[Ian Gourlay]

Like Jason says its stress.

Spent £400 at Chiropractor last year  slowimprovement.

I was crippled in Jan Doctor gave me those tablets you take before an op.

I completley relaxed better in a day I was walking around on cloud nine all inhibitions gone etc  but problem is they are adictive so you cant take them for long

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I have suffered and had weeks off but I find that an excercise rourine helps loads only trouble now is that I get frozen shoulder and it hurts when I go running so i need to change to something else.Is this what happens when you turn 40?

Shaun

[jasonl]

I take a good quality cod liver oil tablet ,, works wonders for me.... That and using a buffer not one of those wand things!

[terrymaloy]

Ever considered a van ramp to load your porty onto the van ?
Was thinking about getting one myself.
They start at around £200....a lot cheaper than seeing chiropractors every week  

Google "Van Ramps"...theres loads of companies doing them !

[Mark_Jubb]

I have suffered and had weeks off but I find that an excercise rourine helps loads only trouble now is that I get frozen shoulder and it hurts when I go running so i need to change to something else.Is this what happens when you turn 40?

Shaun

Wait until you turn 50 Shaun, then the fun really begins 

[Mark_Jubb]

Ever considered a van ramp to load your porty onto the van ?
Was thinking about getting one myself.
They start at around £200....a lot cheaper than seeing chiropractors every week  

Google "Van Ramps"...theres loads of companies doing them !

I've got one, ironically, looking at the photo you've posted, it's the exact same one, fitted to my VW Transporter.
I must admit, it wasn't cheap, but it's been in the van over 6 years, so that spreads the cost and it certainly makes loading my machine and hefty rotary a damn site easier.
I'm hoping to be able to transfer it to my next van, later this year with any luck. 

[Joe H]

and when you turn 60,Shaun, thats when the fun starts

[brianbarber]

I have since day one used a ramp for my ninja,it's just a sheet of plywood, with edges, and a lip to grip bumper.
Cost around £20.00
also get to chiropractor or oesteopath if you get problems.
Lastly most van seats are rubbish(vw caddy ok!), get a support cushion if it helps.

Mr B

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Any advance on 60?

Shaun

[Ian Gourlay]

Ive just realised when you see carpet cleaners at events they are all smiling  in reality its the back pain , somehow it eases the pain

[happy mondays]

In my view I think that pushing or dragging a porty on a 30-35 degree angle on a ramp in to a van is worse for your back than just tilting it so the front wheels are on the van floor then lifting/pushing it in to the van, works ok for me.

[mark_roberts]

Agree on van  seats.  Whoever designed the seat on the new transit needs a new career.

Mark

[robert meldrum]

    www.soreback.biz        

Consider for a moment. If you have to keep going back for more treatment the cause of the pain is NOT being dealt with but it's good business for the chiropractor.

Consider again. Practitioners who studied and rejected chiropractic can resolve most back problems in one or two visits and teach you to maintain the correction without further visits.

[Ian Gourlay]

Yes I did begin to think it was a money making scheme.
In the end he got more out of me than I got for cleaning his carpets.

I also wonder how easy it is to get their Dr. Phd  do they study at a uni for three years and complete a research paper after completing their first degree ie 6 years in total

[jasonl]

In Bournemouth is the main Chiropractic training school for Europe ,, it is not a university as such ,, just the size of a large school. 

The amount of people I have met around and about with problems made worse by half trained Chiropractics is astounding.

Use your GP and get properly referred if you have back pian.

[robert meldrum]

Unfortunately your GP is likely to send you on the same endless journey I was on for over 4o years. GPs are General Practitioners not specialists and will refer you to Physiotherapy which is within the NHS.
Most Physios will produce forms of standard exercises for you to do at home if you're VERY lucky you might get a good " old school hands on " Physio who can actually cary out remedial Physiotherapy but there are few of them around.
In spite of dozens of opportunities over 40 years I was NEVER properly diagnosed until I came accross a gent who abandoned much of what he'd been taught and devised a simple method of diagnosing and equally simple method of treating BACK and REFFERED PAIN.
He restored my spinal flexibility / posture and gait in minutes. That was in 2004 and I'm still working at 65. Sure, I suffer from recurring pain due to uneven wear over some 45 years, but I can still do a 6 hour shift with barely a pause.
Check out this web site   www.soreback.biz   and e'mail if you have a specific problem at click4therapies@aol.com

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Forget chiropractors, they are better marketeers than we are, they will try and convince you that you need at least 6 sessions to sort your back out.

I put 2 discs out over 10 years ago lifting a particularly heavy carpet. I was lucky that my GP referred me to an osteopath and she clicked me straight back in.

My discs pop out every 18 months or so as there will always be a weakness there, so I phone the osteopath, she cracks me in, I have a day off and I'm right as rain until the next time.

Steve

[michael wadsworth]

I agree with the memory foam option, although it was my wife who was suffering. We already had a top rated mattress but we got  a new one with a built in fom topper and it literally worked overnight. I used to have a problem  but now I only use my porty every Preston guild and the problem's gone. Mike

[Dave_Lee]

Any advance on 60?

Shaun

Well Shaun,  fun begins at 60? I'm getting really exited now I turn 64 on Sunday!
Dave.

[Joe H]

I am just 1 year and 23 days behind you Dave.