Tag: back pain

With the final episode of ‘The Jump’ seeing Joey Essex crowned champion, taking to the snow may seem tempting to some. Especially with February half term coming up.

While taking to the slopes can be great fun and provides a great form of exercise, there is also a risk of injury. As with every type of exercise, making sure you prepare your body beforehand plays a vital role in avoiding injuries.

Here at Cliffs Chiropractor Southend, we want to share some tips on how to stay safe in the snow:

Training your muscles – skiing and snowboarding will have you using muscles you may not even know you. Some excellent exercises that you can start doing now that will prepare your body are squats, sit-ups and cycling.

Get balanced – Good balance is the key to skiing. Get yourself a wobble board to improve your balance and build up your ankle muscles.

Bounce around – To build up and work out your ‘skiing muscles’ you can use a mini trampoline.

Roll along – To develop good posture, invest in a pair of roller blades and get out and about on them.

Get yourself checked out – it’s often easier to turn your body one way when starting out as a skier or snow boarder. Often this is not simply down to technique, it’s down to your body. A chiropractor will be able to assess you and identify areas of weakness that you may need to work on.

If you are suffering from pain or if you have any other concerns please get in touch with us as we offer a lot of help and advice to get you back up and running as soon as possible. You can contact us at Cliffs Chiropractor Southend on 01702 430430.

You may have started a diet as part of your New Year resolutions or considering a diet option but with so many options available how do you decide which one is right for you?The good news is that the British Dietetic Association (BDA) has reviewed some of the most popular diets and come up with its verdict and pros and cons of each.

The list includes:

• 5:2 diet
• Dukan diet
• Paleo diet
• Atkins diet
• Alkaline diet
• Cambridge diet
• South Beach diet
• Slimming World diet
• Slim-Fast diet
• LighterLife diet
• WeightWatchers diet
• Rosemary Conley diet
• Jenny Craig diet

You can read the BDA’s review of all of these diets here.

Unfortunately, for many people maintaining the diet over a period of time becomes too challenging and they find that their weight ‘yo-yos’. Often the diet is a quick fix and not sustainable or may not even be healthy in the long term.

With so much concern over the populations increasing weight and its impact on peoples’ general health (including low back pain) and consequently the pressure these health issues put and will put on the NHS, the NHS has developed a 12 week weight loss plan.

As a leading Chiropractor Southend, striving to get people to lead strong and healthy lives; we believe that a healthy diet is paramount to supporting this.

Here are 3 simple things you can do starting today to help lose weight:

•  Plan your ‘healthy’ meals for the week ahead and only buy whatever is necessary to make the meals on your plan.
• Get rid of all ‘junk’ food from you cupboards and don’t replenish.
• If you tend to over eat use smaller plates and bowls to eat from,

If you’ve tried various diets we’d love to hear your results and why not give our 3 simple tips a go starting now.

If you are suffering from pain or if you have any other concerns please get in touch with us as we offer a lot of help and advice to get you back up and running as soon as possible. You can contact us at Cliffs Chiropractor Southend on 01702 430430.

So far our winter has been very mild and because of this mild weather the plants are acting accordingly, with people spotting daffodils, primroses and snowdrops already starting to bud.

Even though we are having warmer weather this winter, there are still lots of bugs around which can cause illness. As a leading Chiropractor Southend, we would like to share these tips on beating those bugs:

1.Get a good night’s sleep

A good night’s sleep is vital to your health and wellbeing.  Six to nine hours is the recommended time for sleep and many of us are getting much less. Make sure your sleeping environment is set up to help you get a good night’s sleep. This includes making sure your mattress is right for you

2.Drink more milk

A healthy immune system during the winter months is vital and milk and dairy products like cheese and yoghurt provide a great source of protein and vitamins A and B12. The downside is their fat content so use semi-skimmed, or low fat versions

3.Embrace your 5 a day

Include five portions of fruit and vegetables into your daily diet. Have fruit at hand to snack on when you get those sugar cravings. A simple way to get your daily intake is to make soups full of winter vegetables such as carrots, parsnips and swede

4.Take regular exercise

The benefits of taking regular exercise can’t be stressed enough, from controlling your weight to boosting both your immune system and your energy level. Why not get the whole family involved and find a new activity you can all do

5.Eat lots of porridge

Porridge is a fantastic way to start your day. It will boost your energy and keep you feeling full for longer. Don’t succumb to adding sugar though, add fruit or some dried fruit instead and make it with water or if you have to use milk make it semi skimmed or skimmed

If you are suffering from pain or if you have any other concerns please get in touch with us as we offer a lot of help and advice to get you back up and running as soon as possible. You can contact us at Cliffs Chiropractor Southend on 01702 430430.