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, […]
Why are we interested in your blood pressure?
When we see a patient for the first time, and when we do our annual reviews of our regular patients, one of the tests that we do is to measure the blood pressure. Have a look at this video and find out why we do this. There are things that we can all do to […]
Marathon running and acute kidney failure
Interesting article in this journal about kidney problems after running marathons. This got me thinking about whether some of the runners that we see in the clinic who have back pain are suffering from renal pain, not mechanical back pain……
What really is the best thing to do for back pain?
What is causing my back pain? 2
In this video Andrew discusses one cause of back pain that is related to diabetes. If, after watching the video,you want to see the article by Dr Unwin, in Diabetes.co.uk, then click here.
Knee rehab exercises part 2
Here is are the rest of the exercises for the rehabilitation of knees with damage to the meniscus (cartilage). There is more information about the background to the development of this rehab programme on the page that shows the first video. This exercise sequence should be performed with the exercises in the first video. […]
Knee rehab exercises
There was a great article published in the BMJ earlier this year highlighting some research about knee problems. The important finding was that a knee rehabilitation programme over a twelve week period was as effective as surgery, for older patients who were suffering from \’degenerative meniscal tear\’ of the knee. The average age of […]
Shoulder muscle strengthening exercises
Here is a video that demonstrates some shoulder exercises that we prescribe for patients who need more strength or stability around the shoulder joint.
Chiropractic health
I came across this nice video by a French Chiropractor, Mathieu Spencer, who works in the Czech Republic, mostly with professional musicians and dancers. He has kindly allowed me to put it in our website here. His video nicely explains the ideas behind some of the chiropractic concepts. Whilst we might not completely agree with […]