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What just happened?

It happens. One moment you're fine, the next you're not.

As well as dealing with your symptoms, you start to wonder how you got...

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The Circle of Life

Don't worry. We're not about to burst into song...

Instead, we're thinking about the big picture of human development, and in turn, the big...

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Habits, Priorities, and Culture

We all have habits, things we do regularly. Some of them are annoying, but others keep us healthy.

We also make certain things a priority. We make...

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Decision Making

What was the last decision you made?

Perhaps it was something benign like whether to make tea or coffee?

Perhaps it was something huge like whether...

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Back Pain and Butterfingers

Here's an idea for understanding cause and effect in the chaotic world of back pain.

Imagine you're with someone in a space...

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Do you know what you're doing?

A common conception of injuries such as back pain is that there are exercises or stretches that can be done to help stimulate or speed up recovery....

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The Bad Back Club

Toby was treating a patient recently who he has known on and off for a few years. The patient works in construction, nowadays supervising...

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Positives in this new world?

We currently appear, at the time of writing, to be little nearer to a workable solution to this troublesome virus.

As we reflect on how the world...

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Gloria's Story

Before the birth of BackPain.online, Graeme and Toby were working alongside each other in the clinic.  

Graeme told Toby he had a new...

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What can you trust online?

An interesting piece of research about the information that back pain advice patients go looking for online was published recently. 

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Beating Back Pain in 3 Steps

Back pain is a huge topic that affects many people.

At one end of the spectrum, there are minor irritations such as a pulled muscle. At the other...

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