Bio-Psycho-Social-What!?

by | Nov 9, 2017 | Uncategorized

What has been a buzz-word in nerdy medical circles for a while?   BioPsychoSocial.   What does it mean?  The short answer is – treating a patient as a whole person not as a body part.  Its important because for a long time us medical types have been managing...

Lower Back Pain

by | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized

Low Back Pain: We are all different. You need tailored care. Approximately 80% of us will have back pain at some point in our lives, and a significant proportion will develop an ongoing problem. What keeps the pain going? Is it the disc bulge? Is it arthritis? Highly...

Plantar Fasciitis

by | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized

  PLANTAR FASCIITIS: Have you got intense pain in your heel making you hobble first thing in the morning? Do you sit in a car for 2 hours and you can’t put your foot down and end up looking a lot like John Cleese’s ministry of silly walks? Can only be the dreaded...

The Arthritic Knee

by | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized

My doctor has told me, my knee is arthritic and nothing can be done except taking panadol osteo and waiting until it is bad enough for me to have a joint replacement. Is this true?    The type of arthritis the doctor is talking about is osteoarthritis (OA) and is...