What is the best pain-killer for sciatica?
In this video Andrew discusses a new article in the BMJ this week on this topic. If you want to read the original paper click here: https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4248…
Just one hour per week!
Great article here, by Harvey and colleagues, about how effective even just ONE hour per week of exercise is, in the prevention of depression. Depression is often a significant factor in physical symptoms such as neck pain, low back pain and headaches. Exercise may therefore be really helpful in helping to reduce these symptoms. […]
Hotdesking?
Need to be able to move your computer screen easily? We have just fitted a monitor arm to hold the computer in our treatment room. It is made by www.colebrookbossonsaunders.com The model is a ‘Flo’ (in case you are interested in getting one)!
What do our patients think of us?
We send follow-up questionnaires to our patients to try and get feedback about what we do. This video shows a small selection of some that we have had back in recent times. Thanks to those patients!
Shoulder impingement syndrome
In the most recent edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine there is am interesting paper reviewing the literature about \’shoulder impingement syndrome\’. This is a common condition that creates pain in the shoulder and upper arm. In the video below Andrew discusses the research paper and the implications of the findings
What do our patients think?
Here are a few feedback forms that have been returned to us in recent months. Thanks to the patients who completed them!
Does your posture create your mood or does your mood create your posture?
Our emotions and our physical body are linked. Some practitioners feel that our body \’remembers\’ emotions and events. This is sometimes referred to as \’muscle memory\’. This short video discusses the link between the two, and was stimulated by Andrew reading the book \’Emotional Anatomy\’.
Only two minutes to bone health!
Great article in the International Journal of Epidemiology in June of this year. The authors describe how small amounts of exercise appear to make a significant difference to bone density. You can read a summary of the original article here. Remember it\’s only two minutes per day!
Spinal manipulative treatment helps acute low back pain
There was an interesting article published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It was a research study into the effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for acute low back pain. The outcome of the study was very positive. What was really great (from our point of view) was the editorial encouraging […]
Exercise helps almost everything, according to the latest research!
A recent paper published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has concluded that \’ Exercise therapy appears to be a safe way to improve functional capacity and reduce disability in individuals with chronic disease\’. What was particularly interesting to me was the huge array of conditions for which this appears to be the case, […]