We can learn to control pain in very much the same way as tension and anxiety, and this includes pain from organic as well as psychological causes. But before describing the self-management of painful conditions I shall discuss with you some particular aspects of pain. This will make it easier to understand exactly what we [...]

Q. After the food has spent its appointed time in the duodenum, what is the next step? A. The food then passes to the small intestine. This is a long continuous tube that coils round and round, and fills the area which is commonly known as ‘the tummy’ or ‘gut’ in colloquial talk. It roughly [...]

An extremely common condition that’s estimated to affect millions of people every day, sciatica can be broadly defined as a pain or other unpleasant or disturbing sensation that is generally felt in one or more of the following areas of the body: the lower back, the buttocks, the outer sides of the thigh and calf, [...]