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Build Your Body's Resilience Up For Winter.

9/12/2021

 

As you age, does your body feel more sore in the winter?

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If you compare your body to how it felt 10 years ago, is it the same? better? stronger? fitter? worse? stiffer? are there more aches and pains on the list of things you're having to put up with?

Commonly, from our mid-30's onwards there's a gradual increase in problem areas or systems (digestive system, cardiovascular system etc) as we get older. Sure, our body won't last forever, neither can we expect it to be as good as it was in our 20's however I see a lot of people in clinic who have been putting up with body problems that can be easily resolved with my treatments.
Do you think your discomfort could be related to a lifetime's worth of your body compensating for old injuries and poor posture? Yes? Then I can help you. In this blog post I'll talk about how old injuries are compensated for and therefore hidden from our day to day awareness yet slowly building up bigger problems for the future health. Plus a couple of ways to test the 'state' of your body right now.

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How To Unblock Your Nose When You Have A Cold.

29/11/2021

 
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There are several colds and gastric bugs going around at this time, I should know having just gotten over a cold! 
I wanted to share with you hacks like unblocking your nose without taking drugs and ways that we know maintain the functioning of a healthy immune system. It then stands to reason that your risk of catching a virus is  then greatly reduced and if you do end up catching it, your body deals with it quickly and efficiently with minimal disruption.

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Waking Up With Sore or Tight Ankles & Feet?

23/11/2021

 
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Tension in your achilles tendon and/or the plantar fascia (soles of the feet) when you first get out of bed is a common 'body-signal'. In the beginning it can be easy enough to live with but what does it mean?
It may only take 4 or 5 steps or stretches to ease off but it's not normal, what is your body trying to tell you?

In this blog I'll take you though the underlying structural issues that could be a part of what's causing the tendons and fascia in your feet to be so sore. This could also be the reason your pain isn't going away on it's own.

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Waking Up With A Sore & Stiff Back?

9/11/2021

 
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Have you been waking up with a stiff back?
Does it take a hot shower or a good 30 minutes of moving around and stretching to free your back up in the mornings?
This is such a common thing to have happen anywhere from our teens onwards. It's so easy to accept this as normal for you especially if your back does free up quickly after getting out of bed but this is another one of those body signals that you have the start of 'something's-not-right' and needs attention.

In this post I'll discuss some possible factors that could be contributing to your morning's discomfort and strategies to try first that may well help you.

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Back Pain Sitting at Your Desk?

8/11/2021

 
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Are you working from home or in an office? 
Are you getting back pain and/or headaches and wondering if your desk set-up and chair is a contributing factor? 

It's coming up to two years since the switch from working in an office to working from home for many people. This may even be the new normal for many of you. If this is the case, it's important to make ergonomic improvements to your home office for the longevity of your back.
In this blog I'll discuss the body positions and common habits that are very likely to increase tension in back and neck muscles and how to improve them with furniture and simple exercises.

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Exercise: Use it or Lose it & How Exercise Improves Our Immune System.

28/10/2021

 
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Think of exercise as an essential nutrient for your brain, mind and body.
Wolf's Law: If you don't use it, you'll lose it.
You can relate this to almost anything in the human body; muscle bulk, bone mass, learned skills in work and sports. Our body are constantly adapting to the stresses we place upon them daily. When we consistently exercise the cardiovascular system and train our weight-resistance our muscles and bone get stronger, and our mental health improves too. 

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Musculoskeletal Pain in Pregnancy.

4/2/2021

 
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Musculoskeletal pain during pregnancy is common but not something you have to put up with.

To explain how Chiropractic treatment helps, we'll first take a look at the pregnancy hormone Relaxin. Relaxin alters the properties of cartilage and tendon by activating the enzyme collagenase. This affects the size and elasticity of connective tissues—ligaments and muscles and even involved in remodelling of bone.
This is important from a chiropractic view point because whatever twists you had in your spine and whole skeleton before you got pregnant will now be changing as a result of the effects of this hormone circulating in your body during this time and for approximately 5 months after childbirth.

You may know someone who's back pain disappeared when they got pregnant and hasn't returned or equally someone who never had a bother with their back/neck/shoulders etc until they had children. Aside from the physical stresses of pregnancy, child birth and bringing up children, a woman's body isn't the same as it once was and this absolutely includes the alignment of the spine.

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Improving Sleep to Help Pain Conditions.

3/2/2021

 
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Poor Sleep - an Epidemic.

Can you recall the last time you woke up in the morning totally refreshed after an unbroken, 7-8 hours of sleep?
Two-thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain an optimal 8 hours of nightly sleep making this a epidemic problem which impacts on all aspects of mental and physical health including how we feel pain.
Whilst the significant associations with insufficient sleep and physical diseases and mental disorders are seriously alarming, we can use this knowledge to our advantage and take small, simple steps feel better now and for the future.

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The 4 Minute Workout

28/1/2021

 
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This 4 minute workout developed by Dr. Zach Bush MD, whose triple-board certification includes expertise in internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism. 
An increasing volume of research and evidence is pointing to the greater benefits of working smart not hard when it comes to getting and staying fit.

I am also always on the look out for 'back-safe' exercises that I can be confident you can do without causing or aggravating body problems.

It is important that exercises and stretches don't pull your body into a forwards slump (read here for what I mean by 'going forwards').

We want movements that will help strengthen your  whole body and spine. 

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Find the 'Head-Space' for starting to get fit.

1/1/2021

 
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Are you wanting to build your strength and fitness? Whether you're starting from scratch after injury, ill-health or that you've literally decided this is the change you want to make, the following will help you get your head in the right frame-of-mind.

I know what it feels like to start exercising from a low level of fitness, it can be  the hardest bit as your 'Inner Chimp' is saying to you "What's the point?", "This is hard work!", "I don't like exercise anyway", "What if we get injured?" etc, etc.
Our Chimp can often sabotage the most positive of plans to get fit. Understanding a bit about our brain, neurochemistry and the psychology of what motivates us can make the difference between quitting early and a life-long new healthier you and all the knock-on good stuff that goes with it.

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