When Buxton motocross rider Luke injured his back during a championship race, it looked like his season was well and truly over.
” I prolpased a disc in my lower back and thanks to IDD Therapy I only missed one round in the AMCA British Motocross Championship. I thought my season was well and truly over.”
Midway through the event near Kidderminster, the rear shock absorber on his bike failed, leaving his back to take a pounding as he continued racing. But he didn’t realise how much damage had been done until the following day, back home in Harpur Hill.
“I just carried on as best I could to the end of the race – you can’t just stop,” he says.
“The next morning, I picked up my tool box and my back just completely let go. I couldn’t do anything and ended up lying on the conservatory floor for a couple of days. I’ve had my share of crashes and broken bones over the years, but I’ve never had a back problem before. I thought it might be a trapped nerve – but it wasn’t getting any better.”
In fact, the constant jarring as Luke raced his bike over rough ground had caused a prolapsed disc, leaving him severely debilitated. He realised the extent of the injury when he visited Buxton osteopath Phil Heler.
“When I told him what had happened, and where the pain was, Phil pretty much diagnosed the problem straight away,” says Luke.
Luke took a course of six sessions of the IDD Therapy, which applies computer-controlled forces at precise angles to gently draw targeted spinal segments apart, relieving pressure on discs and trapped nerves and easing muscles and ligaments.
Midway through the treatment at Buxton Osteopathy Clinic, he started to notice an improvement: “Phil said that it wouldn’t happen straight away, but by the time I’d finished it had made a massive difference. The treatment wasn’t painful at all – I’d recommend it to anyone.”
The success meant that he was able to get back on his bike and even resume racing – finishing eighth in the AMCA British Motocross Championship. “As it turns out I only missed one round.”
“He told me about IDD Therapy and I researched it online. It’s not cheap and there was no pressure to have it. But I’m an active person and I wanted to sort it out as soon as possible.”
IDD Therapy works by applying computer-controlled forces at precise angles to gently draw targeted spinal segments apart, relieving pressure on discs and trapped nerves and easing muscles and ligaments.
