Target the
cause of
back pain
For anyone who has ever suffered from back and neck problems,
the impact of trying to live life with constant, chronic pain can
be profound. Recent studies suggest that almost half the adult
population have experienced lower back pain lasting for at least
vertebrae, from top to bottom. It has three modes of treatment
24 hours at some time during the past 12 months. Incredibly,
designed to restore elasticity, mobility and flexibility to the
back pain costs the British economy £5billion annually, with
musculoskeletal joints of the spine. In fact, by straightening the
around five million working days lost because of it every year.
spine, TAMARS is performing a process that had previously been
deemed medically impossible
Although in many cases the pain will only be temporary, it can
also be debilitating. Long term back and neck problems can
Hazel Wilson is one of a growing group of people who are
have huge consequences for a sufferer’s quality of life and many
living with the benefits that TAMARS offers. She said; “I have
people will try various therapies to try and get some relief.
had several treatments and after years of living in agony, I am
pretty much free of pain and able to enjoy hobbies and activities
Hazel Wilson (60) is a mother of three grown up children
which I have had to avoid for years. I have so much energy and
who has suffered from back pain for over thirty years, after
feel like a human being again. I’ve recommended friends and
a diving accident in Singapore. Like many people, she tried
family to try out TAMARS now as well and I can’t speak highly
numerous treatments before discovering the revolutionary
enough of how it has transformed my life. When I first visited
TAMARS (Technology Assisted Micro-mobilisation And Reflex
the clinic, they discovered that my spine was all curved. TAMARS
Stimulation). Edinburgh-based 21st Century Back Care is
has treated this problem in a healthy way and the difference is
Scotland’s only clinic dedicated to the use of TAMARS for the
nothing short of miraculous.”
treatment of chronic and acute back and neck pain.
21st Century Back Care is owned and run by sports injury
“The diving accident in 1972 was the trigger for my back
specialist Jeff Knox, who discovered TAMARS by accident when
problems and at some points in my life the pain has been truly
he was trying to find an effective treatment for his own back pain.
devastating. I have suffered with agonising lower back pain,
He has treated patients from as young as ten up to 85 years old
headaches and pain in my neck and legs for such a long time
and is used to seeing people transformed after a few TAMARS
that it becomes a way of life. Simple tasks like carrying shopping
sessions, “Low back pain and sciatic pain are probably the most
or getting in or out of a car could be incredibly painful and I
common complaints we see but we also treat a lot of people
would often avoid going out at night in case my back suddenly
with spinal problems caused by sports injuries or whiplash. The
went and the pain started.”
treatment can also be very effective for headache sufferers.”
She continued; “I have tried so many different treatments to try
A typical course of treatment lasts for five or six sessions, with
and get some relief – acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopaths and
many patients experiencing a dramatic improvement after just
chiropractors. At best, I would get short periods of respite and
a couple of treatments.
at worst some of the treatments just aggravated the problem. I
read an article about TAMARS and decided to give it a try and
The TAMARS treatment is £65 per hour or £40 per half hour, at
the effect has been simply incredible. My spine is more or less
21st Century Back Care, 9 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh. For more
straight, I have great movement in my neck and back and I
information call 0131 557 4404 or visit
www.tamars.co.uk.
can swim and dive again. It has given me a life back that’s got
quality in it.”
TAMARS is passive, progressive, gentle and non-invasive. The
hand-held, computer console-controlled TAMARS device acts
like a ‘bionic hand’, administering a safe, drug free and non-
surgical full spinal treatment that frees and straightens the entire
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