Meet the osteopath who wants to revolutionise the way we think about back pain - Telegraph.co.uk

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Nick Potter wants to start a revolution. One that will mean any of us can avoid back pain, that will see young people future-proofing their hips and spines, and that – ultimately – could save the NHS. All we have to do to join in is stand up.

"Sitting is the new smoking," says Potter, one of the UK’s leading back care specialists and osteopath to elite sportspeople and celebrities. "We’re all becoming very lazy. We’re constantly stressed out. We don’t breathe properly. No wonder the NHS is in trouble. It’s not broken – we are."

He’s not wrong. Eighty per cent of us will have back, neck and muscle pain at some point, which according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, is costing...



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