My back pain started a few weeks into the first lockdown and lasted for a year. My daughters and I were ill with suspected Covid but not diagnosed because no tests were available then. I had a few years of stress and I think at this point I went into overwhelm.

I had constant pain every day for a year. Painkillers heat and ice didn’t really touch it. I found myself pill popping.

It was incredibly challenging and lockdown and homeschooling made it really tough. I went down all the medical channels, had an mri, saw a spine specialist. I tried everything under the sun from acupuncture to osteopathy to healing. Nothing really worked. I resorted to taking heavy medication and had two guided steroid injections into my neck.

In February this year I found the right therapist, Pippa Cossens from Osteopathy for All, is started my recovery which changed my life. I’m now completely off the medication.

I’m so much better. I’m not completely pain free but every day I’m getting there.