Back pain is rarely about your back alone. We identify the neurological signals from throughout your body that create your back symptoms and reset them.
Specialist back pain treatment using Functional Neurology and P-DTR. Based in Shiremoor, Newcastle.
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Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek treatment, and one of the most commonly misunderstood. Most approaches focus on the spine itself, looking for disc problems, facet joint issues, muscle tightness or postural faults. But the spine is rarely the whole story.
Your back is the central support structure of your body. It responds to everything happening above, below and around it. Problems in your feet change how load travels up through your spine. Problems with your eyes or vestibular system change your posture and muscle activation patterns. Old injuries in your ankles, knees, hips or shoulders create compensations that load your back differently.
When your brain receives unclear or threatening signals from receptors anywhere in your body, it may create protective responses in your back. Muscles tighten to guard. Movement becomes restricted. Pain appears to make you careful. These responses may have nothing to do with damage in your spine.
This is why back pain so often persists despite treatment focused on the back. The treatment addresses where it hurts without addressing why your brain is creating the symptom.
Pain in the lumbar spine, sacrum or buttock region. This is the most common area for back pain and often involves dysfunction distant from the lower back itself. We test throughout your body to find what is driving it.
Pain between the shoulder blades or in the thoracic spine. This area is heavily influenced by shoulder, neck and rib function. We identify which related dysfunction is creating your upper back symptoms.
Pain that spreads into the buttock, leg or foot. While this can involve nerve compression, it is often driven by neurological dysfunction that sensitises the pathway. We test to determine the true cause.
Pain attributed to disc bulges, herniations or degeneration. Many people have disc changes without pain, and many people with back pain have normal discs. We assess whether disc findings are relevant or coincidental.
Pain in the SI joint area, often on one side. This region is heavily influenced by leg function and often responds dramatically when lower limb dysfunction is addressed.
Back pain that has persisted for months or years. This almost always involves neurological patterns maintaining the pain beyond any original tissue issue.
Most back pain treatment focuses on the spine and surrounding muscles. Massage releases tight muscles. Manipulation mobilises stiff joints. Injections reduce inflammation around nerves. Core exercises strengthen stabilising muscles.
These approaches can help when the problem is genuinely in the treated area. But when back pain is driven by neurological dysfunction elsewhere, treating the back provides temporary relief at best.
Consider this common pattern. You have lower back pain. Treatment focuses on your lower back. You feel better for a few days. Then the pain returns exactly as it was. More treatment. More temporary relief. The cycle continues.
What is likely happening is that dysfunction elsewhere, perhaps in your ankle, your hip, your visual system, is affecting how you load your spine. Treatment temporarily overrides the symptom, but the underlying cause remains. As soon as the treatment effect wears off, the pain returns because the abnormal loading pattern resumes.
Breaking this cycle requires identifying and addressing the true driver, which may be far from your back.
Many come to us after physiotherapy or chiropractic provided only temporary relief. We find why—often neurological dysfunction elsewhere.
We do not assume your back pain is a back problem. We test your entire nervous system to find what is actually driving your symptoms.
We assess receptor function throughout your body, looking for dysfunction in your feet, ankles, knees, hips, shoulders and neck. We test your visual system and vestibular function. We look for scars, old injuries and areas of trauma that may be creating signals your brain interprets as threatening.
When we find dysfunction, we identify the specific receptors involved and reset them using P-DTR techniques. We prove every change with immediate retesting.
Often, addressing dysfunction distant from the back produces immediate change in back symptoms. A foot receptor correction changes how you load your spine. A visual correction changes your posture. An old ankle injury correction removes a compensation pattern. Your back stops hurting because the driver has been addressed.
If any of this sounds familiar, your back pain is likely driven by neurological dysfunction that has never been identified.
A precise approach that finds and resolves the neurological drivers of back pain.
We test receptor function throughout your entire body, not just your back. We assess your feet, legs, hips, arms, neck, eyes and vestibular system. We identify all the dysfunction that could be contributing to your back symptoms.
Using P-DTR techniques, we reset the faulty receptors we have identified. Often this involves areas distant from your back. When these are corrected, your back symptoms change because the driver has been addressed.
We immediately retest after every correction. You feel your back move more freely, with less pain and tension. This is not temporary relief. It is resolution of the neurological cause.
Result:
Many people feel significant change in their first session. Simple cases often resolve in one to three sessions.
What Clients Say
“Seven years of back pain resolved when Sam found dysfunction in my feet that no one else had looked at. My back was never the problem.”
— Client, Newcastle
“I had been told my disc bulge was causing my pain. Sam showed me it was neurological dysfunction from an old ankle sprain. Correcting that fixed my back.”
— Client, North Tyneside
“Every other practitioner focused on my lower back. Sam tested everything and found the real cause. The difference in approach and results was remarkable.”
— Client, Whitley Bay
No. Scans show tissue, not neurological function. Many people with significant scan findings have no pain, while many people with severe pain have normal scans. We assess function, not images.
Disc bulges and degeneration are common, often more common with age, and frequently do not correlate with pain. We assess whether your disc findings are relevant to your symptoms or coincidental.
Most approaches focus on the back itself. We test your entire nervous system to find what is driving your back symptoms, which is often distant from the back.
It depends on your situation. Some people with back pain resolve in one to three sessions. Complex cases with multiple layers take longer. We assess at each visit and you see steady progress.
Yes, sciatica is often driven by neurological dysfunction rather than just nerve compression. We test to identify the true cause and address it.
They address tissues and structure, but back pain is often neurological. We find the root signals.
If your back pain has not responded to treatment focused on your back, the driver is probably elsewhere. We test your entire nervous system, find the neurological cause and resolve it. Book a free taster session and get clarity on what is actually happening. Based in Shiremoor, Newcastle. Serving North Tyneside and surrounding areas. Sessions available this week. Free parking on site.
