It’s the age-old dilemma: when the niggle in your neck triggers a throbbing headache or an old sports injury has sparked a painful knee or sore back, you ask yourself should I book in to see the physiotherapist or the chiropractor? Don’t let your decision come down to a game of scissors, paper, rock. Find …
Kids feeling bored at home can be hellish for parents but boredom in Covid-19 lockdown can be a whole other level of dread. And if your children are turning to tech to escape the isolation doldrums, beware of pandemic posture: neck and back pain attributed to incorrect posture during lockdown. What lockdown is doing to …
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It’s an image almost every parent of young children and teenagers confront regularly: their child slouched over as they’re scrolling through their iPhone, hunched over an iPad watching a video or slumped forward with a gaming console in hand. While it may seem harmless, the poor posture habit they’re adopting now could soon lead to …
Growing up can be a real pain – literally. It’s not uncommon for children to experience aches in their legs, sometimes so nagging that it wakes them from their sleep at night. Fortunately, the pain is harmless (albeit harrowing for some). The diagnosis? Growing pains. Ironically, growing pains are not due to growing: The …
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You know that feeling of pain in your head, face or neck that signals a horrific headache or monstrous migraine is about to set in? Typically you would reach for the paracetamol or pop an aspirin for some immediate relief but there is an alternative option to head off the pain – and it’s drug-free. …
Got the headache from hell? Hit it head-on with physiotherapy Read More »
