Core stability training – the most important thing we’ll ever tell you
A vast amount of rubbish is spouted about core stability. Typically this is from those poorly trained and, often, pretty dim blokes you meet in gyms....
Sit-ups are bad for low-backs
I found this in "Bodybuilders weekly" or some other bodybuilding site which I was looking at because they are great ones for the mad sit-ups types of...
We can help with headaches, so call us
"Can chiropractic help headaches?" Now, this is something I am asked at least once a week and, more likely, once a day. The reason I'm asked this so...
Sitting all day may be killing you – this is important
An important study about how sitting is bad for you was published in the ‘International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity'. It w...
Posterior facet syndrome – what is it?
In an interesting article by Deborah Pate, who’s not thick, called “Determining a Diagnosis of Facet Syndrome” she says about posterior facet syndrome...
What causes leg-length inequality or leg-length discrepancy?
At C1 we've been having a run on patients presenting with "hip pain”. This turns out to be classic leg-length inequality (LLI) or leg-length discrepa...
Anterior Head Carriage – and what can you do about it?
Welcome to the most visited, and arguably, the most important page on the blog. It looks at Anterior Head Carriage (AHC). This is also known as Forw...
Chronic low-back pain – what’s the best answer?
What's the best way to treat low-back pain? Not surprisingly, particularly for low-back pain, I’d say chiropractic, but I would wouldn’t I – but so...
Can you sprain/strain your back muscles? I think this is rare – why?
I was recently asked by a patient if the problem she had in her back was sprained back muscles. Now I found myself explaining that it was rare to str...