliac joint dysfunction. ASMI has three settings: AntiSpasm, Reflex and Mobilisation. It is important to realise that mobilisation is not …
The ASMI (Advanced Spinal Mobilisation Instrument) Reflex mode is used in conjunction with the AnsiSpasm mode and the Mobilisation mode. The whole treatment, which is a combination of these three techniques targets the para-spinal muscles and spinal joints of the spine to reduce pain and restore flexibility and mobility. It …
ASMI (Advanced Spinal Mobilisation Instrument) Anti-Spasm mode is a gentle high speed setting that reduces muscle spasms on both sides of the spine. This setting is used for approximately one minute before and after the ASMI Reflex therapy and the ASMI Mobilisation therapy. The Anti-Spasm mode accustoms the patient to …
Ultrasound was invented… well actually discovered… by the US Navy – they were trying to find better ways to kill people at sea and wanted to know how dolphins communicated with each other underwater. It turns out that dolphins communicate by using high pitch sound around 40 Khz. The navy …
There is no central heart pump for the lymph system – which is twice the size of the blood system. The body just relies on gravity and the muscle pump (every time any muscle in the body relaxes & contracts it causes movement in adjacent lymph vessels) to move waste …
