Hi physiofi
Thank You again for your input to this long going saga. I am sitting here on a hard backed chair in my dining room, with perfect posture and a hot wheat bag tucked into my jammies keeping my buttock warm and toastie, proof that I am practising what you are preaching, so Thank You. I do believe as you say that there is some ongoing issue with my lower back. The physiotherapist whom I see (NHS) concentrates on the very bottom of my back (below my waist), where she feels 'there is not a lot of flexibility'.

The chap who does acupuncture on my neck (private treatment), has listened with great interest to my woes. He suggested I may benefit from 'Visceral Manipulation', something I discussed with my physiotherapist, but she doesn't know much about it. I did 'google' it, but am no better informed. I did learn that in this area it is physiotherapists who practice it. Any opinions?