What can be done to help back pain and sports injuries? Varying methods can be used, but I use ultra sound, laser, faradic electrotherapy, cupping and massage, or any combination of these during your visit. Between visits I may give you some exercises and/or stretches (nothing too strenuous though) to do while at home. I would suggest an initial three visits, where the injury will be assessed, and the progress of the treatment monitored, normally three should suffice in "Kick starting" the body to repair itself, but on occasions especially with more severe problems, more treatments may be needed, but this is entirely up to you - Andy Shutt
Andy Shutt was one of the first practitioners to use the PAMM machine in this country. Since 1998, Andy has utilised this “bionic hand” to treat clients with mechanical back conditions
Commonly known as PAMM, this is a machine invented by Robert Taylor who after studying the spine as an engineer, found out that although most problems with the back manifest themselves in the cervical (neck) and the lumbar (lower) region of the spine. But these problems are caused by a lack of suppleness in the thoracic spine. This lack of mobility can be due to age but most of the time it is due to an injury to it which could have occurred recently as in a car accident a month ago or a horse riding incident years ago. This "stiffening" of the spine causes excessive pressures to be put on the neck and lower back
The PAMM machine uses non invasive manipulation to realign the spine and restore the suppleness, thus alleviating the stresses on the back. These treatments are far more efficient than the Traditional methods which seems to have the patient being put into positions that they would never wish to get into under normal circumstances
The therapist slowly manipulates the “bionic hand” up and down the spine. This handset counter rotates adjacent vertebra, thus stretching the ligaments to aid spinal mobility