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I have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone
One day last year whilst at work, one of my clients noticed I was really struggling with back pain and enthusiastically recommended Nic Aldous. She told me that he was an Osteomyologist, he would deal with the muscles as well as the bones and sort my back out quickly. Her zealous recommendation left me quite hopeful and I called the number, making an appointment for the following week.
I was made to feel completely at ease throughout the consultation. Nic was very down to earth and friendly. The consultation room itself was warm, welcoming and had a relaxed feel about it. After relaying my medical history and description of my current back issues Nic examined my back. He then explained in great detail the structure of our backs, why my back was causing me so much pain, how the bones and muscles work together and reassured me that with just two or three treatments I should receive great relieve from my pain and discomfort.
He was right and I am very grateful to my client for recommending him to me. I have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone I see with back issues – most recently a lady I saw struggling in front of me in the queue at my local Co-op!”
Sarah C,- Kesgrave
One day last year whilst at work, one of my clients noticed I was really struggling with back pain and enthusiastically recommended Nic Aldous. She told me that he was an Osteomyologist, he would deal with the muscles as well as the bones and sort my back out quickly. Her zealous recommendation left me quite hopeful and I called the number, making an appointment for the following week.
I was made to feel completely at ease throughout the consultation. Nic was very down to earth and friendly. The consultation room itself was warm, welcoming and had a relaxed feel about it. After relaying my medical history and description of my current back issues Nic examined my back. He then explained in great detail the structure of our backs, why my back was causing me so much pain, how the bones and muscles work together and reassured me that with just two or three treatments I should receive great relieve from my pain and discomfort.
He was right and I am very grateful to my client for recommending him to me. I have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone I see with back issues – most recently a lady I saw struggling in front of me in the queue at my local Co-op!”
Sarah C,- Kesgrave
Over the last 10 years I have received treatment for neck, shoulder and lower back pain problems. I have historically tried several different types of treatment including osteopathy and physiotherapy but none have been as successful as the treatment I have received from Ostemyologist Nic Aldous at the Complementary Medicine Centre in Eye.
Three sessions of this revolutionary treatment saw me pain free and mobile for the first time in years. Now I have a regular back maintenance treatment which keeps me pain free.
I have nothing but praise for Nic Aldous who is in my view an exceptional practitioner.
Andrea E – Diss,Norfolk
“At first I was getting pains in my lower back but when I came (to Nic) it made a big difference and now I’m not in pain. I liked Nic teaching me how to stand up straight and when he did the cranial work on me.”
Noel aged 10
Before I went to see Nic Aldous at the BackCare Clinic I had continual pain in my back. In the early 1990’s I had a perforated disc and nothing the doctors or physiotherapist at the hospital did seemed to help.
I took up Tai Chi to help my posture and found when the pain was really bad, if I bent over slowly and touched my toes or hung from the top of a door, the pain eased. Other than that I had to live with the pain.
Nic changed that. It was my good fortune that a friend, being instructed by Nic, asked me I would allow them to work on my back. Nic would start by using Power Assisted Micro-manipulation up and down spine and then finish each session by ‘manipulating’ my back in a very gentle way.
After only two sessions I felt so much better. I went home and asked my partner Graham to measure my height because I felt so much taller. I did this after the next two sessions and found that I had increased in height by an inch and a half. I was also free of pain.
I now go to Nic 3 or 4 times a year and would recommend anybody who has a back problem to go and see him.
Gloria B, Geldeston Beccles
Having had periods of lower back pain for several years, I found that my GP was able to do nothing other than give me pain killers.
The pain grew more constant and, instead of sitting in an armchair, I often found most relief by lying on the floor with my feet up on the settee.
This situation was made worse when I fell downstairs, causing a crush fracture to a lower vertebra. I was also diagnosed with scoliosis and the beginnings of osteoporosis.
Having heard of the BackCare Clinic I finally decided to give it a try although the thought of someone I didn’t know doing something unknown to a very painful back was somewhat alarming.
However, I went ahead and now, 4 years later, thanks to Nic Aldous, I am free of pain and standing much more upright.
Had I not gone to Nic I am quite sure that by now I would have been very bowed over and with a very stiff inflexible spine.
Marjorie H, Bedingfield, Eye
Back to the Future
To start in a “back-to-front” sort of way, I’m feeling fine. I can walk. I can bend down to tie up my shoelaces. From time to time, I even smile. Little things, admittedly. But when you’ve had month after month of searing, depressing, debilitating back pain, to be able to do just those little things is a big deal. A very big deal.
To some, back pain is a subject to make fun of – in the same way as, say, having “the runs” is. It’s a dead cert, however, that no-one who has been stricken by the crippling, demoralising and just plain agonising rigours of sciatica will ever make a joke of it. It dominates your life. When the attack is in full swing you can’t even think of much else, let alone do anything. And as for actually enjoying life, well you can forget all about that. And when the attack subsides the relief is tempered by the dread of a return visit from the “Back Stabber” – that damned gremlin who tweaks that sciatic nerve with such vicious intent and devastating results.
Previous treatments took a “softly, softly” approach – gentle massages carried out by caring, well-intentioned people whom I simply could not criticise. However, although it was all very pleasant, the gremlin was never banished for any length of time. Along comes Nic Aldous. Hardly the “softly, softly” approach, just a straight-talking, business-like assessment and three treatments that were, in all honesty, quite a pummelling.
The technicalities of the power-assisted micro-manipulation machine Nic used were beyond me. I didn’t really care how it worked anyway – I just wanted it to work, full stop. I was aware of pistons clanking and fairly intense pressure up and down my spine giving a curious sensation that hovered mysteriously between pain and pleasure. A few manipulations administered by Nic himself, after that little lot, seemed like a breeze.
Now I have to say I was not and am not expecting a miracle cure. I am fully expecting the sciatica to return at some stage – that seems to be the nature of the beast. What I am hoping for is longer trouble-free spells and, when the dreaded agony returns, I want – no, make that, for the sake of my sanity, need - it to be for shorter periods. That being said, the results of Nic’s treatment, which was stepped up in intensity over my three visits, were instant.
After the first session I confess to a little soreness where the machine had tracked up and down my back, but I felt much taller, with my spine feeling as though it had been lengthened. Still a little stiff, yes, but the pain subsided to manageable levels over the next few days. After the second visit the pain had virtually vanished and, although my back still felt stiff, I strongly suspected that progress was certainly being made.
After the third visit, well life returned to normal. Something we all tend to take for granted. Just feeling normal. I’m not saying I am totally cured. I’m not going to resume the marathon running I so enjoyed in my athletic prime. But the beast is at bay. I might go out for a brisk walk or even a little jog. A few weeks ago such exertions were nowhere near the agenda. Now they are a reality. So it’s back to the future, if you’ll pardon the pun – and the future looks far better now.
John Grant
To start in a “back-to-front” sort of way, I’m feeling fine. I can walk. I can bend down to tie up my shoelaces. From time to time, I even smile. Little things, admittedly. But when you’ve had month after month of searing, depressing, debilitating back pain, to be able to do just those little things is a big deal. A very big deal.
To some, back pain is a subject to make fun of – in the same way as, say, having “the runs” is. It’s a dead cert, however, that no-one who has been stricken by the crippling, demoralising and just plain agonising rigours of sciatica will ever make a joke of it. It dominates your life. When the attack is in full swing you can’t even think of much else, let alone do anything. And as for actually enjoying life, well you can forget all about that. And when the attack subsides the relief is tempered by the dread of a return visit from the “Back Stabber” – that damned gremlin who tweaks that sciatic nerve with such vicious intent and devastating results.
Previous treatments took a “softly, softly” approach – gentle massages carried out by caring, well-intentioned people whom I simply could not criticise. However, although it was all very pleasant, the gremlin was never banished for any length of time. Along comes Nic Aldous. Hardly the “softly, softly” approach, just a straight-talking, business-like assessment and three treatments that were, in all honesty, quite a pummelling.
The technicalities of the power-assisted micro-manipulation machine Nic used were beyond me. I didn’t really care how it worked anyway – I just wanted it to work, full stop. I was aware of pistons clanking and fairly intense pressure up and down my spine giving a curious sensation that hovered mysteriously between pain and pleasure. A few manipulations administered by Nic himself, after that little lot, seemed like a breeze.
Now I have to say I was not and am not expecting a miracle cure. I am fully expecting the sciatica to return at some stage – that seems to be the nature of the beast. What I am hoping for is longer trouble-free spells and, when the dreaded agony returns, I want – no, make that, for the sake of my sanity, need - it to be for shorter periods. That being said, the results of Nic’s treatment, which was stepped up in intensity over my three visits, were instant.
After the first session I confess to a little soreness where the machine had tracked up and down my back, but I felt much taller, with my spine feeling as though it had been lengthened. Still a little stiff, yes, but the pain subsided to manageable levels over the next few days. After the second visit the pain had virtually vanished and, although my back still felt stiff, I strongly suspected that progress was certainly being made.
After the third visit, well life returned to normal. Something we all tend to take for granted. Just feeling normal. I’m not saying I am totally cured. I’m not going to resume the marathon running I so enjoyed in my athletic prime. But the beast is at bay. I might go out for a brisk walk or even a little jog. A few weeks ago such exertions were nowhere near the agenda. Now they are a reality. So it’s back to the future, if you’ll pardon the pun – and the future looks far better now.
John Grant
The Complementary Medicine Centre, The Gilchrist Unit, Hartismere Hospital, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BH