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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Love your liver month

Did you know that January was ‘love your liver month’? Well, I think all our livers could do with some TLC after the rigours of Christmas and New Year! The liver is an amazing organ - the body’s largest - comprising liver cells and bile ducts. The liver is able to regenerate it’s cells and [...]

Super omega 3

An interesting piece of research was published recently claiming that 98% of individuals did not have enough omega 3 fatty acids in their diet. This may have a significant effect on our health as these ‘super-unsaturated’ essential fats have an important anti-inflammatory effect on many health conditions. They are called ‘essential’ because we cannot make [...]

Best foot forward …..

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art”  Leonardo da Vinci Did you know that 1/3 of all the bones in the body are located in our feet? There are 26 of them, and each foot also has 33 joints, 19 muscles, 10 tendons and 107 ligaments. Two and a [...]

Dietary and Nutrition advice to support Cancer

As a Nutritional Therapist (Pippa Mitchell) I have to complete a certain number of hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) annually in order to meet the professional requirements of my governing body, BANT (www.bant.org.uk). This week I have completed several hours on the subject of cancer – including prevention, dietary and nutrition strategies to deal [...]

Immune system boosters

Autumn seems to have come quickly this year and even though we've yet to have a really cold snap the season has changed and warm days are few and far between.  It's in early Autumn that coughs, colds and flu abound and can drag on for ages, lowering energy levels and disrupting our lives and [...]

Get ‘Appy with Luck’s Yard

After months of development we're pleased to unveil the new Luck's Yard App for Google Play, Apple and Android devices. We're extremely proud of the App as it gives you another extra convenient way to get more from Luck's Yard. You can use it to call us easily, book appointments, find out about any events [...]

Holiday health tips

We hope to come back from our annual holidays feeling relaxed and rested and ready to take on new challenges. But the reality is sometimes the opposite!   The stress of organising a holiday along with packing and getting to your destination is enough to cause tension in the neck and back and induce headaches. Long [...]

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: 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: [...]

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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