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Specialising in Integrated Care for Back Pain and other Musculo-Skeletal (MSK) conditions
Welcome to The Spine Team
This website will provide you with information about us, our clinic and our approach.
NHS waiting times are at an all time high, we offer a high quality service which is very easy to access and surprisingly affordable.
If you have any questions or to make an appointment please contact us by phone on 01256 466666 to speak to one of us, or you can email here.
Musculo-Skeletal Pain
Musculo-skeletal (MSK) conditions account for 30% of GP consultations with Low back and neck pain the most common and the greatest cause of disability.
98% of back and neck pain is not serious but can be extremely painful and a leading cause of longer term ‘chronic’ illness.
At The Spine Team our Integrated Care approach involves diagnosing, treating, rehabilitating and preventing low back and neck pain and other MSK disorders using the Patient Centred Model.
The Patient Centred Model recognises that each individual patient is unique, as is their life. Integrated care starts by understanding and explaining not just what is wrong but why and treatment includes supporting life change to help them take control.
Sometimes a painful episode stands alone, it is a first episode and the reason is obvious. However most episodes of back pain appear for no good reason, either suddenly or gradually, or have a tendency to re-occur without apparent cause. Treating the problem as it appears is therefore not likely to solve it, understanding how the problem has developed and changing that requires a more integrated approach, understanding you and your life in a holistic way and helping you change the things that allow this to happen is the answer.
Labelling
Labels such as ‘slipped disc’, ‘crumbling vertebra’, ‘arthritis’ or ‘sciatica’, are very often given without explanation or evidence. It is our aim to correctly inform these patients so they can understand their problem and be part of their own solution.
Screening
Very occasionally back pain is due to another illness and our expertise and experience is important in identifying those cases early, please help us by telling us everything even if it does not seem important.
The Spine Team
Gordon, Annette, both chiropractors trained at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, now AECC University College and bring a wealth of experience, expertise and enthusiasm to the treatment and management of back pain and other MSK pain.
We offer a combination of experience and following the latest research.
Gordon graduated in 1983 returning to do a post graduate Masters Degree in 2002, he is a Fellow of the Royal Chiropractic College, the highest level of membership.
Annette graduated in 1996 and has undertaken a number of post graduate courses including a Post Graduate Certificate in rehabilitation, she is a Licentiate of the Royal College of Chiropractic and in 2022 qualified as a Pilates Teacher and now practises Clinical Pilates as part of our Integrated Care plans.
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