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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Power of Ten: Connections between the brain and exercising

Last summer I came upon a brand new book written by a Swedish doctor and psychiatrist called Anders Hansen. It is called ‘Hjarn stark’, which literally means brain-strong. Anders research focused on how exercise can help people’s brain function without using medication. Needless to say I read it with great interest so much so that [...]

Power of Ten: top anti-inflammatory foods

Blogger Pippa Mitchell gives us her 10 ten foods to help fight inflammation: Oily fish: contain omega 3 fats. Wild salmon contains higher amounts of omega 3 than farmed. Other great choices include mackerel, sardines, herring, anchovies, halibut and tuna – try to eat fresh 2 to 3 times weekly. Cold pressed organic Olive oil: [...]

Power of Ten: Are you stuck in the Amber phase?

10 things that make you stuck in the ‘Amber’ Phase Ignoring pain. Many patients ignore daily little twinges which they experience in the hope they will go away. This may be the case, however what your body might doing is adapting to the changes creating more mechanical adaptation what we call and ‘layers of tension’. [...]

Youtube films for you to download

For those of you who may not be aware Luck's Yard has a Youtube page which contains many short films of Tone demonstrating various exercises and stretches for the whole body.  Many of them were made in Sweden on a Baltic island filmed by most of my family, so there might be some birds tweeting in [...]

Wishing you a pain free Christmas

Every year my front desk team ask me if we need to open the clinic over the festive season. And every year I tell them YES WE DO!  Something strange happens during festive season and we are often so busy getting many acute phone calls both before and after Christmas looking for emergency care. Why do so [...]

Curcumin (Turmeric) – the spice of life

Curcumin is the yellow pigment associated with the spice, Turmeric (curcuma longa), a member of the ginger family which is commonly used in curries and gives them flavor and a yellow colour. It is also found to a lesser extent ginger.  The active polyphenols in turmeric are known as 'curcuminoids'. There have been numerous studies [...]

Deep tissue massage

Deep tissue massage is a type of massage aimed at the deeper tissue structures of the muscle and fascia, also called connective tissue. During a massage, the therapist works to release any chronic muscle tension or knots you may have – also known as ‘adhesions’. Swedish deep tissue massage is designed to make you feel [...]

Podiatry FAQs

Does frequently drying in between the toes stop athletes foot? Yes,  Fungus likes to grown in warm, moist environments.   Daily application of surgical spirit with a cotton bud helps to keep the area dry and prevent future infections. How do I get verrucas? Verrucas are caused by the Human Papiloma virus and again like to [...]

Tackling childhood obesity

In view of the news over the last couple of days about the Governments approach to tackling childhood obesity, I thought it would be relevant to re-visit a blog I wrote a couple of years ago on this subject: I read a really interesting article about how the Danes are approaching the treatment of childhood [...]

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