A chiropractors perspective on what goes into a Chiropractic Check Up...
An Average Life
Is average healthcare service enough for Britain's most common ailment?
Ancient Concept of the Human Body Rediscovered.
Good Posture for you is a long term goal
Muscle and Joint Patterns of Movement
I'm often asked for the best exercise to help a certain pain or perceived weakness. Even-though measuring exercise with pain is like measuring cm with a metre stick. The common opinion that I will change how I move with the way I exercise is limited by the amount of time it takes to change, the …
Technology might be catching up with Chiropractic
Combining the technologies of PET and CT imaging, through computer rendering, researchers have been able to demonstrate metabolic change in the sacro-illiac (SIJ) ligament, aka an altered physical state. Any engineer can tell you that when the physical properties of a material is altered then so too are the mechanics of that material. With regard …
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Muscle Delay Occurs When Elasticity is Reduced
Some Chiropractors including me use muscle testing to gain an idea of what you are using on the inside of your body to perform the tasks that you ask of yourself on a daily basis. For example I might rotate my body at my waist or I might achieve mechanical motion initiation from the lower …
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Rib Muscles Part of Your Core
The rib muscles were used in a study of tummy pressure during a push whilst giving birth. The ribs were found to be significant in the amount of pressure recorded in the tummy. Adjusting the thorax could improve your co-ordinated pushing during your delivery. I have found in practice that the pressure of the thorax …
Muscle Pain
Commonly muscular pain is talked about when a person considers their pain to be a non serious pain. However muscle pain can be intense, constant, long lasting, and out of proportion with the severity of actual tissue damage. One component of muscular injury is hypo-perfusion of blood. Anything that can cause a reduction of blood …
Morning Stiffness..
Muscles and joints can become stiff for many reasons...
What it means to have a sensation of stiffness…
When you have a lot to get done, people relying upon you, demanding work, a busy social life, family expectations and the mundane of the everyday tasks that 'need' doing one can paraphrase this experience as stressful. Stress as a word has so many meanings it may as well be equivalent to no content. When …
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