I have suffered with constantly fluctuating back pain ever since I suffered an injury while playing hockey at 15. It was one of the reasons I went to study Physiotherapy as I was hoping to ‘fix’ myself. Unfortunately I didn’t get the results I was hoping for. Every time I did too much activity it would flare up, which was very limiting, but if I didn’t do enough it would also get sore. I was looking for a “goldilocks” zone of activity but it was hard to strike up a balance.

 

Last year I went on a trip to Mexico with my partner and while attending a conference we kept hearing about a bodyworker who was doing amazing work on those around us. My partner went for a treatment first and was amazed with the relief from carpal tunnel in his wrist and he booked me in for a session too. It was a bit of a gruelling affair, but getting up off the table after 2 hours I had to note it was the first time I was without back pain in 15 years!