Injury and Health Specialist Whetstone, North London. Providing Pain Relief Through Osteopathy and Rehab
If you’ve been a regular at our place for a while you will no doubt have heard us talk about the benefits of Magnesium.
Magnesium is responsible for around 300 different processes in the body, making it a very important mineral.
Some of the potential roles/benefits of Magnesium include; [Read more…] about Supplements- What’s So Good About Magnesium?
Do you struggle to wake up in the mornings? Do you end up walking around like a zombie even after a few cups of coffee in the morning?
So many people I talk to on a daily basis complain of being tired. To be honest it’s hard not to feel tired, especially if you have family to look after or you are working every day.
Most of us are just not good when it comes to sleep discipline and that’s an easy fix. I’ll discuss this later. [Read more…] about Feeling Tired All The Time? Low In Energy? Here Are Some Possible Reasons Why.
If you go on to Google right now and do a search for the therapy you’re after and your area you will find a lot of practitioners or clinics to choose from.
This could be how you got here. If we type in to Google for example “Osteopath North Finchley” we get at least 10 different osteopaths coming up in the results. The same will be if you searched for massage, acupuncture, podiatry, nutritionist and so on.
So naturally it can be confusing who you should choose.
This is why I have put together this article to help you choose for yourself.
[Read more…] about How To Choose The Perfect Health Practitioner
Most of the time when a new client comes to work with us they are shocked by what we get them to do with their diet. Most of these people have followed a certain way of eating for many years thinking it’s “healthy” but then we tell them to eat more. Why?
Well more often than not once we have analysed our clients’ diets it becomes apparent that they are restricting their calorie intake because that’s “how to lose weight”, but the problem is that they are often restricting their calories too much. [Read more…] about Why do we tell our clients to eat more when they want to lose fat?
Back when I was studying to be an Osteopath, my school was very holistic and used to teach us about the relationship between nutrition and pain.
It all made perfect sense in theory; good nutrition leads to the blood being healthier which can then supply the body with better nutrients and allow faster healing.
The problem was that I had never experienced this myself in any profound way and so I couldn’t tell if this was just good in theory or actually had substance.
Back in October of 2014 I was on a mission to get into great shape.
I was training hard, getting stronger, and most importantly; looking leaner.
Then one day as I was doing some squats, my back popped mid way through the set, causing me pain and a cold sweat in fear of the worst.
[Read more…] about Your Chronic Pain Could Be Down To Your Diet
A lot of controversy surrounds the use of supplements.
Some people you speak to will swear by the use of supplements and if you shake them you can almost hear them rattling, whereas other people will be so anti-supplement that they will lecture you about them being a waste of time and money.
To me, using supplements is like trying to fix a sinking wooden boat with golden nails.
No matter how many golden nails you bang into a boat it won’t make a difference until you start patching up the holes first.
The same goes for the body. [Read more…] about Should You Be Taking Supplements?