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 countryÕs 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.