Osteopath Torben Hersborg is a
therapist to numerous Olympic athletes, including Modern Pentathletics gold
medallist Dr Stephanie Cook. He was born in Denmark and trained at the
European School of Osteopathy in Kent, going on to launch his Central London
Health Centre in 1993. Having had the knocks and strains of high level sports
participation as an international judo player, he understands how pain can
undermine not only professional performance but personal well-being.
Pain is an everyday experience
for thousands of people throughout the UK. Nearly two thirds of the country's
adults have had experience of back pain at some point in their lives, for
example. Many others suffer due to sports injuries, arthritis, rheumatism or
work-related repetitive strain injury. Pain has incredibly debilitating
consequences. Even performing the simplest day-to-day chores can be extremely
arduous, and for some, impossible. Constant physical pain has a detrimental
effect on emotional well being too, and many people become depressed as a
result. Its effects can extend beyond the individual sufferer, to partner and
family as well. Although no two people are the same, and different treatments
suit different individuals, electromagnetic therapy has been successful in
alleviating pain for a significant proportion of sufferers.