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, […]
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.