42-year-old woman with a 3 year history of neck pain who has recently started to feel pain and tingling down her left arm and into her hand.

The symptoms of neck pain initially would come and go but over the last 6 months they have become almost constant.

Here’s to a safe, happy and festive Christmas for all our patients at Back on Track Healthcare. We all hope that you also remain injury-free over the coming months but even between Christmas and the New Year will be offering appointments in all clinic locations to if anyone needs our help over the holidays.

Disc pathology is when one of the discs in your back (often lower back or neck) protrudes out on the nerve causing pain. Depending on which disc is affected and how much it is compressing the nerve will determine where your symptoms are located.

It seemed the whole country paused in respect and reflection at the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. And none more so than those in the UK’s osteopathy community, which has benefitted from various royal patronages and links over the years.

A common question we’re asked by patients in pain is whether they should use an ice pack or a hot water bottle to help them get better. The answer, as it often is, is ‘it depends’. Understanding the mechanisms of how temperature works to aid healing will help with knowing when to use these things and why we nag you to do so.

The prostate gland envelopes the urethra, which is a tube that drains urine from the bladder. The gland sits just below the bladder and its primary function is to produce the fluid that nourishes and transports sperm (seminal fluid). The prostate changes shape, which facilitates the mechanical with between urination and ejaculation.