One of the questions I am most often asked when people book an appointment is “what should I do in the meantime?” In other words, they have a few hours, or maybe even a day or two, until they get into the clinic and they (quite rightly) want to get started on their recovery as […]
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Many people are now required to spend longer and longer periods at their desks, often without the help of an Occupational Health advisor to make sure it is set up in the best possible way to suit each person. While nothing beats having someone come and look at you at your workstation and advising you
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As a chiropractor, one of the most common questions I am asked is: What is the difference between chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy? If I’m feeling facetious, I could answer: spelling! Particularly where chiropractic and osteopathy are concerned, what we do and how we do it are more or less the same. We may call it
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I would imagine every single house has some sort of medicine cabinet or drawer, full of pills, potions and creams to be brought out whenever they are required to help us live our lives. There is an increasing tendency for the maxim “pop a pill for every ill” to be worryingly accurate. Of course,
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With the weather turning chilly (sometimes) at the moment, I am brought to thinking once again about a surprisingly common complaint amongst my patients – Raynauds phenomenon or syndrome. Another frequent winter irritant is chilblains. But what are these two conditions, how are the triggered and what can be done about them? Raynaud’s phenomenon A
I would imagine that we all have certain pieces of music that come to mean things to us – specific events they bring to mind, emotions they bring up or a particular time in our life. Sometimes we hear the music in a shop or on the radio and the memory is evoked, but sometimes
Summer is the perfect time to get out there and enjoy your garden. Whether you have acres of rolling estate, or a tiny paved courtyard, make the most out of your outdoor space by growing flowers, fruit and vegetables – not only is it a pleasant way to spend your time, there are loads of
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How often do I hear patients – particularly those with neck and shoulder pain or headaches – blame their problem on the stress they are under in their lives? And it’s true. When we are stressed, anxious, cold or otherwise tense, our muscles respond by tightening up and this is an extremely common cause of
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Tablets, laptops, desk tops, smartphones…it seems there is no escape from technology these days. People walk around town staring avidly at their twitter feed, and it seems that just about everybody is plugged in to their music even while walking the dog or having coffee with friends. It continues into the work place as well
There are many commonly-held beliefs around medicine and health, some of which are total rubbish. But there are a few which hold grains of truth. Here, I have listed a few popular ones and tried to explain how much truth there is before them. Vitamin C prevents colds – sadly, false. The common belief is