If you suffer from back pain, the hours spent cramped in an airline seat can be agony. Hand luggage can be heavy and awkward getting into overhead lockers. When you arrive at your destination you have to deal with hauling heavy bags off the luggage carousel and dragging them thought the airport an into a…
Summer is here, and it’s time to get outside and enjoy it! With warmer weather around the corner, there will be an increase in outdoor sport activities. This week is National Bike Week 2022 and cycling is a great way to improve your cardiovascular health as well as maintain muscle tone and improve knee and…
Bank Holidays can mean relaxing, perhaps a barbecue in the garden – and catching up on DIY jobs. Unfortunately, Do-It-Yourself projects are responsible for about 200,000 accidents in the UK every year. As the bending, stretching and balancing acts involved in tasks around the home tend to be unusual, not surprisingly unprepared muscles easily get…
What happens to muscles as we age? As we get older our muscles lose strength and power. And they lose it up to eight times faster than they lose muscle mass. In other words we get weaker but we don’t look weaker. We often think aerobic-type exercise like walking, cycling or swimming is better than…
A good workout doesn’t have to include jumping or jogging to be effective. In fact, high impact exercises can be jarring on the body or joints, placing you at greater risk of injuries. If it’s right for you, low impact exercises can improve your fitness and health, without causing harm to your joints. Who benefits…
This Chiropractic Awareness Week (4-10 April), we wanted to answer a few of the most common myths and misconceptions around chiropractic treatment. 1. “Chiropractic is just cracking backs” = MYTH In the UK chiropractic is a regulated profession and chiropractors provide patients with a whole wealth of treatments, spinal adjustment being just one. There’s no…
The ‘popping’ sound you often hear is called cavitation and it happens when gas bubbles are released from the joint fluid inside the joint as it is stretched. It can happen naturally, for example, when your knees crack as you squat down. It can also happen during treatment to the spine as part of chiropractic…
Ain’t no one got time for back pain! Doing things today to help your spinal discs stay healthy in the future is a clever move. Imagine your fit and active future self reaping the benefits of today’s efforts. It’ll only take a couple of minutes… Every day, your spinal discs absorb stress related to gravity,…
Physiotherapist’s guide to help you get on with your life quickly By Tech Ding, Sundial physiotherapist Most of us experience back pain at some point in our lives, and it can significantly change the way we do things and limit our activities. In some cases, it may feel like you can’t return to…
Our spine care works by restoring movement to stiff joints, relaxing tight muscles and relieving pain. The fast pushes and prods you feel, move the joints of the back and neck. This physically stretches the joints and muscles which improves movement. The nerve endings are also affected and this stimulates a response in the brain…
