It’s nearly crunch time for spring marathons. London, Edinburgh and Paris are all approaching fast, and hopefully, your training has been on track over the dark and cold winter months. You may even have been following one of Bupa’s running plans to get yourself ship-shape for the big day. However, whether it’s down to injury, […] Read More
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What is National Raynaud’s Awareness Month?
February is National Raynaud’s Awareness month, but what is Raynaud’s? Raynaud’s is a condition where the small blood vessels in the hands, feet, ears, nose and nipples are over-sensitive to the slightest changes in temperature, the cold and sometimes stress. This may cause the fingers or toes to change colour, the extremities may be cold […] Read More
What is Acupuncture and Dry Needling?
What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture is a treatment derived from ancient Chinese medicine in which fine needles are inserted into certain sites of the body for therapeutic or preventative purposes. Since then it has been transferred, over the years, into a more modern way of treatment, called Dry Needling, which some of you might have heard […] Read More
Headaches: Was it the chewing gum?!
Headaches, Stress and TMD Headache? A long and stressful day at work? Staring at a screen all day and not enough water in your system to keep the blood going through your brain? All pretty common for most of the working people out there! But not all of us sit at a desk all day. […] Read More
Disc Degeneration is not due to wear and tear!
Are we wearing out? It is a common held belief that disc degeneration of the spine is a result of aging and ‘wear & Tear’ from mechanical overload or injury. However recent research strongly disputes this argument! The Twin Study: Disc Degeneration The Twin Spine Study which initially started in 1991 looked at both identical […] Read More
Exercise Vs Surgery for Shoulder Pain
The Amazing Shoulder Shoulder Pain Exercise & Surgery The shoulder allows us to do all sorts of wonderful things from the physical – throwing a ball or climbing a wall! To the less physical getting dressed, feeding and even painting! It is the most mobile joint in the body which is controlled almost entirely by […] Read More