My Doctor Told Me Not To Go To a Chiropractor! Why? Who Should I See First? When you have ‘done something’ to your back and you are in a lot of pain, what SHOULD you do first? See your GP for pain relief or see a chiropractor? The ‘something you have done’ may be twisting, […]
Over the years I have read many articles about the latest ‘ergonomic’ chairs or a mouse or keyboard or desk that have become available that will revolutionise your life as they will help to relieve or even stop your back or neck pain from developing. What does it actually mean? Ergonomics is the science of […]
New research demostrates the effectiveness of chiropractic maintenance care for persistent and recurrent low back pain. A pragmatic randomized controlled trial in 2018 wanted to see if regular maintenance care that chiropractors recommend really was useful. Here at the Avenue Clinic we try to be as evidence based as we can and so this caught […]
Research 2018 Continuing on from my chronic pain and sensitisation posts of the last two weeks, Leah Adams and Dennis Turk in the Journal of Applied Biobehavioural Research published an article on 27th June 2018 on the neurobiology of central sensitization. They describe how more recently, newer techniques in brain imaging, EEG and others have […]
Why do you need to think about exercising your core? When you have injured your back, the deep muscles that support the back structures become inhibited by pain and the longer the pain goes on, those muscles also atrophy, which means that the muscle fibres become infiltrated with fat. Fat is obviously not going to […]
An occasional series of simple but effective things you can do to help yourself TRY WALKING BAREFOOT FOR JUST 20 MINUTES PER DAY!! The weather is getting warmer so why not help improve your low back stability by going for a 20 minute walk on the beach, on rough ground, on grass in the […]
SAFE THROWING Did you get a new puppy for Christmas and you need to start throwing balls or sticks for it … can there be a problem doing something this simple? If all you do all day is sit at a desk – maybe you should think about how you are going do so […]
During the school holidays, you probably encourage your children to get out and run around rather than sitting hunched over a computer screen. However, if they just can’t be encouraged to do something sporty, at least you can get them up from time to time to do a few stretches and exercises between all that […]
Winter is behind us and some of us start to think about driving to see friends and family more often. For others, daily driving is just a way of life due to your job. Whatever reason, if you are going to be spending time in the car, look at our top tips to help […]
What Can Go Wrong When Playing Golf An amateur golfer can swing a golf club 90 miles per hour. If you think about how you swing and do it correctly – see above, then you will not injure yourself, however, if you repeatedly swing incorrectly you will put huge strain on your joints, […]
