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Chiropractic Blog


The forgotten muscles in your feet… and bunions.
The foot and ankle contain: 26 bones (One-quarter of the bones in the human body are in the feet.); 33 joints; more than 100 muscles,...
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How do you get Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction? (SPD)
So then, SPD, now I am going to be honest (as always) and say this is not my favourite topic. This injury can get very complicated and I do not see enough of it for me to consider myself an expert. I also dislike that the name is interchanged with ‘Pelvic Girdle Dysfunction’ as that is such a generic term! This post is designed to explain a few bits about what can happen and how pain can occur, I’ll also explain what the next step would likely be if conservative care fails. T
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How to improve hip strength
The hips are an often over looked and under utilised part of the body, yet I can’t stress just how important they are. When not correctly...
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What is the true cause of repetitive lower back pain?
The cause of recurrent back pain can be for many reasons, muscle tightness, muscle weakness, poor core stability, genetics. However,...
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Rugby Injuries: Shoulder impingement syndrome
Rugby Injuries: Shoulder impingement syndrome I’m gonna discuss this problem in a simple ‘all you need to know’ style. The shoulder is...
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What is Sacro-Iliac (S.I.) Joint pain?
The Sacro-Iliac joint is a common cause of lower back pain due to the large amount of force it has to cope with, patients often get this...
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Why you should get back pain treated sooner rather than later
Take a quick look at these well researched statistics: 80% of the population will experience back pain at some time 40% of the population...
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What is Sciatica?
It can be such a pain in the bum… literally! ‘Sciatica’ is the term used to describe any pain that is originating from irritation of the...
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What is Whiplash?
Whiplash, you hear the term used all the time but do you really know what it is and why it occurs? Here it is for you in simple terms:...
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Shin splints: an explanation
The term ‘Shin Splints’ (also known as “runner’s leg”) is in fact a general umbrella term used to describe quite a few different lower...
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What are Osteoarthritis (OA) and Degenerative joint disease (DJD)?
Arthritis is a massive subject, when some one says “I have arthritis” there is a huge variation as to which type they could have, each...
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New puppy? Or a trouble dog?! Here are some tips to avoid injury
I don’t know whether it is because it is Springtime but there does seem to be a lot of talk in the air about puppies. Anyhow, I thought...
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Neck Pain: Chiropractic and exercise, the perfect relationship?
Medication Exercise A Chiropractor After 12 weeks, the patients who used a chiropractor or exercised were more than twice as likely to be...
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How do I avoid getting back and neck pain whilst breast feeding?
There is loads of advice out there about how to breastfeed, though none of which provides a specialists view on the do’s and don'ts of...
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