What’s the best type of chair to sit on?
What’s the best type of chair to sit on? We get asked this question a lot from clients especially over the last two years with more people having their desks set up at home. There are several options for sitting. The first one being for office work, the second one for relaxation. If we start […]
Should You Get A Standing Desk?
Should You Get A Standing Desk? There has been a huge emergence of standing desks in the past two years as more people are working from home. We know now that sitting even in the best position is not ideal for our spines and our posture. It compresses the discs especially in the low back. […]
What Is The Best Treatment For Spinal Stenosis?
What Is The Best Treatment For Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is causing quite a stir here at West Chiropractic since the most recent blog post that we posted describing what it is. It turns out we have a lot of clients struggling with it or have had a diagnosis of it recently. So just a […]
How To Understand Stress?
How To Understand Stress? There are three types of stress. When somebody says stress to you, you think, “Oh, I’ve had a really busy week. The kids are playing up. Nothing has gone my way. I’ve got loads on. I’m really busy and stress is high.” This is an emotional stress but there are two […]
What Does Chiropractic Cure?
I just finished as a keynote speaker event at the Surrey Parkinson’s Group AGM and we got talking about Chiropractic and what does Chiropractic help with. My automatic answer is always we treat back pain, neck pain, sciatica and headaches. I think I’ve been conditioned to this over the years and that’s generally what we […]
The Best Exercise To Get Rid Of A Back Spasm
The best exercise to do when your back goes into spasm We often see clients coming in with back spasms where they are bent over to one side or flexed forward at 90 degrees because the back is locked up. This can often be severely debilitating and can happen in any age range, in people […]
What Is A Pain Threshold?
?What Is Pain? Why is it that some people feel more pain than others and what is a pain threshold and how does that differ between each individual person? As Chiropractors, we see people in pain a lot of the time when they come to visit us. Our job is to get them out of […]
Do Chiropractors Treat On The First Visit?
Why don’t we treat on the first visit? We finish our initial consultation often with taking x-rays to give ourselves the best opportunity to diagnose the condition plus to give ourselves time to prepare a report for you the patient. We often get asked “but can’t you treat me now”? We wish we could but […]
What Is Tendonitis & How To Treat It?
What is tendonitis? Tendinitis is a condition in which the connective tissue between the muscles and the bones (tendons) becomes inflamed. It is usually caused by repetitive activities. It is most common in the elbow, knee, shoulder, hip or Achilles tendon. Tendinitis can have acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) character. When tendinitis becomes chronic, it […]
The ‘Tech’ Neck-What Is It & Top 5 Ways To Prevent It Causing An Issue
Tech Neck It seems ironic that I’m writing to you about “Tech Neck” whilst you sit at your computer or iPhone and read this. However, such is the time we live in and it’s unrealistic for me to sit here and bash technology and say we shouldn’t use it at all and go back to […]