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 neck pain and headaches. Our […]
Read MoreTablets, 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 – even in my own […]
Read MoreThere 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 that if you start to […]
Read MoreI fully champion a certain song by the Boomtown Rats. I love my job, I have a great life, and I’m lucky to enjoy a healthy and active lifestyle. But I don’t like Mondays. I guess there’s always going to be one day that you like less than others, but Mondays just don’t cut it for me. So here are […]
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again. I will not drink, I will not eat chocolate, I will go to the gym every single day. I’ve said it before…yes you will, yes you will and no you won’t, respectively! I had a fascinating chat with a sports therapist recently, about people trying to lose weight. We had been discussing the importance […]
Read MoreAh, the time of Christmas feasting has passed, to be followed inevitably by the season of denying the scales in your bathroom even exist because you really don’t want to know! Our New Year’s Resolutions then consist of “I will never touch alcohol again” or “chocolate? Not for me!”. And about two weeks later, you have a stressful day at […]
Read MoreIt is a commonly held belief that pain is worse in the cold and damp – from years gone by, people have talked about the damp getting into their joints, and how their old injuries can ache in cold weather. But is this actually true, or just one of those old wives’ tales that are so often quoted as fact? […]
Read MoreThat horrible moment when you realise that you’ve just done something that has hurt your back, and now you don’t know what to do… 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 […]
Read MoreI bore myself silly sometimes, banging on about core strength and posture all the time. But the truth is, I mention it so much because it really is vitally important to everything we do. Whether it’s giving you the inner strength (literally!) to stand and wait 3 hours in a queue, or allowing you to pick up heavy items without […]
Read MoreSo, last time I showed you a few ways you could use a foam roll to sort out some muscular niggles. Don’t forget, those were only a selection of ideas – don’t be afraid to get inventive! If you have a muscular ache, and can work out a way to use the foam roll to apply pressure to it, give […]
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