Protecting mental health, wealth and, yup you guessed it injury management
Whilst running through this week's harvest of medical research I came across a couple of articles on cognition in later life. It seems, (from an article published in JAMA -…
Health diet and fitness, there is hope!
There have, as always, been a number of articles this week in the press which focus on optimal living. This is a precis of what we have come across. Prostate…
Spring gardening and stiff low backs
Apparently I have to do some form of penance for suggesting to my colleagues that Spring is my favourite time of the year. "Why?" they asked. "Because we see more…
Does lower back pain affect your normal daily life?
Back pain is something many of us will get with at some point in our lives. There are generally two reasons for back pain; doing too much, or, doing too…
NHS waiting lists
An article in Medscape this week stated that waiting list times for treatment on the NHS in August rose from 7.68 million people to 7.75 million. This is the highest…
Autumn activities the onset of dark nights winter pain
Stiff and achy? Keep moving. I particularly like the autumn with its warm days and cooler nights. It seems to me the earth is settling down after the growing season,…
Winter Flu!
Health issues I was reading an article in the Telegraph recently, regarding results of some long term research in the US, using over half a million people during a twenty…
Fish oil, Joint pain and CV health
According to researchers in the United States, fish oils have absolutely no positive effect on heart health at all. The authors of a study discovered that not only did 74%…
Osteopathy as a career choice?
Osteopathy as a career choice?I have spent the last twenty seven years as a practising osteopath. There truly hasn’t been a day that has gone by where I thought “Oh…
