Pillows and Matresses
We spend a third of our lives (if you’re lucky) on our pillows and mattresses but often underestimate their influence on our health and bodies. But how do you know a good mattress or pillow to a bad one? My advice to patients is fairly simple. A good mattress is not about how hard or […]
Benefits of Hydrotherapy
Who can do hydrotherapy? You. Hydrotherapy is derived from the Greek words “hydro” meaning water and “therapia” meaning healing, and this form of therapeutic rehabilitation is a particularly useful mode of exercise treatment for many conditions. Don’t worry; you don’t have to be able to swim (or have to get your hair wet) to gain […]
Posture, Breathing and Arthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) OA is a group of chronic, degenerative conditions that effect joints (also known as Degenerative Joint Disease and osteoarthrosis). Arthritis means – inflammation of the joint but OA is more degenerative than inflammatory. OA is the most common form of arthritis. What happens to the joints in OA? With repeated stress the cartilage in […]