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3 Areas of Your Body That Can Cause Headaches
When we think of factors that can cause headaches we often think of dehydration, certain foods or drinks (alcohol!) or ‘that time of the month’. In truth there are many different types of headaches, and many different causes of them as this brilliant...
5 Ways to Stop Screen Use Being a Pain in the Neck
Screen use a pain in the neck? Screens. They are everywhere in our lives. Phones, tablets, laptops, desktops and game systems. And as we all know they can be slightly addictive… we have all fallen into that rabbit hole of looking up a recipe for dinner only to find...
Top Three Tips to Studying without Neck and Back Pain
Now that the kids are back to school it is time for homework! Whether they have a lot or a little, it is important that they study with a good posture. If they are just starting to have homework then it is an ideal time to get into good habits, or if they are already...
My Top 5 Things to Consider when Choosing a School Rucksack
It's back to school time! After the holidays it is often a time when we are searching around for school uniform, P.E kit and other bits that we need for the new school term. One thing that can often be overlooked is the school bag. The type of bag, how its worn and...
How to Avoid The Perils of Hot Desking
Hot desking is becoming more and more common in offices around the country. With more and more people hot-desking I see a correlation is more patients visiting me with upper back, neck injuries, headaches, wrist and arm pain. Having aches, pains and injuries whilst...
Desk Related Injuries? My top 8 tips to avoid them
Hot desking is becoming more and more common in offices around the country. With more and more people hot-desking I see a correlation is more patients visiting me with upper back, neck injuries, headaches, wrist and arm pain. Having aches, pains and injuries whilst...
Tips to Avoid Bank Holiday Aches and Pains
Many of us spend a lot of time at our desks, whether this is working in the office or working from home this can lead to desk related injuries. For a few of us this is an entirely pain free experience, but for a lot of us it brings aches and pains in our lower back,...
Three Easy Steps to Avoid Sun Lounger Injuries
Bank holiday is around the corner and for many of us it is a time to use that extra day to travel, either to see friends, relatives or a different part of the world! This blog has a few tips on how to avoid aches and pains when packing the car, driving to your...
Avoid Holiday Disaster by taking your Pillow with you
Today I want to go through an injury that I see mainly in the Summer Now this may seem like an unusual injury to have, but here we go... sun lounger injuries. How do I spot a sun lounger injury? Well, they patients tend to come in with pain in the upper back...
Choosing a Bikini for your Holiday
If you suffer from neck pain then I would recommend that you take your pillow on holiday. This may sound bizarre but I have found that it can help save people from a lot of pain and problems once they are on holiday. It may not be easy to do if you are...
Managing Pain whilst you are on Holiday
It’s that time of the year when we start looking forward to the summer and hopefully the holidays it brings. If you have booked yourself a sunny trip perhaps it is time to buy a new swimming costume or bikini. Usually when we are thinking about buying a swimming...
What’s the difference between custom made and off the shelf orthotics.
If you have back pain or neck pain or any other chronic pain then sometimes thinking about holidays can be a bit of a worry. Hopefully you'll already be having the problem treated by a healthcare professional so it will be being managed. So although you may not...
What are Orthotics and what is a Gaitscan?
One of the most common questions I am asked when people are thinking about orthotics is; Should I invest in custom-made ones or are off-the-shelf ones good enough? In this blog we will run through the pros and cons of custom made and off the shelf generic orthotics,...
Why is posture important?
If you suffer from neck pain then I would recommend that you take your pillow on holiday. This may sound bizarre but I have found that it can help save people from a lot of pain and problems once they are on holiday. It may not be easy to do if you are...
Stop Neck and Back Pain whilst Driving
We hear a lot about good posture and bad posture but why is posture important, and why should we care about it? Well I suppose, in my opinion, there are two aspects of posture. Firstly, that our general posture day to day adapts to the activities we do most regularly....
Don’t let aches and pains ruin your nights sleep
If you using your car everyday, especially if you are regularly driving long distances, then how you are sitting in your car can have a big impact on neck and back pain. Especially if your car seat is not set up well. By the time you have finished reading this blog...
Could your desk posture be causing your pain?
It is horrible waking up in the morning after having a bad night sleep due to aches and pains in your neck or back. In this blog we will go through the important factors in having a good night sleep namely, choosing the right mattress, the correct sleeping position...
How to avoid pelvic girdle pain in your next pregnancy?
Hot desking is becoming more and more common in offices around the country. With more and more people hot-desking I see a correlation is more patients visiting me with upper back, neck injuries, headaches, wrist and arm pain. Having aches, pains and injuries whilst...
Reoccurring injury? Could your feet be the problem?
Many of us spend a lot of time at our desks, whether this is working in the office or working from home this can lead to desk related injuries. For a few of us this is an entirely pain free experience, but for a lot of us it brings aches and pains in our lower back,...
Can Chiropractic Care help Headaches and Migraines?
It's back to school time! After the holidays it is often a time when we are searching around for school uniform, P.E kit and other bits that we need for the new school term. One thing that can often be overlooked is the school bag. The type of bag, how its worn and...
Treatments that helped my pelvic girdle pain (PGP)
Screen use a pain in the neck? Screens. They are everywhere in our lives. Phones, tablets, laptops, desktops and game systems. And as we all know they can be slightly addictive… we have all fallen into that rabbit hole of looking up a recipe for dinner only to find...
How To Find a Chiropractor Near You
If you have back pain or neck pain or any other chronic pain then sometimes thinking about holidays can be a bit of a worry. Hopefully you'll already be having the problem treated by a healthcare professional so it will be being managed. So although you may not...
Why you should wear the right sized bra
Many of us spend a lot of time at our desks, whether this is working in the office or working from home this can lead to desk related injuries. For a few of us this is an entirely pain free experience, but for a lot of us it brings aches and pains in our lower back,...
7 Ways to Avoid Golfing Injuries
If you have started to get out and about more, or returned to your favourite sport and started to remember that one of the reasons why you gave it up in the first place was that niggling injury that never fully went away? If you are having recurrent injuries then...
Avoiding Dog Walking Injuries
I would like to share my 7 Ways to Avoid Golfing Injuries! Golfing injuries are relatively common with one study showing that almost 20%3 of golfers have experienced an injury in the past year. The most common injury areas are the back (25 %)3 with other injuries...
Babies, Toddlers and Back Pain
With sunshine scheduled on the horizon I imagine many of you will be heading into the great outdoors to walk your dog. For this reason I would like to share with you my top tips for avoiding dog walking injuries. At Total Chiropractic I regularly see patients...
What is that Pop Noise?
I would like to share my 7 Ways to Avoid Golfing Injuries! Golfing injuries are relatively common with one study showing that almost 20%3 of golfers have experienced an injury in the past year. The most common injury areas are the back (25 %)3 with other injuries...
My Top 4 Tips to Avoiding Spring Cleaning Injuries
With sunshine scheduled on the horizon I imagine many of you will be heading into the great outdoors to walk your dog. For this reason I would like to share with you my top tips for avoiding dog walking injuries. At Total Chiropractic I regularly see patients...
Back to Health Basics – Part One
It is what we have all been waiting for, Spring has arrived! The sun is starting to shine, the mornings and evenings are getting lighter. For many of us, this is the signal we need to grasp the cleaning equipment and begin frantically tackling those tasks...
Back to Health Basics – Part Two
Can you believe we are two weeks into the New Year already? For the many of us the arrival of 2018 is the perfect opportunity to kick start our health with New Year resolutions; Give up chocolate. Join a gym. Exercise more. Stop drinking. The list goes on! As owner of...