pay between £25 and £45 for a consultation, and then £18-£35 per session. Many health insurance programmes now pay for chiropractic treatment. Contact The British Chiropractic Association; 0118-950 5950; e-mail britchiro@aol.com; www

disrobed and lying beneath a sheet. A massage generally lasts between 30 and 90 minutes. Case study When Sophie Wright, 16, pulled out of a recent 400m race with a stiff, sore back after just 10 strides, she feared the worst. She’d thought back problems

surgeons, orthopaedic physicians or rheumatologists. The minimum qualificationwould depend on the position: an orthopaedic surgeon, for example, is required to complete a full 11 years of study culminating with the FRCS Orth; an orthopaedic physician

UAN: Article type:-->Runners get injured. There’s no point denying it and no reason to hide it. That’s the bad news. The good news, though, is that most running injuries are soft-tissue injuries which you can resolve yourself with ice, rest

for Stuart Barr, 39, and Nicholas Davis, 32, who both live in Cumbria – a part of the world not exactly renown for its mild winters. They often run 10-13 miles together at about 4am, a particularly bleak time to run when the northern climate is blowing wind