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…
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,…
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…
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…
5 Benefits of Indian Head Massage
Have you ever tried an Indian Head Massage? The benefits of this type of massage may assist with a variety of common physical and emotional problems. Morag Scally, one of our fantastic team of massage therapists in Reading at Reflex…
Are You Sitting Down?
A Modern Day Epidemic : Sitting Down Many people have lives and jobs that involve sitting; from desk work to driving, modern life seems to involve ever more time sat down. So what can you do to help support your…
Common Sports Injuries – HOW to AVOID Them
From Reflex Spinal Health Massage Therapist, Maria Pena: Understanding why chronic common sports injuries occur, what you can learn from them, and how to prevent them from happening again Categories of Common Sports Injuries Usually sports injuries can be divided…
Flip-Flops: Summer Footwear, but why are they BAD for your Health?
We love summer, and we all love wandering around the beach airing our toes. We give little thought to what flip-flops could be doing to our skeletal system if wearing them too much. Unfortunately, they can be bad for the…
Head Up and Shoulders Back for Healthy Posture
At school i was always being told to sit up straight with head up and shoulders back! It was part of the ritual of uniformity, but it was also about keeping a healthy posture. This little gem had been lost…