Open for Business
We are delighted to tell you that we are open and seeing patients again here in Lyndhurst. We are no longer restricted to only seeing urgent cases but can now see everyone who needs an appointment. Be it existing or new patients, with an acute probl…
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Snacking on exercise and why sit-ups will destroy your spine
In this series of blogs, we have laid the foundations for looking after our backs with Spine Hygiene, starting the day off in a Spine Sparing fashion and paying attention to how we move in our daily activities. We then upped our game a bit by startin…
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Walking is (almost) the silver bullet!
Most people will get some low back discomfort at some point in their lives, and most people will get this discomfort because they are not able to keep the low back and pelvis joints stable enough to deal with what life throws at them – and this could…
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Brace, Brace, Brace!
Last week we discussed how to get through your morning in a Spine Friendly manner by paying attention to the postures that you adopt and by being mindful of that critical first 45 minutes out of bed. Then we discussed how Abdominal Breathing, as dist…
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Are we Breathing, or just moving air?
In this series of articles I am bringing together some Spine Care measures that you can easily put in place during this unprecedented period in our lives. I am hoping that we can take this opportunity to hit the {Reset} button in a few key areas, so…
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A spine-friendly morning routine and the European Space Agency!
Last time in “Spine Hygiene – the biggest bang for your buck!” we discussed how making small changes to how you go about your usual activities will help to protect your spine. Now, more than ever, we need to get our days off to the right start, and t…
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Spine Hygiene – the biggest bang for your buck!
In the last post, “Missed Opportunities?”, I floated the possibility of using the April 2020 situation to firstly learn and then to implement some lasting changes that will help you to look after your back for years to come. Today, “Spine Hygiene -…
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Missed Opportunities?
Two questions: What have you always wanted to do? What will you be gutted to not achieve this year? Without wishing to downplay or in any way trivialise the events of April 2020, some of us are faced with some fairly profound opportunities to hit the…
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Working from home
Most of us are experiencing disruptions to how we go about our working days and you are most likely to have problems when working with a computer in a make-shift office set-up at home. This is actually nothing new because since the introduction of la…
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New Remote Appointments
Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who has sent messages and warm wishes. It really has helped during these unusual times and reminds us of why we do what we do. With that in mind, we have turned our attention to how we can continue to help our p…
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