We have it pretty good here in Canberra compared to a lot of places. One of the first things people from the bigger cities often say to me is that it must be nice not to have to deal with heavy traffic. That is true, our roads are much more manageable than Sydney, but we still spend an awful lot of time sitting in our cars or riding the light rail. Now, I do not believe that sitting down is inherently as bad for your health as some people like to claim. However, I absolutely

I need to tell you about a pattern I have seen play out hundreds of times in clinic, and it is one of the most frustrating dynamics in my field. A patient comes in with severe back pain. They work with a clinician for a few weeks. They improve! They are thrilled and you become their physio with the key to the problem that’s been dogging them for years. Then six months later, they are back with the same problem. They get the same treatment and it works again, predictably. But