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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Pregnancy and new mums massage with Liz Witham

Liz Witham, massage therapist here at Luck's Yard Clinic offers pregnancy massage for mums to be: During pregnancy, Mum-to-be experiences a whole array of changes to her body over this incredible journey, ranging from hormonal, postural, and even an increased blood volume, all playing a part in this wonderful wizardry by Mother Nature! As your body [...]

How do you successfully fuel for a long run or cycle?

There is much debate about when and what to eat before and after training – some opinions favour loading up with carbs, others rave about training when fasted.  So how do you choose the best option for you? First, lets consider why we fuel before exercise. In order to train well and perform at our [...]

Avoiding back pain when cycling

Cycling: tips on avoiding back pain and when you may benefit from chiropractic, physiotherapy or massage According to the latest available statistics (2020) cycling trips are up by 26% since 2019 and distance travelled up by 62% with around 20% of trips for commuting and 55% for leisure purposes. There are many benefits to cycling [...]

Our patient survey results are in!

We have collated our recent Luck's Yard Patient Survey Results and are pleased to let you know what you think of us! We tried to keep our survey simple to complete and are grateful for all those who completed it - thank you so much. We are gratified to see that you rate the courtesy [...]

Introducing Liz Witham, joining the massage team at Lucks Yard

We are delighted to welcome Liz Witham to our massage team at Luck's Yard on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Liz qualified with a Level 4 Diploma in Fitness Training and Sports Therapy, and has been practising for over 23 years. She offers Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports and Pregnancy Massage along with Taping and 'wavestone' (an ergonomic [...]

Back pain advice for new parents

Back pain advice for all parents If you already suffer from back pain and are about to welcome a new baby and perhaps have younger children too, the back pain advice is to remember to take care of your back. The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) has found that the strain of lifting and carrying babies [...]

BCA advice on back packs for students

The British Chiropractic Association advises on the best kind of bag/backpack for students to avoid back pain: When it comes to getting the kids ready to go back to school, it’s often a race against the clock to get school uniforms, stationery and books ready in time. But one other thing parents mustn’t forget to [...]

Do you suffer from ‘text neck’ pain?

We are seeing increasing numbers of patients who are seeking advice for back, shoulder and neck pain and one of the common causes is the use of phones and tablets which we use up to several hours a day. This phenomena cuts across the ages too – children are using these devices at ever younger [...]

Men’s health: maintaining a healthy weight

As June is Men’s Health awareness month, in this blog we are highlighting some of the common health conditions that affect men (although women may also be at risk of the following health conditions). Healthy bodyweight In 2018 The Health Survey for England found that around 70% of men (aged 16 years and over) were [...]

Keeping you healthy in mind and body

Here is a summary of some of our blogs that Pippa Mitchell has written in the past that are related to the Mediterranean Diet and why it is so important to adopt these principles to protect us from a range of diseases.  Click through to read more on each subject: Cardiovascular disease (high blood pressure, [...]

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