Summary
Lower back pain impacts millions of adults every year and, in many cases, diagnosis can be murky. Non-specific pain is personal and complex, driven by factors such as injury, sensitivity and perception. But are there methods to help manage back pain and live a happier life in the process?
James Gallagher is joined at a yoga studio in Stockbridge, Hampshire by Emma Godfrey, psychology researcher at Kings College London, chiropractor David Elliot, physiotherapist Richard Husselbee, and yoga instructor, Alison Trewhela to answer all your back pain questions (and takes to the mat himself to try some gentle healthy lower back poses).
Producer: Julia Ravey
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Greg Jenna and good news, Your Dead to Me is back for a new series. Here we go. Yes, we'll explore Emperor Nero's notorious reign with Professor Marybeard and Patton Oswald. I would not want my daughter having the remote control, not alone an empire. We'll dissect the decadent life of Philippe Duke-Dor-Leon with Tom Allen. I've often tried to pretend I'm an aristocrat and being very quickly knocked down. And there'll be so much more with comedians like Olga Koch, Mike Mosniak and Rihalina. I'm excited. You're dead to me. The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello there and welcome to the Inside Health podcast with me, James Gallagher. Close your eyes, take a deep breath because we're about to do some yoga. |
| 0:43.7 | So the first thing is breathe in and a breath out. |
| 0:49.4 | Take your hands onto the edge of a table. |
| 0:51.3 | So it's a very unusual way to use the table. |
| 0:54.0 | And then just gently take your elbows forwards and put your elbows onto the edge of a table so it's a very unusual way to use the table and then just |
| 0:54.6 | gently take your elbows forwards and put your elbows onto the table go right forwards that's |
| 0:59.9 | it and then rest your forehead on your arms I am very comfortable can I just go to sleep I'll be |
| 1:04.8 | honest I think I look like I've just got home from a really bad day of work and just collapsed |
| 1:08.5 | on the table it is a good pose for stress. |
| 1:11.5 | Walk back with your hands, walk forwards with your feet. |
| 1:14.3 | Use your hands, breath out to move and then just stand up right. |
| 1:17.9 | So what we should have is an afterglow. |
| 1:23.8 | Well, I hope you're glowing too. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm in a yoga studio near Stockbridge in the depths of the |
| 1:29.1 | Hampshire countryside because it's time for our Inside Health special on back pain and particularly |
| 1:34.4 | lower back pain. We've been promising it for weeks, you've been sending in your questions. I've |
| 1:39.5 | got dozens of questions after doing my back-in, so let's answer as many as we can with our crew of back pain Supremos. |
| 1:47.4 | My name's Richard Hustleby, and I'm a physiotherapist working in a large community trust in the Midlands. |
| 1:53.0 | I'm Emma Galfrey, and I'm a health psychologist working at King's College London. |
| 1:58.1 | And I'm Alison Treweeler from Cornwall, and I'm a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and then I became a yoga researcher. So we have this yoga evidence-based program. My name is David Elliott. I'm a chiropractor working with a multidisciplinary clinic in Essex. Well, it's a motley crew in this yoga studio in Stockbridge. And I'll be honest, I feel like I've walked into a joke. |
| 2:17.6 | It's kind of like, what happens when you put a physiotherapist, a psychologist, a chiropractor and a yoga instructor, kind of like, what happens if they all walk into a bar? I don't know what the punchline to this joke is, but I'm sure if anyone wants to write in with it, then I'd love to hear it. Backpaint is obviously a big thing. Lots of people getting in touch, including listener Richard. |
| 2:35.8 | My name is Richard and I live in North Devon. I've had low back |
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