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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Gym exercise improves lower back pain

Research from the US suggests that more than 80% of adults have suffered with lower back pain at some point. We now live more sedentary lives with many people – at all ages - spending too much time sitting at a desk or hunched over a computer keyboard. Although there are many causes of lower [...]

Coeliac Awareness Week

Its Coeliac Awareness week from 11-17th May and Coeliac UK wants to reach the half a million people living in the UK with undiagnosed coeliac disease in the UK. Their aim is to halve the length of time to confirm a diagnosis, which is currently on average, 13 years, and reduce misdiagnosis of IBS by [...]

Stand up, sit less and move more

Active Working is a Community Interest Company whose aim is to reduce excessive and prolonged sitting in the workplace. They run the Get Britain Standing campaign to increase awareness and understanding of the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle especially long periods of sitting at work. Research has shown that the more you sit at work or [...]

How to cope with exam stress

To help you get the most out of the last few weeks of revising time, we have put together this blog to help you on your way to exam success! Water/hydration Food/nutrition Sleep Study Posture Exercise/breaks Study technique Mental attitude “Ice cream time”- rest and recuperation for body and brain Water/hydration The brain needs water [...]

PPQM and CMQM

PPQM and CMQM We are delighted to announce that Luck's Yard Clinic has been awarded the PPQM and CMQM quality mark awards from the Royal College of Chiropractors for the third time in a row. The awards are given to clinics that demonstrate excellence in meeting patient expectations in a range of areas including accessibility, [...]

Vitamin C and exercise

A study published in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology has found that Vitamin C reduced constriction of the airways (bronchoconstriction) resulting in coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath caused by exercise. Physical activity increases oxidative stress when your body reacts with oxygen and as a consequence highly reactive molecules are produced known as free radicals.  [...]

Strong bones and superfoods

Research published by Surrey University shows that eating a diet rich in potassium is bone protective and may prevent osteoporosis. The study published in Osteoporosis International showed that potassium salts reduce bone resorption – the process that causes bone to break down – thereby increasing bone strength. It was also found that excretion of calcium [...]

Keep on moving for healthy ageing

Researchers at King’s College London have published a report claiming that active people in their 70s are as likely to be as fit as those in their 50s. The study of older cyclists found that age does not necessarily bring ill health and infirmity provided you continue to exercise and there was little physical difference [...]

3 tips to improve your posture

Tone featured in YourFitness magazine October 2014 with an article entitled 'Three easy ways to improve your stance'. Tone says: Good posture contributes to a range of health benefits as well as boosting mood. Her 3 top tips are: When standing, keep your shoulders back and not slouching.  Your body weight should feel evenly balanced [...]

Special Stars testimonial

We came to Lucks Yard early in 2012 with our daughter Florence. She had had a rough start to life with an operation to connect her oesophagus (TOF) on day four, open heart surgery to repair a VSD and PDA at 7 months and another op to place a feeding button and nissens for an [...]

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