Paying people to be healthy…….really!
Interesting debate on at the moment with the NHS considering giving breast feeding mothers £200 worth of shopping vouchers as an incentive. There is little doubt that breast feeding is hugely...
View ArticleALL – AnteroLateralLigament – don’t you know!
Recently, a couple of knee surgeons in Belgium have, using macroscopic dissection techniques, identified a ligamentous structure called ALL. Apparently, this existence of this structure was first...
View ArticleBack Surgery – Options, Options, Options …..
Openhealth Clinic saw an interesting case recently. The patient in question complains of lower back pain with aching into his left leg. It is slightly upsetting, as four years ago the patient had...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Concerns!
Very interested to read an article on Pharmaceutical companies and the fact that they routinely withhold results of clinical trials on prescription drugs. That’s right, Regulators do not have access to...
View ArticleSweet Poison
Loving this sudden interest in the dangers of sugar. It’s something we have been promoting at Openhealth Clinic for the last four years. Maybe our national obsession with Fat, Cholesterol and Statins...
View ArticleProfessional Registration – How can it be wrong!!
At Openhealth Clinic, we pride ourselves on having practitioners who are highly qualified. Whether you are seeing one of our Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Sports Massage Therapists or anyone else, we...
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...
View ArticlePaying people to be healthy…….really!
Interesting debate on at the moment with the NHS considering giving breast feeding mothers £200 worth of shopping vouchers as an incentive. There is little doubt that breast feeding is hugely...
View ArticleALL – AnteroLateralLigament – don’t you know!
Recently, a couple of knee surgeons in Belgium have, using macroscopic dissection techniques, identified a ligamentous structure called ALL. Apparently, this existence of this structure was first...
View ArticleBack Surgery – Options, Options, Options …..
Openhealth Clinic saw an interesting case recently. The patient in question complains of lower back pain with aching into his left leg. It is slightly upsetting, as four years ago the patient had...
View ArticleBecoming a Supple Leopard – good title, great read!
Every now and again I find a book or a website that really reignites my love of the human movement and its’ amazing capabilities. Supple Leopard is written by Kelly Starett. Although a qualified medic,...
View ArticleDNAs – Missed Appointments to you and me!
Interesting to see the NHS making a conscious effort to try and reduce the wastage that is “no shows”. In both the NHS and Private sectors, missed appointments are very frustrating. Most health...
View ArticleBoxing – the new cycling!
As close to my heart as cycling is, can’t help but loving the new trend of boxing. As I have mentioned before, what’s great about cycling is the recovery time. That is, not only the short time taken to...
View ArticleVertebroplasty & Kyphoplasty – cement repair ……… no honestly
Fractures of vertebra occur far more commonly than we think. Sometimes it can be related to trauma, a car or bike crash for instance. It can also occur in old age simply as a result of degenerative...
View ArticlePain – Men & Women – It’s the same right?
Interesting research article recently looking at pain perceptions in both Men and Women. In the past, there has been some conflicting research on the subject, but this seems to have been a little...
View ArticleHate to say told you so..
Very interested to see that Action on Sugar is gaining momentum. In terms of its role in obesity, subsequent cardio-vascular compromise and the precipitator of Type 2 Diabetes, Openhealth have been...
View ArticleBack Surgery – Options, Options, Options …..
Openhealth Clinic saw an interesting case recently. The patient in question complains of lower back pain with aching into his left leg. It is slightly upsetting, as four years ago the patient had...
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