The Honest Answer — With a Framework to Decide “Is it safe to exercise with lower back pain?” It’s a great question, and the honest answer is: it depends. But…

The Honest Answer — and the Two Traps “Will I always have back pain?” It’s one of the most common questions I get asked, and I understand why — when…

The Scan Might Be Confusing You, Not Helping You Let me tell you something that might surprise you: your MRI scan might be the very thing keeping you confused about…

Sciatica Is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis Here’s the first thing you need to understand about sciatica: it’s not actually a diagnosis. It’s a symptom. So many people think they…

Most Back Pain Isn’t Serious — But a Few Signs Are Different Let me say the most important thing first: the vast majority of back pain is not serious. It’s…

The Name Is Misleading — Nothing Actually Slips Let me clear something up right away: a slipped disc doesn’t actually slip. Nothing slides out of place, nothing pops out and…

The Symptom Is Not the Cause In a previous article I gave you the four most common causes of lower back pain — the disc, the facet joints, stenosis and…

Hundreds of Possibilities — But the Same Few Keep Coming Up There are hundreds of things that can cause lower back pain. Hundreds. But the truth is, in clinic, the…