How to have the perfect poo! There’s not many things more satisfying than a really great bowel movement! Get it right and you’re skipping out of the door, on the other hand you can feel sluggish and under-par if your motion is on the slow side. Functional bowel dysfunction is a silent epidemic. Whether it be constipation, incomplete emptying, faecal…
Parkinson Awareness Week 11th – 18th April I’m sure everyone knows someone who has Parkinson’s. As Billy Connolly famously once said “I’ve got Parkinson’s Disease… and I wish he’d kept it to himself” There are already 145,000 people living in the UK with Parkinson’s and every hour they believe 2 more people are diagnosed with the disease. Sadly Parkinson’s is…
Somatics Feeling Locked Up from the Lockdowns ? How stressed are you? That’s a good question to ask yourself regularly, particularly during these challenging times. Recognising stress is definitely something you want to learn how to see in yourself, so that you can regulate, and manage, your responses to it. I am sure you will no doubt be familiar with…
Hi I’m Darren and I have recently begun practicing as an earwax practitioner at Physio & Therapies in Todmorden. Wednesday March 3rd is World Hearing Day and seems like a great time to tell you about my recent experiences and why I started to do what I do. The theme of this year’s World Hearing Day is “Hearing care for…
Did you know that it’s been proved that an old bed can rob you of up to an hour’s sleep a night? And if you compare sleep on a new bed versus an old bed the sleep quality is better – that is, less disturbed and more recuperative sleep – with three times fewer physical movements and two times fewer…
How many hours a day do you spend on your phone, on your tablet or at a computer screen? What is your head doing right now? If you’re reading this using your phone, laptop or tablet, chances are you’re hunched over with your head tilted down. Research has found that this position, called ‘text neck’, can lead to bad posture…
When arriving to do my ‘Women’s Health’ elective placement in 2000, I thought I’d observe Pregnancy classes, talk to ladies about bladder care, teach exercises to do after a Hysterectomy, and teach Pelvic Floor exercises. To my horror, I met my clinical educator for the next 6 weeks… coming out of fracture clinic with a BROKEN right arm! So I…
About this time in January of each year, Physiotherapists start to see the ‘new year resolution’ injuries. So, today I am going to have a little rant about over doing it and I will give you some top tips on how to stay safe while you are getting fitter. So what is a New Year resolution injury? Well you know…
We are pleased to announce that from February 2021, we are bringing an ear wax removal service to Physio and Therapies. Recent changes within the NHS mean that GP’s are unable to remove ear wax and referrals to ENT services mean a long wait and heavy reliance on NHS services. We can offer a local, quick, Covid safe service with…
It’s Healthy Eating Week, and with understandable concerns around COVID, it seems the right time to provide information on the immune system and explain exactly why good diet is so vital to our health . Everyone understands we should eat more fruits and vegetables, but we’re never told exactly why this is so important. Many people don’t realise that 70%…