Supplements - Is there any evidence? Increasingly nowadays I am being asked if there are any foods or supplements that would help a patients recovery from injury or in managing pain. There is a lot of noise out there but here is a brief summary of the things that...
Back Pain
Stress, Back Pain & The House of Health
You got through Christmas and by now you are probably back in your usual routine. This might also mean a whole host of new years resolutions, a reinvigorated will to make this year better than the last. There's lots of talk at present about gratitude and being...
Aches and pains that just won’t go away?
The clocks have gone back, spring has finally arrived and there should be at least another hours daylight for us to enjoy and longer summer evenings to come and this weekend promises to be an atypical sunny bank holiday. We all love a bit of sunshine and it generally...
A thing or two about back pain
10,000 cases and counting I noticed just before new year that a new patient I was assessing was the ten thousandth case since the clinic moved to a computerised notes system in 2010. I looked back to case 1 and low and behold case 10,000 and case number 1 were both...
50:40:10 principle
The three facts of life that govern your health. Every day I get asked by a patient if their injury was as a result of something they did or was it a build up of problems. No matter what illness or injury you're dealing with there are 3 things that determine...
Sports Massage Special Offer
Sports Massage 3 for 2! For a limited time only we are offering 3 for the price of 2 on Sports Massage at Spinal Physio with our Sports Massage Therapist Sam Hills. Sam is a Level 5 Soft Tissue Therapist with a BSc (Hons) in Sports and Exercise Science. He...
Do you have a high pain threshold?
Pain is an essential part of life. We are all going to experience it and we all have our own unique relationship with pain. Do you have a high pain threshold or a low pain threshold or is there even such a thing? We've all heard the clichés. Women have a higher pain...
Take the pain out of travelling
It's holiday season and that time of year when those of us lucky enough to be able to go on holiday swap the commute to work or the school run for a drive to the airport or a road trip. Travelling can be a real pain but the simple tips below might just take some of...
What is Core Stability anyway?
Most of you will have heard about core stability or core muscles or core training but do you actually know what it means, why it's important and how you achieve core stability? Core V Global There are essentially 2 muscles groups in the body, the core muscles...
Testimonials
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