At this time of year we start to see several people who have injured themselves on holiday. It is not the sort of holidays that you might expect either. Rather than activity holidays like biking, kayaking, tennis and walking trips it is the inactivity holidays that are worst culprit. As stress builds leading up to…
Antony, our physio, has been busy following on from the Brighton Marathon. He has seen lots of runners who have not recovered as well as they had hoped or who have pulled muscles or aggravated knee and foot problems on the gruelling 26.2 miles course. Our state of the art laser is proving a real…
Using x-rays to see inside the body has been around since 1895 and chiropractors were amongst the first to use this wonderful new technology. The first x-ray machine to be installed in a chiropractic college was in 1910 in Davenport, Iowa. Since then x-ray use fallen in and out of favour in both medical and…
Arthritis is a joint disorder. The joints are inflamed which can cause significant pain and can interfere with an individual’s regular daily routine. A lot of people suffering from arthritis depend on medications to relieve the pain but depending on drugs is not a very healthy option. So we’ll be sharing four simple secrets to…
Physiotherapy is a therapy that makes use of physical techniques to relieve pain and increase mobility. Physiotherapists will often use exercise as a treatment. So here are a few easy physiotherapy exercises for your back, neck and feet that you can do at home to help yourself. Tips to get the most out of these…
Food is definitely something we cannot live without. Everyone depends on it for survival. The food we eat should contain all the nutrients our bodies need to perform our daily routines, jobs and activities but for most of us today the food we eat contains fewer nutrients than in years gone by and in fact…
Most of us have suffered some form of physical pain during our lives. Pain can have a significant impact on our daily routine and can affect our performance. Sometimes it may become so bothersome that it wrecks our whole day. Increasingly people depend on pain medications when pain becomes too bothersome and impacts on their…
Many therapists offer treatments to help or aid a person’s health that are completely based on natural methods instead of being based on medications. We want to talk about two of these today: acupuncture and acupressure. Both acupuncture and acupressure are holistic approaches to health. They are both based on interacting with meridians which carry…
A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London, shows that children with emotional difficulties are at higher risk for obesity in adult life. Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese – but not which influences which. The…
NICE, an advisory body to the NHS, are actively recommending alternative therapies for the treatment of ongoing back pain.
