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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Night waking normal for babies

For those parents who are regularly staggering around in the dark at all hours of the night  trying to comfort a crying baby new research may offer a crumb of comfort! A new study from Swansea University has shown that it is perfectly normal for babies up to 12 months to be waking and feeding during [...]

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 [...]

Younger people at risk of stroke

The Stroke Association has warned of a ‘worrying’ rise in the number of working age men and women having strokes. Despite the fact that the overall rate of strokes is reducing throughout the UK, there has been an increase in the number of hospital admissions from men aged 40-54 years old. Experts say that although [...]

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 [...]

Junk foods can harm your gut

We all know the dangers of a 'typical' Western diet, high in poor quality fats and processed foods, on our waistlines and hearts but new research highlights how damaging it is for our bowel health. A small scale study asking 20 American and rural African volunteers to swop diets for two weeks has shown how our food choices [...]

Daily dose of flaxseed reduces LDL

A Canadian study has shown that a daily dose of flax seed may help to lower cardiovascular risk in people with heart disease. The aim of the study was to investigate the dietary effect of flax seed on the cholesterol levels of those who already had heart disease and in patiens who were already receiving [...]

New sleep app launched

The Evelina Children’s Hospital in London has launched a free app to improve children’s sleep They are hoping Kids Sleep Dr will help the 2million parents who seek help for their children’s sleep problems and ease pressure on the NHS.  The app gives parents tailored advice, such as dealing with night terrors or teenagers who [...]

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 [...]

Help is at hand!

The sun is shining and spring is most definitely here but it’s also a time when lots of young people have their nose to the grindstone busy revising for upcoming exams. The team at Luck’s Yard Clinic have lots of great advice for students of all ages and their parents  – let’s not forget how [...]

A pain in the neck

Chiropractors are warning that sedentary lifestyles and poor posture due to frequent use of mobiles and other handheld devices is causing a huge rise in back and neck problems amongst young people. The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) said that 45% of 16-24 year olds reported living with back and neck pain compared to 28% of [...]

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