We see all kinds of knee pain at the Beverley and Driffield Chiropractic Clinics, with knee osteoarthritis making up a large portion of cases. Manual therapy of the knee combined with exercise therapy has been shown to be effective to the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis.
Back pain is more common than you’d think, with recent data showing that 80% of the nation will experience back pain at some point in their lifetime. This Chiropractic Awareness Week (4-10 April), we’re encouraging Brits to take back their back health.
Baby Carriers/slings are a good option! Carriers are designed to keep your baby's weight close to your body, which reduces the stress that you will feel on your own back. Take time to set it up properly. Adjust the straps so that they are firmly tightened. Most will also have a waist strap - it isn't there to look pretty, use it!
We get asked all the time, “Is being on my phone/tablet bad for my neck?â€ÂAccording to new research by Correia (2021) and authors, the association between using our phones and neck pain is not as we may have previously thought.
Now that travel restrictions are lifting, it's so good to hear that people are finally getting back to the slopes. As an experienced skier myself, here are a few tips from me to make sure you stay safe and get the most out of that glorious snow!
TRUE OR FALSE? ‘A slipped disc means that the disc has slipped out of my spine’ This is false. A ‘slipped disc’, also known as a disc herniation or disc prolapse, is caused by the protrusion of the nucleus pulposus through the annular fibres, potentially causing compression on spinal nerves.