by Charles Herbert | Aug 24, 2017 | Chiropractic |
The Chiropractic Centre: Bristol does Tough Mudder On Saturday 19th August 2017 The Chiropractic Centre: Bristol team ran the South West Tough Mudder. We completed the 10+ mile course and 21 obstacles in under 4 hours. Despite being dunked in frozen water, being thrown over high walls and electrocuted we finished with smiles on our faces (also a few tears in our eyes and multiple bruises). Overall we laughed the way round and worked as a team to complete the course. We could be more proud of what we have achieved together and here is a video to celebrate what we did. Watch out though as a few of us have got the Tough Mudder bug and might get you to join us next year! Comment below if you’ve run Tough Mudder before and your experiences. Also if you are training for any event such as Tough Mudder the Chiropractic is a vital part of injury prevention and recovery, making sure you get round as quickly as possible in the best health. To book an appointment with one of our Chiropractors or sports massage therapists call us on 0117 9741...
by Charles Herbert | Oct 23, 2015 | Wellness |
Should I be taking statins? We get asked a lot of questions about our opinion on medications that patients have been prescribed by doctors. The one medication we get asked most about are statins. The reason we get asked about these the most is that they stir up a lot of controversy and conflicting opinions. Most people have heard about or experienced side-effects and are recommended to take them as a precautionary measure rather than as a treatment. Around 12 million people over the UK routinely take statins. Current guidelines recommend a doctor prescribes statins for anyone with a 10% risk of heart disease within 10 years, and there have been pushes in the past for everyone over 50 to take statins, regardless of their health. So, with so many people taking statins and the medical profession pushing for more to join them, do the benefits out-weight the side-effects? Recent research has found that the benefit of taking statins only helps people live 3 days longer. How do statins work? Statins reduce the level of cholesterol in your blood. There are different types of cholesterol in your body, including “good cholesterol” (high-density lipoprotein) and “bad cholesterol” (low-density lipoprotein). Cholesterol is essential for your body, we need it for the health and structure of our cells among other benefits. High levels of cholesterol, especially “bad cholesterol”, is linked with thinning and blocking of arteries (atherosclerosis), which can cause heart attacks, strokes and coronary heart disease. The main effect of statins is to stop your liver for producing cholesterol, therefore reducing the levels of cholesterol in your blood. Your liver produces around 70% of the cholesterol in your body,...
by Charles Herbert | Sep 21, 2015 | Chiropractic |
All I did was pick up a pencil! And the back pain is horrific! We have a lot of people come and see us in agony; excruciating back pain radiating down their legs (sciatica), that started after picking up a pencil off the floor! It’s not always a pencil, however some arbitrary movement you’ve done many times before. So why does your back ‘go’ in such an extreme way when you weren’t doing something silly or heroic?! The best answer is the saying: ‘The straw that broke the camel’s back’. What this means is, a camel can carry a lot of straw, however eventually there will be the difference of one piece of straw that will ‘break the camel’s back’. So what do humans and camels have in common? Well, I’m not going to go down the hump route. The similarity is, as modern day humans our 21st century lifestyles are constantly putting stress (bits of straw) on our backs. We are not designed to sit, yet we sit for hours on end at work or in front of the tv, often in poor postures slouching. Research tells us we sit on average for 7.7 hours per day, which is 55% of our waking day. We are designed to lift using our legs but we lift mostly using our backs. We aren’t designed to live constantly stressful lives, yet we live lives filled with deadlines, worries and negative thoughts. So what happens is we constantly load and stress our lives with pieces of straw, and often our spine is taking the brunt of it. One day we do something we have...
by Charles Herbert | Sep 14, 2015 | Chiropractic |
The BIG Idea Written in 1944 as part of the Chiropractic Green Books, here is BJ Palmer’s Big Idea. The Green Books have acted at the foundations for Chiropractic Philosophy and are still relevant today. Here is BJ’s Big Idea: The BIG Idea A slip on the snowy sidewalk in winter is a SMALL thing. It happens to millions. A fall from a ladder in the summer is a SMALL thing. It also happens to millions. The slip or fall produces a subluxation. The subluxation is a SMALL thing. The subluxation produces pressure on a nerve. That pressure is a SMALL thing. That decreased flowing produces a dis-eased body and brain. That is a BIG thing to that man. Multiply that sick man by a thousand, and you control the physical and mental welfare of a city. Multiply that man by one hundred thirty million, and you forecast and can prophesy the physcial and mental status of a nation. So the slip or fall, the subluxation, pressure, flow of mental images and dis-ease are big enough to control the thoughts and actions of a nation. The pressure on a nerve is a SMALL thing. The released pressure restoring health is a BIG thing. Now comes a man. And one man is a SMALL thing. This man gives an adjustment. The adjustment is a SMALL thing. The adjustment replaces the subluxation. That is a SMALL thing. The adjusted subluxation releases pressure upon nerves. That is a SMALL thing. The released pressure restores health to a man. This is a BIG thing to that man. Multiply that well man by a thousand, and...
by Charles Herbert | Jun 2, 2015 | Chiropractic |
Why are we making our team stand with our new standing desk? Hopefully you’ve noticed, if you’ve been in recently, that we have a new desk in our centre. Apart from looking much better, the biggest difference between the new one and what we had before if that our CAs (Chiropractic Assistants) stand behind it rather than sit. So, why have we chosen to have a desk to stand behind rather than one to sit at? Why a standing desk and not a sitting desk? As a clinic, we hire CAs and not receptionists. This means that they’re not your “computer says no” receptionist that you occasionally meet (disclaimer: I’m playing on the Little Britain stereotype and in no way insinuating that all receptions act this way), they’re an active part of the centre and essential in part of our patients’ healing process. We want them to freely move from behind the desk and greet and help patients. A standing desk aides this process. If you’re already standing, you’ll be far more inclined to hold the door open for a mother with a pram than you would be if you were tucked under a desk on a chair. It requires a lot of effort to get out of a chair to do any task, so during a long day if the task is not essential then you’ll naturally be less inclined to do it straight away. We want your CAs to be proactive and stay one step ahead at all times – and they’re amazing at doing it. On another note, I think they look great- more professional and add...
