Ok, I HAD to share this with you…
I received the most incredible email and photos this week from a patient of ours who only a year ago had been told her retirement plans, after working so hard for them, may in fact never become a reality.
How To Avoid The Trap Of Back Pain Compromising Your Retirement Plans And Dreams…
Retirement for many patients we see here at the Physio Rooms means freedom to do what you want, when you want! You’ve worked so hard for it all your life and you’ve earned it!
Here’s just a few of the common retirement goals that our patients have shared with us:
“When I retire I’m going to be more active, walk more, travel, spend more quality time with the family and my grandkids.”
I’m sure you’ve heard similar, and maybe you’re even planning the same for your retirement too? If so… keep reading!
There’s a common factor that we don’t take into consideration when planning our dreams than can often creep up on us – particularly in our 50s and 60’s….
And that’s the curse of back pain. So many of us have a lifestyle and jobs that involve a lot of sitting.
Whether this is on a computer, in an office or driving to and from work, its unavoidable! And our backs simply aren’t designed to take the pressure of sitting for so much of our lives.
The thing is, when you’re younger you can “get away with it”.
But here’s the thing, when we get older – it becomes hard to get away with this!
Think of your body like a car – after so many years and miles of working hard, cars need an MOT and tuning up again run smoothly. Well our bodies are exactly the same. So when was the last time you gave you’re body an MOT?…
Ok, so back to Bridget (who has sent me her incredible photos) Bridget had a great career as a teacher – and a damn good one too, and had planned walking holidays far and wide with her husband for when they both retired.
Not long after she retired was when the most dreaded thing happened. Bang. Back pain literally stopped her in her tracks.
Yes Bridget had suffered with the odd aches and pains in her back over the years when she sat too long, but that’s quite normal right?
Wrong!
Those aches and pains are your bodies’ way of letting you know something’s not right and you need an “MOT”.
After repeatedly being told by her GP “its just ‘wear and tear’, keep taking pain killers”… Bridget came to us desperate to keep her dream of enjoying all of the walking holidays that she’s worked all her life for, alive.
Luckily Bridget (like many others suffering unnecessarily with aches and pains), just needed a few tight muscles relaxing and weak muscles strengthened. Simple!
Thank goodness Bridget didn’t listen to her GP, or she’d still be suffering now.
Sounds scary right?
But instead she has just returned from an incredible two-week walking holiday in the Swiss Alps.
Check out these photos, how stunning does it look there?!
Now keeping herself strong with Pilates and her monthly “MOT” in the clinic, Bridget already has many more holidays planned for the future with her husband and family.
If you want to know more about how to make sure your future isn’t compromised by ill health just get in touch and claim your FREE taster session with a Physio today.
Or you can download our free tips guide packed full of ways to help ease your back pain without the use of painkillers here: http://www.paulgoughphysio.com/back-pain
Best Wishes Sammy ☺
PS – Oh yeah, and Bridget just turned 70!!!!
PPS – Check out her “before and after” retirement photos!
Before:
And After (loving life!):
You might know Paul as an expert Columnist who writes weekly health articles for TWO of the North East's biggest daily Newspapers, The Northern Echo And The Hartlepool Mail, he is a regular Speaker at Industry Seminars around the globe and a Radio Personality, often heard on the BBC. Paul has been an expert guest on dozens of Radio shows and regularly interviewed in newspapers, magazines and trade journals all over the world, including the Guardian.
Paul’s background included working extensively in the Premier League with a Top Professional Football Team, and since quitting his job in Professional Football in 2007, his Physio Practice has become the fastest growing in the UK and biggest in the North East. So successful, that companies like BUPA, ASDA, The Vela Group And Coast & Country, repeatedly retain his Physio company's services to keep healthy their own staff and workforce. Paul Gough Physio Rooms is now a large multi-physio, multi clinic speciality practice in Darlington, Durham, Guisborough and Hartlepool.
- Great North Run 2024: Essential Tips for Peak Performance - August 27, 2024
- Don’t Fall For These Common Foot And Ankle Pain Myths! - July 31, 2024
- Our Top 5 Exercises To Prevent Knee Pain After Walking - June 20, 2024