The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines for Low Back Pain.

In May 2009 NICE set out new guidelines and recommendations for people suffering with non-specific low back pain. These include the following...

• "Providing people with advice and information to help them manage their low back pain."

• "A structured exercise programme tailored to the individual that may include exercises to strengthen muscles, improve posture and stretching."

• "A course of manual therapy, including spinal manipulation, spinal mobilisation and massage. Treatment may be provided by a range of health care professionals including (chiropractors), osteopaths, manipulative physiotherapists or doctors who have had specialist training."

• "A course of (medical0 acupuncture needling, up to a maximum of 10 sessions over a period of up to 12 weeks."

• "Offer a combined intensive exercise and psychological treatment programme for people who have had at least one less intensive treatment already, but who still have disabling pain which causes significant distress or seriously impacts on daily life."

We are proud to announce that we have been ahead of these guideline for some time.

All of the above have been available literallyunder one roof

from Osteopathy Plus for several years.