Clinic Blog
National Obesity Week
Join in a national New Year's resolution to help improve the nation's health. Whether it's cooking more healthily, avoiding high sugar snacks, or being a little more physically active, join in National Obesity Awareness week and make your healthy New Year's resolution...
Exercising Outdoors
It was certainly a cold start this morning! If you are planning on exercising outdoors in the next few weeks here are some tips Warm up (for at least 10 mins) Stay hydrated, yes even in the cold. Wear suitable reflective clothing and stick to lit areas where possible...
Are you considering going vegetarian or vegan this Veganuary?
I fully recommend a whole food plant-based diet. My top reason for doing this is to bring our focus on to how much nutrition we can get into our body and taking our focus away from calorie counting, fear of carbs and label obsession. Brightly coloured fruit and...
Festive Season
Don’t just survive the festive season. How to feel fantastic at the same time Stress, anxiety, and depression are common during the festive season. If nothing else, reassure yourself that these feelings are normal and that you are not alone. Accepting these feelings...
Cyclists Massage
Just because you are not a pro cyclist doesn’t mean you should ignore the recovery phase of cycling. In their book “The pain-free cyclist”, Matt Rabin and Robert Hicks recommend massage as part of the recovery process and treatment for cycling injuries, writing “...
World Soil Day
When it comes to our food, most things start with the soil they are grown or reared upon. Soils are by nature linked to the micronutrient content of our food production. Sustainable soil management can help to reverse the increasing trend of nutrient depleted soil....
Cranial Osteopathy
A recent study conducted in an MRI scanner discovered that cerebrospinal fluid, which bathes the spinal chord and brain, cleans the brain of toxins during REM sleep. This in turn emphasises the importance of good quality sleep for brain health. Cranial osteopathy is a...
World Diabetes Day
As today is World Diabetes Day and this years theme is Family & Diabetes it seems like a good time to remind you of this amazing personal story from our own Jane Greenshields… ‘Help I can’t see out of my right eye’ This is the phone call I received from my partner...
Tips for cutting down on sugar
It’s well documented that high-sugar diets are associated with a greater risk of Weight Gain, Tooth Decay, Heart Disease, Diabetes, and other health problems. To prevent this, we should be limiting our free sugar intake, as the role of refined sugar on our health is...
How to be mindful on the move
Today’s society is often very hectic. If we slow down a little, it is beneficial to our general wellbeing. These thoughts are taken from a magazine I flicked through on a recent flight. Walk barefoot on the earth. Due to the connection between the earth’s resonating...