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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Brain boosters (and what to avoid)

I read an article in one of our national newspapers the other day about how to boost and protect your memory and improve mental performance. We currently live in an era of information overload especially with technology at our fingertips 24/7 so I think this is nice little reminder of how to keep our brains [...]

How to avoid holiday pain

We hope to come back from our annual holidays feeling relaxed and rested and ready to take on new challenges. But the reality is sometime 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 [...]

Why you need Vitamin D

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition is proposing that everyone should consider taking Vitamin D supplements to counter the lack of sunshine. Currently only at-risk groups are advised to supplements and these include under 5s, pregnant women and over 65s. Considering the lack of sunshine in the UK this summer this is timely advice. National [...]

Mission in Posture

Chiropractors Tone Tellefsen Hughes and Daniela Colores Jardon from Luck’s Yard Chiropractic Clinic in Milford joined Year Nine students from a local school at their health and well-being day in late June. They wanted the girls to become more aware of body tension and how the body works including giving tips on how to prevent [...]

More reasons to eat your 5+ daily

There is an abundance of lovely seasonal fruits and vegetables in the shops so there are no excuses not to be getting our 5+ a day. A new study that followed more than 100,000 Danish people has found that a high intake of Vitamin C may be linked to reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and [...]

Sit down, stand up – more research

I recently wrote a blog highlighting Australian research that shows alternating between sitting and standing at work may help reduce pain. Luck’s Yard Clinic has carried out its own survey with a local company looking at how active people are during their working day, what musculoskeletal or other pain they feel and whether stress affects [...]

Nutrients slow brain ageing

Following research at Oxford Univeristy people wth early memory loss may be offered a range of B vitamins alongside fatty acids. The two year study on Alzheimer’s showed that a combination of Vitamins B6, B12 and folic acid with omega 3 fatty acids prevented brain shrinkage – a characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Professor David Smith will [...]

Help for damaged muscles

Research shows that the best way to treat post-exercise pain is to carry on exercising. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) appears between 24 and 72 hours after working out  and can be alleviated by light movement which has been described as ‘an internal massage for the body’. Many different types of exercise can result in [...]

Healthy Bacteria for your gut

Worldwide fermented foods such as Kefir and Kimchi are gaining in popularity not least because of their ‘functional’ health benefits. There are several research studies looking into the benefits that fermented foods have on our gut bacteria with some astonishing results. Kefir Milk kefir, originating from the Caucasus Mountains and traditionally consumed throughout Easter Europe, [...]

Buggies and back pain

Tone passed this article to me that contains great advice for mums when pushing prams. However, having read the article I would definitely include dads too! Having to push a baby, toddler or small child in a variety of different prams, strollers, double buggies etc can have a big impact on the health of your [...]

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