We spend a lot of time working with patients who have developed an injury or poor health through the stresses imposed by their occupation. There are many factors that must be considered to give a complete treatment plan. How did the initial injury happen? e.g. A lifting injury, picked up a large … [Read more...]
While we will endeavour to keep the clinic open throughout the holiday season for anyone who has hurt themselves by lifting their over plumped turkey out of the oven(!), we will obviously be closing for a few days. The clinic will be closed from Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th December, and also on … [Read more...]
Let me start this entry by clarifying that it is not meant as a guilt trip, and is no diatribe against your choices over the Christmas period... "you must forego all pleasures and only eat sprouts for your Christmas dinner!" - I'm no hypocrite, Christmas is an important time for celebration and … [Read more...]
The dominant attitude towards health today is a curative, reactive one. Indeed, we will sit and work all day hunched back in our chair staring at a computer screen, eat our ready-meal dinner (following on from our snack lunch sat at the desk), then slouch into a settee and watch the evening news … [Read more...]
When you book to see an osteopath, do you know what to expect? Modern osteopathic training is continually evolving in response to research and development, however as the osteopath develops their skills and practice, their style of treatment will evolve to a more personalised approach influenced by … [Read more...]
There is a saying"if I had a pound for every time I was asked ..." This is one question that many patients ask at some point during their course of treatment, and I look forward to referring them to our blog for answers from now on! I will try to answer this without bias but please note that I am … [Read more...]
Those of you who have visited our website before will notice it's had a minor overhaul (I think the web designer who helped us with the upgrade might disagree with the word 'minor'). We hope the new site makes it easier to find out more information about what Bridge to Health does and how we can … [Read more...]
Cranial Osteopathy is an integral form of osteopathic treatment. It was developed in 1899 by William Garner Sutherland who found that the 26 separate bones of the head and face, whilst 'fused' in adults, do allow microscopic movement. In fact he found that the bones and underlying structures are … [Read more...]
As a person, I have been interested in dietetics for almost 20 years. All started when my wife suffered a very nasty and painful bout of shingles, and flatly refused the extensive and powerful medical prescription on offer in favour of some significant dietary and lifestyle changes. Within three … [Read more...]
The word holistic is one that is widely used amongst many forms of therapy and is frequently misused, as well as misunderstood. All too often, when we use this word as osteopaths, we come across a sceptical look from patients as they conjure images of some type of faith healer, chanting prayers … [Read more...]
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