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...
Lower back pain – the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) new draft guidelines
In the UK it is estimated that low back pain is responsible for 37% of all chronic pain in men and 44% in women. The total cost of this to the UK eco...
Neck pain? It’s your IT that’s the problem
Is the groovy IT stuff you are using giving you neck pain? It’s my belief that it is. We see well over 3000 people a year and I estimate over 2000 o...