​It’s not much fun when you get out of bed one morning and find that you have intense low back pain. You look at yourself in the mirror and see that, despite your best efforts, you cannot stand up straight and tall.

​In fact, you look a little like somebody has taken the top half of your body and shifted it off to the side. You are twisted! The pain makes you feel a little nauseous and you start to think of a few basic questions…

​Did you know that approximately 85% of the population will experience back pain at some stage of their lives?

According to Murtagh in his book ‘General Practice (third edition), the main cause of back pain presenting to the doctor is dysfunction of the intervertebral joints of the spine due to injury (at least 70%).  As chiropractors, we work to assess and correct dysfunctional movements of these spinal joints to thereby alleviate lower back pain.