by Brigitte De Laat | Apr 20, 2022 | General Health, Back Pain
Your posture is the position in which you hold your body while lying down, standing, or sitting. Good posture means being able to perform these movements and do other weight-baring activities while putting the least amount of strain on your muscles and ligaments. If...
by Brigitte De Laat | Apr 12, 2022 | General Health, Back Pain, Pregnancy
Having a baby should be an exciting time in any woman’s life but it can also be daunting. All the changes a woman’s body goes through can range from strange, to uncomfortable, to painful, and even dangerous if there are complications. There are several reasons for the...
by Brigitte De Laat | Mar 22, 2022 | General Health, Back Pain
Many of us experience painful or stiff joints when we wake up in the morning. Unfortunately, when these become our ‘new normal’, we believe that there isn’t anything that we can do about it. But the good news is that we don’t need to live with this pain – there...
by Brigitte De Laat | Mar 8, 2022 | General Health, Back Pain
With the start of a new year, comes the desire to make improvements to ourselves and to our lives. We set goals that we’d like to achieve over the next 12 months. Most resolutions revolve around improving our health, and with 30-40% of the South African population...
by info@thebackclinic.co.za | Feb 1, 2022 | General Health, Back Pain
When you think of the word ‘Pain’, you needn’t dig too deep to recall what that feels like. To be more specific, pain is a sensation known all too well to all humans. I’ve often comforted a patient, colleague, or friend experiencing back pain that they describe as a...
