These feelings have affected most of us throughout this year of pandemic and often has taken its toll on our mental health – depression, anxiety, inability to concentrate, can’t be bothered to work even when we have so much time, can’t be motivated to exercise or do yoga. Guilty that we should be grateful for […]
Or CAN you? It seems NOT. What type of person are you? I am slim. I hate formal exercise. I do a lot of running around during the day and gardening but not formal exercise like running 5k per week or going to the gym to ‘increase my heart rate’. I sit a lot and […]
Water may be everywhere particularly at this time of year – but are you getting enough inside you?? It seems so simple – you have a thirst centre in your brain – when you need to drink, it lets you know, so you can’t possibly suffer from dehydration? Well, you CAN! What are the signs […]
FOOT PROBLEMS GETTING IN THE WAY OF WALKING? WE CAN HELP! So you have thought about it and decided that you are going to get fitter NOW! You dust off the trainers and either go for a jog, a run or just a walk … and after a few days of doing these, your foot […]
So in my last post I wrote about new research on the value of staying sufficiently hydrated…. but how DOES that really affect your back and joint pain? Where does all that water GO? You drink it and it goes to your stomach to be absorbed by the bloodstream or into the rest of your […]
Long lasting back pain is called chronic back pain. Research shows that it has little to do with tissue damage in your back but more to do with what is ‘Going on in your Head”! What does that mean though? Am I saying that your ongoing back pain that drives you crazy at times […]
Is the stress of lockdown and beyond contributing to your low back pain? Research over the years has shown that both back pain and chronic back pain are associated with an increased likelihood of depression, psychosis, anxiety, stress, and sleep disturbances. Lockdown and the lack of certainty about what is going to happen to our jobs long term and […]
If you are working from home now, due to Covid 19, you may already be feeling uncomfortable. At work you probably had someone come round to check your desk and chair to see the height of the chair and how you use it so that you can avoid neck and back pain. Now that you […]
I understand that my post was not very clear regarding whether the Clinic is open or not! Sorry! Government directive to our Governing Body informed us that clinics could not remain open after 23rd March. We therefore closed the clinic on 23rd March and we will remain closed until we are told that we can […]
COVID-19 OUR POLICY We at the Avenue Clinic monitor closely the information from our government, the NHS, our regulator (GCC), our professional association (BCA and MCA) and Royal College. 1. Please cancel, do not attend your appointment, if you exhibit the symptoms of coronavirus (high temperature, new or continuous cough). 2. We are sign-posting current […]
