Mattresess that are too old may well cause back pain and even neck pain as well as other health problems. Take our test to see if your mattress is too old. It is quite common for back pain sufferers to experience disturbed sleep. In a recent study, approximately two thirds of patients with chronic back…
If you go to see a chiropractor for back pain treatment in Brighton one of the important questions you want answered is “Will a chiropractor help me get better?” This is an important question for chiropractors too. If our treatment is not going to be effective we want to refer you quickly to another treatment.…
Chronic pain can become the problem itself. Pain is always a problem but what happens when you have so much pain for so long that your body adapts to it? This is what happens with chronic or persistent pain. Your body creates new nerve pathways that make the pain a near permanent feature. This is…
If you are suffering from regular headaches the chances are that you regularly use painkillers to help alleviate the pain. You may also be taking anti-inflammatory medication or if you’re getting migraine headaches other exotic combinations of drugs. This headache treatment may help with the symptoms but does not address the underlying cause of the…
Many golfers do exercises before golf but are they the right exercises? Often golfers are unintentionally injuring themselves because, rather than being shown what to do they simply copy what everyone else does. Interestingly stretching before a game may actually be harmful to golf performance.It is better to warm the muscles up by gently using…
Knee pain running is common. With the marathons in London and Brighton we’ve seen an increase in people coming into our clinics with knee pain associated with running. The 2 most common causes of knee pain in runners are “Runners knee” and ITB syndrome. In this posting we’ll talk about runners knee pain, what it…
If you are feeling sore after running the Brighton Marathon we would like to offer the first ten callers a free half hour massage worth £30 with Quentin our physio. Congratulations on running and hopefully completing the course. We would like to help your marathon recovery and massage is great for that. If you are…
Looking for top tips to prevent back pain in pregnancy or treat pregnancy pain? We may just have the answer. 1. Improve your posture during pregnancy If you are getting back pain in pregnancy the best advice is to try and maintain the best posture that you can. The change in your centre of balance…
Back pain in pregnancy can be due to hormone changes. Haven’t we all been told that hormones are always the cause of every problem known for a woman? Well in this case the hormone in question is ‘relaxin’. This little lovely is produced every month during a woman’s menstrual cycle and disappears if no pregnancy…
Having lower back pain or leg pain in pregnancy already? Feeling tired and sore in your spine? Wondering about causes of back pain in pregnancy? Brighton chiropractor Amanda Goring explains why. It is estimated that up to 50% of all pregnant women suffer from some form of lower back pain during their pregnancy. So, as…
