No 1 solution for chronic low-back pain?
What's the best treatment for chronic low-back pain? Not surprisingly, I’d say chiropractic, but I would wouldn’t I – but so does Haas M, Goldberg...
Standing Desks and should you be using one?
Standing desks or sit-stand desks make some real sense. They have been used by ‘visionaries’ such as Hemingway, Dickens and Kierkegaard but are just...
Shin Splints- enjoy the Bristol 10k without them!
Sports Massage Therapist- Luke Norland writes: It's the Bristol 10k is this Sunday! This, from the official website- “The course will take you un...
Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis – or scoliosis for no reason in your kids
What’s this all about? Well, we’ve seen a few patients with this in the last few days and I’m just not happy about the word 'idiopathic' in the diagn...
Are you a front sleeper? As your Chiropractor I suggest you change this, if you can.
Back sleeper? Side sleeper? Front sleeper or all of the above? You can sleep in a wide variety of positions. Not one position is technically the "ri...
Low-back pain – what’s happening?
I was talking to a patient today about his low-back pain. He said his back goes "out". Now I had to be firm that he should not use such rubbish term...
Sitting at work is not good for anyone
I've posted about sitting at work before, here, however, there's a recent study published in the ‘International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and P...
What are we trying to achieve during a new patient consultation?
I was reading an article on low-back pain (LBP) which had a good summary of what I am trying to get out of any new patient consultation. A new patien...
Hyper mobility
One of our excellent Sports Massage Therapist- Luke Norland writes this about hypermobility: "Hypermobility is a common problem affecting many of our...