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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

10th Anniversary party

On Saturday 10th June, The Luck’s Yard Team celebrated their 10th anniversary. The party was held at Secretts Pick Your Own Café, and all our patients who have supported us over the years since 2007 were invited to come and join us. We had nibbles, cakes and a glass of bubbly as well as a [...]

HPA Axis – Adrenal Fatigue – what’s going on?

What is HPA Axis Dysregulation? You may be familiar with the term “Adrenal Fatigue” and it probably conjures up images of a state of total physical and mental exhaustion as a result of exposure to high cortisol, one of our stress hormones.  However, the picture is a little more complicated and in this blog I [...]

Prebiotics for better sleep?

Many of my clients have been asking me about prebiotics and their role in improving sleep so I thought I would write some more on this subject as insomnia seems to be an increasing problem. Some of you will have seen the BBC programme where Michael Mosley explored insomnia and gave some ideas of what to [...]

Power of Ten: healthy, happy feet

Yvette Mann gives us 10 tips to help keep your feet healthy and happy. Never cut your nails too severely down the nails. Better to cut straight across, gently file corners and seek advice if they are painful. Do not pick your toenails as this may encourage in-grown toenails, a painful condition down the side [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

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