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Thoughts and insights on natural back care from Loulou James—creator of the Buttafly and the Buttafly Technique.

The Red Flags of Back Pain for Yoga Teachers

8 October 2019

When Back Pain is a Sign of Something Serious Yoga teachers commonly find themselves looking after clients with back pain – this blog about the red flags of back pain…

Posture and the pelvic floor

5 August 2019

Last week I attended a networking meeting with 20 or so beautiful ladies, all with a lovely story to tell. It was my first time to this particular group and…

The Buttafly Effect and craniosacral therapy

3 August 2019

The Buttafly Effect shows consistent benefits for back pain One of the most exciting things about working with the Buttafly Effect is the consistency of both the subjective and objective…

The Buttafly is a great find… I’m a convert

1 August 2019

July 2019, at the OM Bass festival, this delightful yogi, Rob, came over for seeking assistance for chronic and intermittent bilateral sciatica (both legs!) and back pain. Now the physio…

The Buttafly features in a charity calendar

1 August 2019

In aid of Breast Cancer Now Lanarkshire-based yoga teacher Mary Nelson recently emailed us this surprising and brilliantly done photograph. It’s the December page from a calendar she and her…

Our Story in Wellbeing Magazine

21 June 2019

  The Buttafly is a new concept in the management of back pain and like many great inventions, came about quite by chance. After a spine-damaging accident, physiotherapist TillyLou James…

“Tuck your bottom under” is not a helpful cue

2 June 2019

  Recently, I’ve been doing some research on what advice is available for women about posture during pregnancy. In many cases the results have been sadly discouraging – including this…

Postural muscles v movement muscles

21 March 2019

Fascia aficionado, Tracey Mellor has been one of our most active affiliates since our chance meeting at the end of a Fascial Fitness workshop last year. She spotted the Buttafly…

Stress incontinence – young woman suffer too

20 March 2019

Millions of women experience stress incontinence and while the problem is known to increase with age, many young women suffer too. They have the additional stress of the stigma around…

Postural reading

24 February 2019

This photo was used to advertise a back brace on Instagram and the way the girl stands is something I see a lot of especially in young females.  Probably more…

Sitting all day?

21 February 2019

How did you get to work today? If you sat down either over a wheel or behind a wheel chances are your low back came out of its natural backward…

Sciatica and how the Buttafly may help

19 February 2019

To first understand sciatica pain we need to be clear about what sciatica means. It refers to the symptoms that result from irritation of the sciatic nerve. What is sciatica?…