We would like to reassure all our patients/clients that we are following all the Government and Public Health guidelines concerning Covid-19, including disinfecting all surfaces and door handles as well as providing hand sanitisers. Where advised, therapists will be wearing PPE and some patients may be asked to wear a mask on attending an appointment. In addition, […]
At the time of writing this most of us are in lockdown except for those who are an essential worker. This in itself means we will all have to take extra measures to ensure we can keep up with a certain amount of physical activity whilst being restricted to one outside activity, ie. a walk, […]
Sadly, there is no ‘easy way’ to quit smoking, despite all the ‘hype’ that you see and hear. However, it is true that research shows that hypnotherapy appears to be the most successful way * to stop smoking. In fact, research indicates that you are almost twice as likely to quit smoking with hypnotherapy as you […]
With the recent National Bed Month, I thought now was an ideal opportunity to revisit the subject of sleep. As a practising Osteopath one of the most frequent questions I am asked is whether a new mattress is needed. The Importance of Good Bed/Mattress A good mattress will support your body in one of the […]
In our busy modern lives, through stress, overly sedentary jobs or chronic respiratory illnesses our lovely deep breathing mechanics can get dramatically altered. We can find ourselves: shallow, rapid breathing; mouth breathing; upper rib breathing; holding our breath somewhere in the cycle; or over-breathing (hyperventilating) leading to many health consequences. We talk a lot about […]