Best 3 Exercises To Strengthen My Back

Exercises to make sure back pain doesn’t return – Strengthening Exercises Once the pain has subsided and normal function has resumed, then it’s important we never go back to that stage. I suffer with a bad back and can empathise with my clients, that when it “goes” it is agony. The pain for me doesn’t […]

What Exercise Can I Do With Back Pain?

?My doctor always tells me to go and exercise; lose weight and your back pain will go away.? The last thing you want to do when your back pain is bad is go out and exercise or go for a long walk. We mentioned earlier that going for a small walk or moving around the […]

What Is The Difference Between Acupuncture And Dry Needling?

The difference between acupuncture and dry needling. We use dry needling commonly in the clinic. Mainly Mike the sports massage therapist but all of our chiropractors are trained in dry needling as well. It’s not traditionally part of the chiropractic makeup but we want to give our clients the best opportunity of getting the best […]

How To Recover Properly After Exercise

By Mike Ludwicki Regeneration is often a neglected element of the training plan, while training and diet alone are not a guarantee of achieving the dream goal. Rest after training is essential for the proper recovery of muscles and the rebuilding of energy resources in the body. Its quality determines how quickly we will be […]

Don’t Make This Mistake With Your Back

People always ask me for some of the things that I shouldn’t be doing with my spine. It’s probably become apparent now from reading this so far that there is no one size fits all answer for this question. Everybody’s spine is completely different, and this will have a huge knock on effect on the […]

I Get More Pain When Sitting…What Does This Mean?

What does it mean when I have more pain on sitting? We see a lot of clients who come in and tell us about their back pain and the issues that it causes, often sciatica being one of them, which is shooting pain, pins and needles or numbness down the backs or fronts and side […]

Numbness, Pins & Needles & Tingling In The Hands & Feet?

What causes tingling in the legs? Very often when we ask clients during the consultation process, “Do you have any tingling in the legs or any pins and needles”? they will say, “No. However I sometimes wake up in the night with tingling in my hands or if I’ve been laying on my leg for […]

What Position Should I Drive In To Avoid Back Pain

Driving long distances can often throw up feelings of anxiety thinking about having to travel longer distances due to the nature and positioning of the spine. The driving position can cause pressure on the base of the lower back and also the hips causing tension, aches and recurrent back strains to flare up. Different types […]

It’s Not Just Desk Workers & Bricklayers Who Get Back Pain

?It’s not just bricklayers and desk workers who we need to look after. It’s often the professions you don’t think about that struggle with some of the biggest postural and spinal health issues. This blog post is regarding one of our clients who was telling me how in the workplace, posture and spinal health are […]

How To Get Flexibility & Mobility Like Tom Daley

Written By Mike Ludwicki (Sports Massage Therapist West Chiropractic) We all were ecstatic when Tom Daley and Matt Lee became Olympic Champions. We witness incredible performance, perfectly executed with stunning perfection. Let’s try to analyse what makes them that good. First, both are professional athletes training six days a week for few hours a day, […]