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How to Deal With Acute Joint and Back PainWhat do you do when faced with acute joint pain?If it is due to a traumatic incident it is best to call for medical assistance as you need to ascertain if anything is broken.This following advice is meant as a guide and you should seek advice for your […]
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Orthotics or Anti Pronation Running Shoes? Orthotics or Anti-pronation Running Shoes for those Flat Feet? In practice we are asked whether anti-pronation running shoes or orthotics are the best option for runners. This article will help you to understand pronation and guide you in your choice of running shoes to prevent over pronation. What is […]
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No Time for the Gym? Get Fit with 3 x 20 minute Sessions of Exercise per week A Speedy Workout to Get Results Efficiently In our busy lives free time is precious and often in short supply. We don’t always have time for the gym workout. This research on speedy 20 minute work outs could […]
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Dizziness at Christmas?Not all dizziness at Christmas is about over-indulgence….!If I asked you ‘how is your sense of balance?’ how would you reply?You might think good balance is being confident at walking along a wall or narrow beam, or happy to go up scaffolding and clamber around on a roof.Indeed, these things do require a […]
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Inspired By Our Excelling Olympians?Then Join In On The Fun The Next Time You Watch Sport.In August our amazing Olympic team brought home life time best performances and medals galore. The joy and delight on their faces was moving and something you can share to an extent by joining the para-olympic athletes as they inspire even more through […]
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How to Avoid Injury when you Restart Exercise After a break from exercise it is easy to get carried away and bite off more than you can chew. If you don’t take a sensible controlled view you will be more likely to get injured. So here are a few steps to consider when you restart…… […]
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Are your Anti-cholesterol Drugs Compromising your Energy Levels? The Technical Bit Anti-Cholesterol drugs such as statins reduce your cholesterol by slowing down the production of cholesterol by the liver. They do this by interfering with the action of a key enzyme, HMG-CoA-Reductase. Cholesterol production is not fully blocked nor is the production of other substances that […]
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Is Your Posture Saying Something about Your Brain? Poor posture can be a sign that there is a weakness in your brain function. Take a look in a full length mirror at yourself and see if the following applies to you. A commonly seen aberrant posture in clinic is one where your foot is turned […]
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Paracetomol and Back pain Paracetomol ineffective as treatment for back and joint pain. Last week (April 2015) a study was published in the British Medical Journal that got a lot of headlines. An analysis of 13 quality trials showed that Paracetomol is no better than a placebo for treating back pain, arthritic pain and disability. […]
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It’s winter so time to top up the Vitamin D3 In the winter Vitamin D3 is the supplement you should be taking. If I asked you what was the most important vitamin for fighting colds what would your answer be? Many people think it’s vitamin C. It is certainly important in helping to mop up […]
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What is Health? This is a fundamentally important question when considering a “healthy” spine or body. In the Western World health care is concerned mainly with getting you painfree, and unfortunately in general only lip service is paid to the preventative side of therapy. The commonest way of doing this is with medication until the […]
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Wall Angel Part 2 Building Resistance You’ve Should Have The Flexibility Now It’s Time To Go For Strength And Stamina. Only complete this part if you can comfortably get your arms flat to the wall and keep them there as you lower them on the Wall Angel. Make sure you read this first if this is the […]
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