7 -11 October 2019 is Back Care Awareness week. The focus of this year’s campaign organised by BackCare is Back Pain in Golf We have avid golfers within our team of practitioners at the Waldegrave Clinic, who first hand see – and experience for themselves...
To find yourself unexpectedly suffering with back pain, the most common reaction is to not know what to do. Are you meant to keep moving? Or should you just lie down and stay still? Do you need to ice pack, or is it a hot water bottle? Paracetamol, ibuprofen or deep...
By Chiropractor Nick Loftus How can you avoid back pain? Probably the most important thing to know is that the vast majority of it is avoidable! It is not an inevitable consequence of getting older and it’s rarely the result of a specific injury. It happens because we...
When you look forward to that dream getaway for so long, the last thing you want is back pain to ruin it. But the combination of being out of your usual routine, travelling and sleeping in a different bed can often play havoc with your back. To help you plan ahead...
Catherine Quinn, President of the British Chiropractic Association (and chiropractor at the Waldegrave Clinic) welcomes the publication of the new research published in the Lancet today on low back pain which suggests that in the West we are over medicalising low back...
December tends to be a busy month at the clinic! Rushing around, lifting and carrying more than usual, plus cold, slippy weather can all play their part in creating havoc with your body. Often, it can be a small action that can trigger a pain problem that may have...
