You’ve been told you have sciatic nerve pain running down the back of your thigh into your calf muscle causing sciatica pain. This trapped nerve pain in your leg can be a continuous ache or pain that goes from the time you wake up in the morning to the time you eventually fall asleep, probably… Continue Reading
Biofreeze Pain Relieving Gel
Biofreeze is a rub on pain relief gel that many people and chiropractors use in the UK on sore areas of the body. I remember coming across Biofreeze gel on a Chiropractic conference in the US in the early 2000′s for the first time. I know how people looking for back pain relief will tend to… Continue Reading
Essentia Natural Memory Foam Pillows and Mattresses
Recently I cam across a new very different memory foam manufacturer called, Essentia. I am definitely a fan of memory foam pillows and mattresses for their effect on my quality sleep for my overall health and my neck posture in particular. I have been exposed to lots of different manufacturers of memory foam pillows and mattresses like Tempur pedic… Continue Reading
Piriformis Syndrome – A Real Pain in Bum
Maybe you have a pain in your left or right bum cheek, maybe you have a sciatica pain going down your leg, did you know it could be a piriformis syndrome problem. Your sciatic nerve can get trapped at the spine from a herniated disc or arthritis changes, but it could also get pinched in… Continue Reading
When is it a DVT Clot Pain?
Deep Vein Thrombosis or DVT made the headlines again recently with the unfortunate case of an avid xbox video gamer sitting for too long playing the games. I have seen two cases of DVT in patients who thought they had another type of pain problem like a muscle strain or low back disc herniation. Today… Continue Reading
Home Neck Traction for Neck Pain Relief
When you have a neck pain sometimes you feel like if only someone could traction my neck to take the pressure off the nerve. You might have had a physio or chiropractor do some neck traction on you and felt the difference and wanted to do that yourself at home. Today I want to look… Continue Reading
Row For Life 2011 Charity Challenge
You may not know this, but 10 Brits will be rowing 1 million metres non-stop to raise funds for charity this year. The Row for Life team of 2011 will be attempting to set a new British record by achieving this monstrous feat. This years rowing team is lead by Isle of Wight chiropractor, Martin… Continue Reading
The Diabetes Diet ~ Hope for Type 2 Diabetics
In the news is the latest research on type 2 diabetes normalising their sugar levels on the diabetes diet coming out of Newcastle. This has caught the attention of the press and news agencies because of the dramatic changes the 11 type 2 diabetic participants achieved in the study¹ published the June 2011 edition of… Continue Reading
The Deflame Diet ~ Anti-Inflammatory Foods For Pain Relief
We all realise how food choices in our diets affects our general health and well being. Even in muscle or joint pain inflammatory conditions like gout or arthritis, diet plays a pivotal role. This point really came home recently for me again, when after years of telling my mum about using food as a medicine and eating… Continue Reading
Have You Called a Health Helpline for Your Current Pain?
<br /> <a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/5030558/”>May 2011:Have You Called a Health Helpline for Your Current Pain?</a><span style=”font-size:9px;”><a href=”http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/”>survey software</a></span><br />I know about a couple of health helplines like NHS Direct for example and it got my thinking if people viewing chirocentre had thought of calling a health helpline for their query, concern or treatment advice. At the… Continue Reading
