Have you been thinking about becoming a chiropractor in the UK? Do you want to know how to get a chiropractic degree? In the UK there are currently two chiropractic eduction institutions at which you can study at to become a chiropractor. So how long do you need to train to become a chiropractor, what […]
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Treatment Back and Neck Pain using McKenzie Spinal Physiotherapy Robin McKenzie, a New Zealand Physiotherapist, developed a technique of assessing, classifying, and treating patients with back or neck pain based on their response to repeated movements. It is a philosophy of this Spinal Physiotherapy treatment that emphasizes education in the causes and self-management of back
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Nutrition and Sports Injuries – Preventing or Healing a Sports Injury. When athletes are injured, they usually turn to the traditional injury therapies – rest, icing, compression, elevation, as well as anti-inflammatory medications. Few athletes realize that in some cases unique nutritional strategies may also help them get well. The fact that nutritional aspects of
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Stretching: The Current Evidence Sports practitioners, trainers, coaches and athletes have for decades routinely utilised stretching in pursuit of various fitness goals for recreational and elite athletes alike. But what are the evidence-based benefits of stretching? Do we advise and practice it out of habit, outdated beliefs or is it current best practice? This overview
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Anti-Inflammatory Foods for Pain Relief At The North Wales Spine Clinic we help patients to 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, when after years of telling
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The Biomechanics of Bike Set Up and Avoidance of Cycling Injury In 2003 I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to venture into the Pyrenees mountain range in the south of France to witness the penultimate mountain stage of the Tour de France. It was one of the greatest stages in recent years, when
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How to avoid common Running Injuries Runners aren’t the most injury-prone of athletes, but they’re high on the list. Here’s a review of the literature telling you what to avoid. Don’t be too upset if you have had a running-related injury during the past 12 months. After all, you’re in the majority. Scientific studies show
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Trapped Nerve Shoulder Pain in patients from Caernarfon, Llangefni, Bangor, Menai Bridge, Llandudno, Conwy, Colwyn Bay and Abergele. Do you live in the Gwynedd, Conwy or Anglesey regions? Have you got that trapped nerve shoulder pain feeling for the first time or again? Today’s post at The North Wales Spine Clinic concerns trapped nerves in
Back Pain in Llandudno or Conwy? Chiropractic & Exercise could well be the answer. Research studies¹?² suggest that back pain will affect as many as 4 out of 5 (80%) people in Britain, and results in 4.5 million days off work a year with 80% of adults getting a lower back pain episode at some
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The mountains of Snowdonia provide the backdrop for a huge number of people to undertake recreational sports. Many get involved with rock climbing, walking, running and kayaking, etc, etc…… But what do we do when we get injured and how can we avoid getting sports injuries in Snowdonia? We may get arm pain or knee
