ADVERTORIAL
TAMARS offers
helping hand with
back pain
David Turner tried the TAMARS treatment and no longer has to
rely on a cocktail of painkillers to get through the day.
W
hen you are self employed and running a business
which requires constant manual activity, it’s just not
an option to take time off work with a bad back. For
David Turner (39) from East Lothian, this is the scenario which
he lived with on a daily basis - having to work whilst in constant
agony due to a recurring back problem.
“I hurt my back many years ago when I was in the merchant
There was an ongoing improvement
navy and then I suffered two prolapsed discs a few years back
after each treatment, my posture is much
after lifting a paving stone. After seeing a specialist, taking strong
better and I can live life properly again
painkillers and undergoing a course of physiotherapy, the problem
seemed to be resolved. Then at the end of 2007, I started suffering
from chronic back pain which got progressively worse and I knew Keen to find an effective solution to a problem which was having
I had to seek out treatment to sort it out once and for all.” a serious effect on his quality of life, David booked a course
of treatments at the clinic and is now reaping the benefits of
“I was living on painkillers and struggling to get ready for work
improved mobility and posture as well as a significant reduction
in the mornings. Getting in and out of the car was a nightmare
in pain.
and I had to scale down what I could do work-wise as I simply
couldn’t lift or bend like I needed to.” TAMARS is passive, progressive, gentle and non-invasive. The
hand-held, computer console-controlled TAMARS device acts
David is not alone. Recent studies suggest that almost half the
like a ‘bionic hand’, administering a safe, drug free and non-
adult population have experienced lower back pain lasting for at
surgical spinal treatment that treats the entire spine through
least 24 hours at some time during the past 12 months. Incredibly,
three modes of treatment.
back pain costs the British economy £5billion annually, with
around five million working days lost because of it every year. David commented; “After about the third treatment, I started
to notice a real difference – my back felt stronger and I was
Like many back pain sufferers, David tried a range of treatments
able to cope better with day to day life. There was an ongoing
and at one point, he was booked in for surgery which would
improvement after each treatment, my posture is much better
involve shaving some of the bones in his spine and inserting
and I can live life properly again.”
metal plates. He decided against the operation and was
resigned to living on strong painkillers until he heard about 21st He continued; “I have recommended 21st Century Back Care to
Century Back Care, which offers TAMARS (Technology Assisted quite a few of my friends and I now have one treatment a month
Micro-mobilisation And Reflex Stimulation) for the treatment of to keep my back in good shape. It gives me the confidence of
back pain. knowing that my back is strong and won’t let me down.”
i-on reader offer
£35 off your first one hour treatment. Offer available until the end of June.
TAMARS costs £65 for a one hour session or £40 for half an hour. For more information,
contact 21st Century Back Care on Tel: 0131 557 4404 or visit
www.tamars.co.uk.
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