30/04/2026
Can you spot anything here?
Clue… look at the bottom levels of the spine….
Ni**le in your back? Over due a body MOT?
Come and see us. Don’t be tempted to leave it.
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Imaging helps to confirm diagnosis, but it doesn’t determine outcome.
This image is of a patient of ours, with a significant disc bulge.
This disc had been operated on in the past.
Years later here we are:
Ouch. On picking up something from the floor, he injured the area again and was left with significant pain where he was barely able to raise his heel off the floor due to weakness.
As a young active person with a physical job, this was understandably very worrying and debilitating.
Thankfully, he came to see us
Outcomes aren’t determined by imaging.
After 8 weeks of physiotherapy, with a guided and consistent program of lower limb and spinal strength work, he is now able to:
- raise his heel equally to the other side
- walk with minimal limp
- has minimal discomfort.
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We will continue along this pathway to get him as functionally fit and as strong as possible.
Utilise the information you get from x-rays, MRI’s, but don’t let it define YOUR outcome!
