Category Archives: Neck and Shoulder

Correct treatment can help long standing neck and shoulder pain…

My client brought his daughter to me because she had been complaining of pain under her right shoulder blade, mid back and pain down the right arm for quite some time. This is a stunningly beautiful 17yr old who dances regularly – ballet, tap and modern. Her fitness levels are high. She complained that it [...]

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Computer users: prevent back pain and RSI…

Computer users are at high risk of developing back pain and RSI.  But these risks can be much reduced if the workstation is set up correcting.  In these videocastsI explain how back pain and RSI arise whilst using the computer and ways to prevent them. Video 1:  Difference between corrrect vs incorrect seating  http://www.screenr.com/embed/V42s Video 2: Chair qualities - http://www.screenr.com/embed/hl2s [...]

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Can your alarm clock injure you?

Actually, surprising though this question sounds, the answer is yes.  Here’s why: most of us are in very deep sleep during the early hours of the morning so when the loud noise of our alarm goes off, we are suddenly jolted out of a peaceful stressfree state.  Our bodies too have to jump to attention [...]

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Baggage can ruin your holiday…beware….

  Gill Nicholls came to see me, complaining of pain in the left shoulder and inability to raise that arm. She also had pain on the right side of her neck. ‘I don’t know what I’ve done Diksha, but it hurts!’ Gill had returned from her holiday in Australia and it didn’t take us long [...]

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