Your knees are one of the most complex joints in the body…and one of the most injury prone. You probably don’t give them a second thought until there is a problem and you experience knee pain. The knee joint it quite exposed: it consists of two rounded knobs of bone sitting on a fairly flat…
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Stress Incontinence
Do you leak urine when you cough, laugh, sneeze or lift a heavy weight? You are not alone: about 1 in 3 women suffer from stress incontinence which can be caused by, amongst other things, weak pelvic floor muscles. As with many common musculoskeletal problems, we can trace the cause back to the fact that…
Back Pain Help
I loved training as a chiropractor. I love meeting new people and helping them get out of pain. I love it when, by working with them to improve the functioning of their nervous system, my practice members experience fewer headaches, shorter colds, better sleep and a general feeling of having more energy. So far so…
Restless Legs Syndrome
Restless legs syndrome (or Ekbom’s syndrome) was once thought to be psychosomatic and there are still a few professionals around who don’t take the frustrating and painful symptoms seriously enough. The symptoms of restless legs (or RLS) have been described as a pins and needles, tingling, tickling, itching, boiling or crawling sensation in the legs…
Help Your Child Focus
There has been much publicity ahead of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) publishing its research on the effects of certain food additives on children’s health and behaviour. For years there has been evidence linking additives to behavioural difficulties including temper tantrums, poor concentration, hyperactivity and allergic reactions. I speak from experience here – as a…
National Osteoporosis Month
June is National Osteoporosis Month – organised by superb charity the National Osteoporosis Society. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that leaves bones fragile and highly prone to fractures but a healthy diet and weight bearing exercises go a long way to prevent this painful and debilitating condition. Most of you will already know that calcium…
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…
Shoe Shopping Tips
The health and function of your feet have a direct impact on the rest of your body. A quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet. Simply walking can produce more pressure than the sum of your body weight. The average person walks more than four times the circumference of the globe…