Musings

Wow – it’s hot! Here are some tips for keeping cool during this hot sunny weather. What I do is cut a couple of short lengths of Tubi-Grip and soak them in cold water. Wring them out a bit, enough to not drip everywhere and then either put them round my wrists, or indeed round my […]

So, a couple of updates for you. One small, and one fairly large and exciting [and to tell the truth, a bit scary too!] The small update is that I am going to experiment for a while with shorter emails, weekly: Type 1 will be the twice-a-month health tips and advice ones, as they have

Have you ever had that kind of pain that keeps you awake at night? It’s grim isn’t it … Whether your lower back is hurting from too much gardening; your neck is hurting from too much computing; your shoulders from too much carrying; your hips from too much sitting; your knee because you’ve twisted it;

So the annual agony of the clocks going forward is nearly upon us here in the UK. Here’s a simple tip to prepare for it so that it’s not such a shock to get up an hour earlier. Over the week or two leading up to it, I like to put my alarm clock earlier

As it’s almost International Women’s Day I thought a few words about women’s health would be timely. And chaps, if you have a wife, girlfriend, sister, mother etc – then women’s health matters to you too. A note re breast cancer – men can get it as well – so all of you, do check

The festive season is almost upon us! If you’re looking for gift inspiration, I may have the perfect answer … my Gift Vouchers! Do you know someone who has aches and pains? Would a friend or relative love the stress release of cranial osteopathy? Perhaps you know someone who would like better mobility? Or you

If you have chosen to receive my newsletter, or have visited me for an appointment in recent weeks, you may remember I mentioned I had been swimming. Perhaps you will have heard about my Open Water Swimming adventure. What I didn’t mention was that it was arranged by Good Housekeeping, and that I am in

I have come to realise that our bodies are like guitars, or car tyres. A friend (who plays the guitar) asked me recently: “Why do people come to see you when they don’t have much wrong with them?” I asked him – how often do you tune your guitars? (He has several.) “Oh, I try

The other day I was standing for a long time – first in a rehearsal for over an hour, then after a brief sit down, singing in a concert for nearly an hour – and realised that I was getting pins and needles down my left leg.   It’s something I often ask patients about,

Have you ever had those days when you feel your whole life-axis tilt, and set you on a new path, within a new story? It was the summer of 1982 and I was twenty and tanned. I was newly back from my Inter-rail holiday around Italy:-staying in youth hostels that had once been medieval monasteries