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Fine in the morning, aching by three, and worse on the days the diary is back to back.
You were fine at nine. By three your shoulders are somewhere near your ears, your lower back is aching against the chair and you've started shifting position every couple of minutes without noticing.
You've bought the chair. You've bought the standing desk, and you use it for about twenty minutes a day. You've watched the videos about sitting up straight and it lasts until the next email.
This is one of the most common things we see, and it responds better than most people expect.
Here's the honest version. Sitting up straight is not the answer, and the research linking particular postures to pain is much weaker than the internet suggests.
What actually causes the problem is staying in any one position for hours. Tissue gets uncomfortable when it's held still. Muscles that hold you up all day get tired, and tired muscles ache. Add a stressful week and everything gets more sensitive.
So the best posture really is the next one. What helps is moving more often and having enough strength that holding yourself up isn't near your limit.
This is more than physio - its a partnership. We will be with you every step of the way and this becomes a toolkit for life to look after your body, understand what it needs and how to build lasting strength for the things you love.
First we work out what's actually going on, and why. You'll leave the first appointment with a clear understanding of the cause — not just the symptom — and we settle things down enough to start moving properly again.
Hands-on treatment where it helps, and a programme built around you — your week, your goals, what you can actually keep up. This is where strength and capacity get built back properly, and progressed as you go.
The stage that stops it coming back. You'll understand your own body and have a way of training that's practical, simple and actually enjoyable — so you stay fit and out of pain for life, doing the things you love.
Whatever brings you in, the approach is the same — find what's driving it, treat that, then work with you to build lasting strength and resilience.
