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By Gavin RoutledgeHealth & Fitness

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October 25, 2020What are the types of lower back pain?
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge answers the question "What are the types of lower back pain?"
The types are:
Pathological

Mechanical Radiculopathy

Non-Specific Low Back Pain

How to differentiate between them
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
13 min
October 18, 2020Is lower back pain muscular?
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge answers the question "Is lower back pain muscular?"
The points he covers are:
Maybe (usually at least partly)

Strain

Trigger Points

Treatment of Trigger Points
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
14 min
October 11, 2020How to stretch lower back pain
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge answers the question "How to stretch with lower back pain?"
The points he covers are:
Only stretch in directions that don't hurt

Does it actually help?

Why does it feel good?

Just because it doesn't hurt or feels good, does that mean it's OK?
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
12 min
October 04, 2020What did I learn from hurting my lower back?
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge discloses what he learnt from hurting his own lower back.
He covers:
How important understanding is

How important gentle movement is

That luck plays a part

That his back is stronger now than in his 20s

That we all make mistakes, but it's important to own them
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
13 min
September 28, 2020How can low back pain radiate to the front?
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge explains how lower back pain can radiate to the front.
The 3 mechanisms are:
Referred from the upper lumbar area

It could be the other way round

You could have 2 problems
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
9 min
September 20, 2020Don't blame your chair for your back pain or sciatica
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge explains why you shouldn't blame your chair for your back pain or sciatica.
They reasons highlighted are:
The chair means you no harm

You can adapt the chair

You can change the chair

Negativity increases pain

Procrastination and whining gets you nowhere
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
8 min
September 13, 20205 things you must do to fix chronic low back pain
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge outlines the 5 things you must do to fix chronic low back pain.
They are:
Understand your back

Understand pain

Get a tailor-made plan

Set an ambitious goal

Stick to the plan
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
8 min
September 06, 20205 things you mustn't do if you want a stronger back
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge outlines the 5 things you mustn't do if you want a stronger back.
They are:
Listen to amateurs / generalists

Rely on someone else to fix you

Ignore pain

Expect it to be painless

Depend on hope
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
10 min
August 30, 2020When to see a doctor about low back pain / sciatica
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge explains when you should see a doctor about low back pain or sciatica.
The indications include:
Fever

Trauma

Tingling / pins and needles

Bladder / bowel problems

History of cancer

Foot drop

Night pain worse than day pain

Unexplained weight loss

Bad pain for more than 6 weeks

If you're over 70 (and haven't had this pain before or under 10 years old
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
11 min
August 23, 2020Why does the bone-out theory refuse to go away?
Provider of self-help for lower back pain and sciatica, Edinburgh Osteopath Gavin Routledge discusses why the bone-out theory refuses to go away.
The points made include:
It seems to fit your feelings

It's perpetuated by some clinicians

It's easy to understand

"Cracking" seems to help
If you want much more personalised help - and to join thousands of others getting relief and prevention of low back pain and sciatica - you can start right now with Gavin's Best back pain / sciatica online course. Or watch our free webinar on lower back pain or sciatica.
If you haven’t listened to Episodes 1-6 – our foundation episodes – please go back and start at the beginning! It will lay the foundation for you to make a long-term, sustainable recovery. And if you'd like a free online assessment of lower back pain / sciatica, just click the link. It will provide you with a guide as to whether you need to see a doctor or not, which exercises are most likely to relieve your particular pain, and a whole load more tips on recovering from and preventing lower back pain / sciatica. And if you want a personal consultation with an experienced clinician specializing in lower back pain / sciatica, you can book online.
8 min

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