Articles to help and inform
What is it? Whiplash is a type of neck injury caused by sudden movement of the head forwards, backwards or sideways (1). Most cases of whiplash injury occur in car accidents, however any incident that results in a sharp movement of the head can generate the same set of symptoms, other common causes include; a […]
The ankle is the most commonly injured joint among athletes (1), however it can happen to anyone. Ankle sprains account for 85% of all ankle injuries (1). Many of us have sprained an ankle and needed very little recovery time, maybe a few days to get over it, however ankle sprains can range from the […]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) seems to be everywhere! Certainly it is one of the most common things we hear our patients say they have been diagnosed with or are suffering from, but what is it? How would I know if I had it? How can you help control the symptoms? What is IBS? IBS is […]
October 8th-12th is Back Care Awareness Week, this year their focus is back pain in older adults, so we thought we would write a quick article that focuses on how back pain affects people in later life. Unfortunately the incidence of back pain increases as we begin to get older, with low back pain being the most […]
What is Wear and Tear of the Low Back? Wear and tear of the low back is a ‘catch-all’ term used to describe changes in the intervertebral discs and the spine as we get older. The term is commonly used to describe the results of an MRI or X-ray to a person who has been […]
Applying hot or cold to an area of pain is an age old remedy, but which is the right thing to do? Well, typically the short answer is ‘it depends’, both can be effective and both can make the situation worse. So how do you tell which to use at any given time? To understand this […]
Tennis elbow, or to give it it’s medical title, lateral epicondylitis, is by far the most common cause of elbow pain. It is commonly seen in athletes who use racquets, but 95% of people who have tennis elbow don’t play tennis (1). So why would you get tennis elbow? Why is it so sore? And […]
Exercise is commonly broken down into two categories, strength training (developing and building muscle) and ‘cardio’ (training the body’s ability to convert oxygen into energy for movement). One of the most common and easily accessible activities to help with cardiovascular training is running, it’s cheap in that you only need a pair of trainers and […]
We were searching round for a good topic for another article for this month, so we decided to ask some of our patients what they would be interested in reading. One idea that really grabbed us was ‘how old is too old to be having osteopathic treatment’? In this article we attempt to answer this […]
Learn how at Align body Clinic we are uniquely placed to help sufferers of fibromyalgia by; Manipulation of fascia Spinal manipulation and mobilisation Exercise prescription Improving sleep patterns Fibromyalgia is a very common chronic pain condition that is present in up to 5% of the western world (1). Sufferers of fibromyalgia usually have pain in […]