I’m sure you’re familiar with the warning that pain in the neck, shoulders and arms can be a symptom of a heart attack but have you ever wondered why pain should be experienced in, for example, your arm instead of in your chest? The answer is the phenomenon of ‘referred pain’. Referred pain is when…
Month: May 2015
Posture Tips For Men
In a tightening economy, your competitive edge in business needs to get sharper and it appears that the height of men (but not women) plays no small part in boosting your stakes. Whilst upholding equality and treating everyone with warmth and respect is part of my clinical philosophy, I do get irritated with political correctness…
Living With Lupus
I’m always surprised at how little is known about the autoimmune disease lupus. When I’ve mentioned it to patients (and, sadly, to others in the health profession), they seem to have heard of it but are not aware of the symptoms. Lupus (Systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects up…
Frozen Shoulder Advice
Frozen shoulder is a mysterious complaint. Properly termed adhesive capsultitis, frozen shoulder is an extremely painful condition in which it becomes gradually and increasingly difficult to move the shoulder joint. No one really understands why it occurs as it is not necessarily the result of an injury although it is more common in women and…