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.
Our very own Dr Richard Hollis, talks to the Daily Mail about chairs and gadgets to protect your back. He says ‘Contrary to popular belief, most back injuries happen due to inactivity, rather than excessive activity.’The discs between each vertebra in your back have no blood supply of their own, but rely on movement to maintain their health, he explains.
Nearly half of Britain’s children have suffered from back pain before reaching their 11th birthday, new research has found. Dr Matthew Bennett, from Sundial, talked to BBC’s Newsround about it. Experts believe the trend is largely down to children’s sedentary lifestyles. A survey by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) found that 45 per cent of…
