Last Olympic post – promise!
I love my football, I really do. You could argue the players are horrendously overpaid, and you could argue that they are not great role-models. But they are keen to tell everyone who will listen that...
View ArticleThe first line of defence!
Serious posting this week after those glorious Olympics! Osteopaths and Physiotherapists often find themselves acting as “the first line of defence”. In conversation about a patient’s injury or pain,...
View ArticleMetabolic Fitness.
Interesting bit of research out of the US today. The study of 43,000 subjects looked for increased health risks in obese people. Obvious, right? Actually no! Body size and/or weight issues do not...
View ArticleSports Teachers Beware!
Now we are into the Autumn and the schools have gone back, want to share a concern we have here at Openhealth. With the start of the school football, rugby, hockey and netball matches we are beginning...
View ArticlePalace to Palace Bike Ride – 14th October 2012
Nothing medical this week, purely self promotion! An interesting mix of 8 fit/unfit, practitioners/ patients, young and old(ish) Friends of Openhealth are embarking on a 45 mile ride next weekend for...
View ArticleThe Right Equipment!
Just wanted to share with you the importance of having the right “Gear”. Regular readers of this blog will know that last weekend, Team Openhealth entered into the Palace to Palace bike ride. Cycling...
View ArticleExercise – another plus!
Interesting (but small) study on the effects of exercise on the brain in the over 70s. A recent paper suggests that regular exercise into old age can help reduce brain shrinkage. Brain shrinkage is not...
View ArticleRun v Bike – The morning after the day before!
Just a quick word for all you “reticent” runners out there. At Openhealth Clinic we have been doing more bike and less running over these last six months. Don’t get me wrong, I love my running. I only...
View ArticleWhiplash Research ……. go figure!
Just my usual little rant about research, this time related to Whiplash. It is estimated that Whiplash injuries cost us £3.1bn per year here in the UK. This is composed of both the expense of treatment...
View ArticleEvidence Based Medicine
Just thought I would pass on an interesting chat I had with a colleague recently. She had just attended a conference on “Effective Strapping Techniques”. I’m guessing you are not particularly...
View ArticleTechnological Advances ???
Here at Openhealth Clinic, we have become more and more accustomed to organising MRI scans for patients. As such we have developed a relationship with Vista Diagnostics, an imaging centre right by...
View ArticleAn Ultrasound Pill!
At Openhealth we firmly believe in the important part Nutrition has to play in life today. Our in house Nutritionalist is very much involved in working alongside our manual therapists. Manual therapy...
View ArticleBeds and Sleeping Posture
Here at Openhealth we are always asked for advice on beds and mattresses. Difficult to answer as there are so many variables, your preferred sleeping position, your size, previous injuries,...
View ArticleBe Active in Birmingham!
Interesting article on a council scheme in the Midlands to get people into exercise. “Be Active” has been running since 2008 and some 360,000 people have signed up for it. This apparently equates to...
View ArticlePrivate Surgery v NHS Surgery
Spent the afternoon out of Openhealth Clinic recently, visiting an operating theatre. I observed a series of Private procedures, where the patient list ran like clockwork. Each patient was given their...
View ArticleTelomeres – and how to keep ‘em nice and long!
This is good. Plug you brain in though, it isn’t the usual Back Pain blog!! Telomeres are “caps” situated at the end of our chromosomes. They help prevent loss of genetic information as our cells...
View ArticleHip Replacement death rates fall
Here at Openhealth Clinic, we are seeing more and more joint replacements. A hip is one of the more common joints to be replaced. The good news is that in the eight years between 2003 and 2011, of...
View ArticleMen – Man up!!!
Just been reading a research paper on symptoms awareness in the over 50s. I’m afraid it is just confirmation of what we see at Openhealth Clinic all the time. 11,000 men and women aged 50 and over,...
View ArticleGPs – talk about hands tied behind your back.
As a Registered Osteopath, I am often in the situation of speaking to patient’s GPs regarding medication for their acute lower back pain. Sometimes it a very positive experience, I feel part of a...
View ArticleCholesterol – A different perspective at last!
A UK Cardiologist has been in the news recently. He has published an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal. He has been talking about the obsession we have for lowering Cholesterol levels by any...
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