My Precious Spine and I

Eugene J van Wyk is a highly qualified Chartered Physiotherapist working in London and in South Africa. He began his career in 1961 at various British and South African cerebral palsy units. Today, as a highly accomplished physiotherapists he is known for his 'back care' experience and pragmatic views. Eugene's goal is to make the back care awareness information available not only to medical professionals and specialised physiotherapists, but to every person alive.

'My precious spine and I' is a highly informative, highly readable and easy to understand guide for all back owners - everyone! It is suitable for medical professionals and for medically unqualified persons for their personal back awareness and enlightenment. It encourages people to examine their bodies, mindsets, habits and preconceived ideas and to empower themselves through knowledge to minimise the risk of spinal abuse that can lead to life time of pain and suffering. Fortified with knowledge, insight and appreciation of frequent strain -predisposing factors, you can take charge of the quality and the well-being of your spinal column and your life.

Back pain can be persistent, debilitating, demoralising and energy-depriving. If you do not do something positive to alleviate it, it may linger for a very long time. Do not let discomfort and pain to accumulate! You can be kind to your back! Take action today!

Treatment is like a recipe - getting the right ingredients together to get the optimal results.

Managing back problems is not only a matter of treatments. It is often a matter of changing a way of life! And ideally, the life changes should happen before the problems occur!

Back abuse presents a major problem to millions of people all over the world. Back problems haunt countries economies and people's quality of life. Back problems are a major reason of absence from work, losses of revenue and reduction in income. Back problems also cause a great deal of pain and misery to the sufferers and can lead to a partial or even a complete loss of independence.