Back Pain

Farmer Margaret Horsley had such severe back pain, it put her out of action completely for several years.

The 58-year-old from Stamford Bridge pulled her back lifting one of her sheep and ended up unable sit, stand, walk or carry out basic household tasks. Even sleeping was difficult due to the pain she was in and she was popping so many painkillers, she barely knew where she was. She had a slipped disc in her spine and this had trapped her sciatic and femoral nerves.

Repeated visits to her GP, specialists, chiropractors and acupuncturists proved fruitless. “It was so bad, I was almost suicidal,” said Margaret.

Then a friend told her that Lisa, Physiotherapist and owner of Hands That Heal, could help with back pain and Margaret has never looked back. “She came to my house, sat down and asked me to go through everything I’d experienced,” continued Margaret.

“She said ‘don’t worry, we will get you better’, and that gave me the first hope I had had in years.”

After five weekly bouts of massage therapy, Margaret was driving again. Another year of weekly treatments and she was back to 95% fitness and able to live her life again. She now visits Hands That Heal every five weeks, just to keep her back supple.