I often discuss with patients the benefit of taking more regular exercise. Good exercise has so many benefits including increasing your core strength to protect your back, improving cardiovascular fitness and even decreasing anxiety levels. Recently, Bristol Nordic Wal…

Despite the prevalence of low back pain – estimated to affect 1 in 3 adults over the age of 50 – getting an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment to fix the problem is surprisingly difficult. Here, I discuss one very common cause of low back pain which is easily f…