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A story from the patient archive Let me tell you a story – are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin 😊 Once upon a time there was a girl whose whole life seemed to be filled with pain. She had had a headache for 7 years, and then just as that was getting fixed, she […]
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What a few months these have been! A huge thank you to those patients who have consulted me by Zoom – it has been a pleasure to work with you, and to feel that even by video or telephone consultations I can still help you and your aches and pains and stiffness; to feel that
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“My digestive issues have now subsided, my body feels lighter and my mind clearer. I’ve been able to detect which foods and drinks irritate my body. “I have fewer highs and lows than I use to experience from regular caffeine and sugar intake. I am now sleeping better, have more energy, feel calmer, plus I’ve
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You know how some people are more accident prone than others? Whether those people are clumsy, or things simply happen to them. Let me tell you a story: Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…. There was once a little girl. It must have been before she started wearing glasses because she didn’t remember them
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Please note that this article was written in June 2020. Some of my osteopathic colleagues have started going back, but for me, this whole relaxing of Lockdown [which I feel was unnecessarily delayed] simply feels too soon. When professors at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine advise that we should wait – well,
A healthy immune system needs Vitamin D, in particular Vitamin D3. Your body makes this from sunlight on your skin – and as with so many things, it’s about a question of balance: Too much sun can lead to skin cancers ☹ Too little sun [such as overuse of sun screens, or wearing clothes that
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Why COVID-19 reminds me of going through Chemotherapy… 14 years ago I was going through chemotherapy for breast cancer – fortunately, the summer of 2006 was a hot one, so I was quite happy to lose my hair – and found that it weirdly suited me. Here in 2020, watching a world convulsed by Coronaggedon,
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Many of us are sitting waaay more than we did before Lockdown, so here are some tips to antidote that: – where possible, have phone calls standing up – are you a Giraffe? When you look at your mobile phone, do you drop your head down? Tuck the arm that is holding your phone by
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Dopamine – the Feel Good Hormone – is produced by your brain, from the amino acids tyrosine and phenylalanine. It is closely linked with the role that pleasure plays in our life – attention, focus, planning, learning and finding things interesting – with enthusiasm! It’s involved in a whole host of processes including your heart
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Dear World, Thank you for this time you have given us, this time you have claimed. YOU could see the madness we were making; and through the bats, your creatures of the dark, spirits of the night that should fly free – you are firmly and lovingly taking us by the hand. We are as