My back is not what it once was - but after I damaged it by being optimistic (resulting in a nastly little man with red-hot pliers who lived in my left buttock) I saw a respected sports therapist who achieved nothing, a series of doctors culminating is a full-body imaging job in Harley street (insured!) who found a little bit of disc damage but achieved nothing, several osteopaths and finally a chiropractor who suggested losing weight and getting fit, which I did (all gone back to where it was now). Lots of clunking metal about in gymns and I was fine. Must have been about 30 years ago.

I just have to be a bit careful about how I lift things, but not how much I lift.