Back & Neck Care
Understanding and easing back pain, neck pain, sciatica and stiffness.
When Neck Pain Becomes Headache: The Cervicogenic Connection
Some headaches start in the neck, not the head. How cervicogenic headache works, how to tell it from migraine, and the exercises that ease it.
16 August 2026 · 4 min read
Stiff Back Every Morning? Causes and a Five-Minute Unlock Routine
Why backs stiffen overnight — dehydrated discs, still joints, sometimes inflammation — and a five-minute morning routine that unlocks yours.
14 August 2026 · 4 min read
Back Pain After Delivery: Rebuilding a Postpartum Spine
Postpartum back pain has fixable causes: loose ligaments, a stretched core and endless lifting. A physiotherapist's plan for rebuilding safely.
14 August 2026 · 4 min read
Sciatica in Pregnancy: Safe Relief Exercises Trimester by Trimester
Why sciatic pain flares in pregnancy and gentle, trimester-appropriate exercises that ease it — plus what to clear with your obstetrician first.
14 August 2026 · 4 min read
Back Pain Red Flags: When It's More Than a Strain
Most back pain is safe; a small fraction is not. The specific warning signs that separate a strain from an emergency, and what to do about each.
7 May 2026 · 3 min read
Lift Without Injury: Protecting Your Back While Carrying Weight
From gas cylinders to grandchildren: the mechanics of safe lifting, why the load's distance matters more than its weight, and how to train for it.
3 May 2026 · 3 min read
The 'Slipped Disc': What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why Most Recover
Discs cannot slip — and that matters. What a disc bulge really is, how the body reabsorbs it, and why most people recover without surgery.
30 April 2026 · 3 min read
Cervical Spondylosis: Living Well With an Ageing Neck
Cervical spondylosis is ageing, not disease. What the X-ray words mean, why symptoms wax and wane, and the daily care that keeps a neck easy.
26 April 2026 · 3 min read
Text Neck: How Phones Strain Your Neck and How to Undo It
Every degree your head drops multiplies the load on your neck. The mechanics of phone-driven neck pain and the habits and drills that undo it.
24 April 2026 · 3 min read
Sciatica: Why the Pain Shoots Down Your Leg and What Helps
Sciatica turns back trouble into electric leg pain. What irritates the nerve, why most cases settle without surgery, and what genuinely helps.
21 April 2026 · 3 min read
Five Exercises That Ease Most Everyday Back Pain
Five physio-chosen movements for everyday back pain — exact positions, sets and holds, what each should feel like, and who should not do them.
17 April 2026 · 3 min read
Preventing Back Pain: Daily Habits That Protect Your Spine
Small daily choices — how you sit, lift, sleep and move — decide whether your back stays quiet. The habits that genuinely protect a spine.
16 April 2026 · 3 min read
Where Back Pain Really Comes From: A Plain-Language Guide
Muscles, joints, discs and nerves each hurt differently. A plain-language tour of what actually generates back pain and why most of it is safe.
11 April 2026 · 3 min read