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PRIORITISING YOUR PROBLEM WITH THE 5 WHYS
A simple but powerful tool that will help you define and clarify your problem and help you to prioritise getting rid of your pain.
DEFINE YOUR OUTCOME TO DEFINE YOUR SUCCESS
Clearly defining what success actually means to you underpins your likelihood of success. This tool will help you define what you actually want to achieve from working with Nick Watson.
DESIGNING YOUR DREAM OUTCOME
Consider your current situation and where you’d really like to go. By thinking big you can then retrace your steps back to reality and break down the stages that you need to identify and achive your goals.
TESTIMONIALS AND SUCCESS STORIES
A pain in the neck
Pain in the neck: restoring a safe line of sight Caroline had a neck pain that was affecting her ability to turn and look where she was going. This was specially tricky when Caroline's main hobby/stress relief is mountainbiking. Here's what Caroline had to say: I had...
Simple solutions for Simon’s recurrent low back pain
Simple solutions for Simon's recurrent low back pain Recurrent low back pain was a regular occurence for Simon. His pain would flare up on short breaks or trips away from home and would affect time with his family. Simon had tried "low back stretches" from the...
Golf and low back pain
Golf and low back pain: Re-evaluating movement returned Liz to the important things in her life - gardening and golf Low back pain was affecting golf and gardening, very important parts of Liz's life since retirement. Although she tried to manage with usual GP advice...
Leg pain with pins and needles
Leg pain with pins and needles: an elite triathlete got back to swimming, cycling and running with Bowen Therapy and Pilates Michelle was a respected traithlete competing internationally, when her career was hampered by left leg pain with pins and needles. Over 2...
Knee surgery post op rehab
Knee surgery post op rehab: Jane, a dentist and keen horse rider gets back into the stables following a major fall off a horse Jane suffered a serious fall from her horse resulting in a traumatic injury that required invasive surgery and knee surgery post op rehab. In...
Finding the root cause of heel pain
How we found the root cause of heel pain for Laura and how she went from hobbling to hiking hill and fell Heel pain was stopping Laura from enjoying familiy activties and outdoor walking. She'd tried the usual rolling a cold can, calf stretches, orthotic insoles and...
Recover from chronic pain
Recover from chronic pain: Sue, an NHS professional contacted me to help her with a chronic pain condition Sue, an NHS professional contacted me to help her recover from a chronic pain condition, Polymyalgia Rheuamatic (PMR). PMR can be a debilitating condition...
“Should I cycle with low back pain?”
Andy asked "should I cycle with low back pain?" I soon told him to "get on yer bike!" Unsure if you can cycle with low back pain? Andy was a cyclist with a history of low back pain and a long standing issue with his left hip. Andy booked an appointment at my clinic...
Physiotherapy for low back pain
Physiotherapy for low back pain: Alison lives her big dream of having a small holding Physiotherapy for low back pain: As a retired nurse practitioner living on a small holding the countrside, Alison enjoys a physcially demanding lifestyle. She understands the...
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Osteoporosis and exercise: revisiting old wives tales about bone density
Osteoporosis and exercise: revisiting old wives tales about bone density Technically speaking, osteoporosis is a metabolic disease that affects bone density, increasing the risk of certain bones to fracture. Those who are not medically minded, osteoporosis can be a...
Knee pain: “do I have osteoarthritis?”
Knee pain: "do I have osteoarthritis?" "Do I have osteoarthritis?" is a question many people ask fearfully when they come to my clinic with knee pain. This post is to prompt some thinking around a common problem, to help give back ownership (it's your knee) and gain...
Resolving pain to manage neurodiversity
Resolving pain to manage neurodiversity Resolving pain to manage neurodiversity: Jodie was struggling with low back and hip pain, she was finding basic function like walking and getting out of chair difficult. But her biggest problem was that she could not attend...
A pain in the neck
Pain in the neck: restoring a safe line of sight Caroline had a neck pain that was affecting her ability to turn and look where she was going. This was specially tricky when Caroline's main hobby/stress relief is mountainbiking. Here's what Caroline had to say: I had...
Simple solutions for Simon’s recurrent low back pain
Simple solutions for Simon's recurrent low back pain Recurrent low back pain was a regular occurence for Simon. His pain would flare up on short breaks or trips away from home and would affect time with his family. Simon had tried "low back stretches" from the...
Learning from painful experiences
Learning from painful experiences: What goes on in a (your) nutshell Pain is a very effective teacher. When you were tiny, in the kitchen in your home, your parents will have said, “don’t touch that hot pan”. Yet you will have touched that hot pan because you did not...
A scan will not change the management of your low back pain
A scan of routine low back pain will not change the management of low back pain A scan will not change the managenent of your low back pain. High proportions of findings on spinal xrays are actually ‘normal for age’ found in great numbers in the pain free population....
Very few low back pains need a scan
Very few low back pains need a scan Low back pain is a raging problem, with 223.5 million cases globally, but very few low back pains need a scan. However, 90-95% of low back pain can be clinically diagnosed as uncomplicated and extinguished with simple treatment....
“…do I need a scan?”
A question that is sometimes asked, "I have low back pain, do I need a scan?" It’s tempting to think that when you have low back pain, an xray or an MRI scan will ‘find something’ and identify the cause of your problem. However, low back pain has been described as a...