Eating disorders - food is not the issue!
Filed Under Emotional Health, Optimum Health, Services, Weight Management | 1 Comment
In a BBC report on 22 February 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7905223.stm , a study be the charity BEAT, found that only 15% of patients felt that their GP understood or knew how to help them.
Eating disorders like aneroxia are a subject close to my heart, as something that I wrestled with as a child and watched my ex-wife suffer […]
Breast Feeding danger!
Filed Under Optimum Health, Services, fertility | 1 Comment
Reading a BBC news story today http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7867686.stm you would be forgiven for thinking that breast feeding is in someway unnatural!
The story highlights the plight of some ‘breast feed only’ babies (who’s numbers are rising in response to ‘breast is best’ campaign) who become badly dehydrated, and the plan to test how widespread this may be. However, it goes […]
Scans, ‘no aid for back pain care’
Filed Under Pain, Services | 2 Comments
According to a BBC report, six trials involving 1800 patients showed the routine use of scans in the treatment of lower back pain showed no advantage when compared to standard care without MRI or xray scans.
This should come as no surprise as scanning only studies the anatomy (what it looks like, compared to what it […]
Introducing new contributors to the blog
Filed Under Bowen therapy, Optimum Health, Pain, The Therapy Room | 2 Comments
A large part of my work involves working as part of an integrated team (at The Therapy Room in Cambridge) to find the right solution or solutions for a clients problem.
Each therapist I work with has their own unique skills, experience, and as such can be called upon for assistance, input and we often work as […]
What is our body posture telling us about our health?
Filed Under Optimum Health, Pain, Services, The Therapy Room | 1 Comment
During my ten years as a health practitioner, one of the most useful tools I have to help in finding the root cause of problems, is the story that the body tells. We can observe this in each other by looking closely at how we hold our bodies. This physical manifestation of our health (posture) is […]