Practical Home Desk and a Very Cute Puppy
How is working from home going for you at the moment? Do you have a home desk, or are you occasionally guilty of sitting on the sofa with your laptop? A Practical Home Desk Solution One of our fab patients…
Suffering from Lockdown Back and Neck Pain?
Have you been suffering at all from the latest “new” epidemic of “Lockdown Back and Neck Pain”? Here is Richard, a “survivor” of lockdown back and neck pain. Listen to his experience of coming to the clinic, post lockdown, to…
Back Pain with Coronavirus
A combination of back pain with coronavirus can be extra scary. We know that many of the underlying symptoms of coronavirus are similar to seasonal flu. Aching muscles, sometimes severe aching in the legs and back, can be attributed to…
Is Screen Time a Hazard to Your Health?
Television, video games and Internet browsing are how many adults and children pass their free time. This is true in normal times, but surely even more so during the coronavirus lockdown! But what does screen time do for our health,…
Your Low Back Pain could be caused by your lazy Glutes!
It would be very sensible to assume that the cause of your low back pain originated from your low back. This is particularly true if movements using the low back, including squatting and bending over to pick something up, tend…
Mum my back hurts!
“Mum, my back hurts!” I think most people only think of adults as having back pain. If children were to complain of back pain then it must either be something very serious or just growing pains! However, writes Reading Chiropractor…
Spring Cleaning and Gardening
Spring Has Sprung – Time for Spring Cleaning and Gardening Finally, spring has sprung! After what seems like a very long winter we joyfully have some sun coming our way.. so it means two things, spring cleaning and gardening, writes…
World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day 2018
What is Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)? Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a condition causing inflammation, pain and stiffness in the spine, predominantly in the lower back, writes Reading Osteopath Jérémie Agius. It is a form of arthritis affecting particularly the spine. It…
Unplug the smoke alarm, or douse the fire? – Painkillers are not the solution
Imagine: You left the lasagne in the oven too long and now the house is on fire. Then the smoke alarm starts going off. It’s loud, it’s annoying and its constant. It’s trying to tell you something is going horribly…
Backcare Awareness Week 2017
Between the 2nd and 8th of October 2017, it’s Backcare Awareness Week. Backcare Awareness Statistics One quarter of UK secondary school pupils suffer from regular or daily back pain School bag burden was associated with a ten-fold higher rate of back pain…