THE SPINE TEAM - Key Persons

Having grad uated from Anglo European College of Chiropractic (AECC) in 1996 Annette worked in Kings Lynn before moving to Basingstoke in 2000 working at the Basingstoke Chiropractic Clinic. She set up The Spine Team with Gordon Linscott in 2004 and was principally involved in the development of our main Basingstoke practice in Brighton Hill. Annette specialises in rehabilitation of patients with chronic (long standing) back problems and developed core stability programmes for The Spine Team. She has researched the advantages of core stability exercises and the importance of implementing it successfully into practice. Education As a post graduate Annette studied postural fault and analysis with the Prague School at Charles University, Prague under Professor Pavel Kolar with Professor Karel Lewitt (2005) working with developmental failure as seen in cerebral palsy. She studied with Professor Stuart McGill (2002 - 2004) in the pathophysiology of back pain and Dr Craig Liebenson in back pain rehabilitation (from 2002 to 2006). Annette has studied under Professor Steven Linton and Professor Chris Main in the ‘flag' system of back pain management, also looking at the work of Professor Peter O'Sullivan integrating clinical psychology and physical therapeutic intervention for chronic back pain. She studied under Professor Kim Humphreys in Switzerland looking at the testing and treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) (2009). Annette has worked to improve the care for ladies during and after pregnancy, she has studied the diagnosis, treatment and management of Pelvic Girdle Pain. Annette feels it is vitally important that these Mums and Mums to be understand that the condition can really be helped with a better understanding and management by themselves with treatment to help them get through the bad spells and bak to enjoying their pregnancy and their new baby.

Gordon Linscott started full time practice in Basingstoke in 1984 when he took over The Basingstoke Clinic which became The Basingstoke Chiropractic Clinic in 1987. He set up The Spine Team in 2004 with Annette Storm Williams. Gordon Linscott started full time practice in Basingstoke in 1984 when he took over The Basingstoke Clinic from Osteopath Keith Lamont. This became The Basingstoke Chiropractic Clinic in 1987 when he moved it to Cliddesden Road. Following a shift in his research into back pain suggesting that back pain should be considered a problem that needs to be managed with the patient in mind rather than just treated as a problem that the patient has, he set up The Spine Team with Annette Storm Williams in 2004 to offer a new way of treating and managing back pain. Education Gordon graduated from the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC) in 1983 following a four year full time education after entering with A levels in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. At the time this was a private college but the pre-eminent college for studying Chiropractic in Europe. Subsequent university validation was given to the course. Gordon embarked upon an Post Graduate Masters (MSc) in 1998 to update the key competencies of clinical practice in the context of the language, tools and techniques of research papers of the ‘internet age of information'. During this time his view on many things changed: from ‘the only worthwhile research outcome was quantitive', to a better understanding of the qualitative paradigm; that the contemporary models for back pain did not work and yet their use was still widespread; the development of better imaging techniques and their limitations for identifying causality with false positives in back pain; the psycho-social paradigm as a useful tool in managing patients other than ‘to be used as a euphemism'. He felt it was common in his early practice years for orthodox medicine to blame the patient for their failure to respond to treatment and for their illness not showing up on tests or imaging. His thesis looked at the use of modelling for patient understanding, compliance and empowerment, specifically with issues such as ‘locus of control', in chronic lower back pain. He completed post graduate MSc (Portsmouth) in 2002, graduating in 2003. As a post graduate he studied postural analysis and predisposition to chronic pain under the late Professor Vladamir Janda (1998-9) and developmental postural fault and analysis with the Prague School at Charles University, Prague under Professor Pavel Kolar with Professor Karel Lewitt (2005). He studied with Professor Stuart McGill (2002 - 2004) in the pathophysiology of back pain and Dr Craig Liebenson in back pain rehabilitation (from 1998 to 2006). He studied under Professor Steven Linton and Professor Chris Main in the ‘flag' system of back pain management, the precursor to the STarT back screening tool (2007). He studied under Professor Kim Humphreys in Switzerland looking at the testing and treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) (2009).