Series of specially commissioned stories exploring the traumatic and occasionally comical subject of back pain.


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01Jack's Back2007061120081123By William Boyd.
Jack puts his back out lugging a case, but his wife is a bigger concern.
(R)By William Boyd.
Jack puts his back out whilst lugging a case of wine.
But his wife is a greater cause for concern as she researches on the internet.
Read by Christine Kavanagh and Sam DaleBut his wife is a greater cause for concern as she researches the internet.
02Since I've Been Away 2007061220081130By Nicci Gerard, read by Rachel Atkins.
A bored patient in a body-brace imagines a scenario on the ward that lands her in trouble.
Is there a way out?
03The Wall2007061320081207A girl's relationship with her father determines the frailties of her spine as an adolescent.
Later, her husband and daughter will pull her through.
By Julie Myerson, read by Niamh Cusack 
04Blue Thought2007061420081214By A L Kennedy, read by Dermot Crowley.
A prone man seeks solace by talking to his bones.
05 LASTSqueezed2007061520081221By Adam Thorpe.
Victor the physio should not be allowed near any patients.
Read by Gerard McDermott.
By Adam Thorpe, read by Gerard McDermott.