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  • How McTimoney Chiropractic Helped Me Return To My Winning Ways

      By Cate Jackson One snowy night back in January 2013 I had my first McTimoney Chiropractic treatment and I have never looked back. As a former international swimmer, British No 1, Commonwealth Games finalist and holder of 11 British titles, I was approaching my 50th birthday and starting to feel that the years of…

  • Chiropractic and Weight Lifting

    A great ‘before and after’ photo set: Wassim is a serious weight lifter who recently took part in his first competition. He had been suffering for over a year with pain and tension in his left arm and shoulder that was affecting his ability to train and to keep the bar level when squatting. Before treatment:…

  • The Man With His Head In An Invisible Vice

    A great column by Dr Phil Whitaker in the New Statesman magazine (22-28 August 2014) (just to be clear, the David in the article is not me): David was a patient during my earliest years in general practice: an otherwise fit man in his early sixties who needed an operation on his ear. The procedure…

  • Back Pain and Gardening

    Working in the garden can be great exercise and has all the benefits of getting out into the fresh air and sunshine. For many people, gardening is the only real form of exercise they get.

  • How a fountain pen and a chiropractor restored my lost youth

      This extract is reproduced by kind permission of the author James Delingpole, the full article first appeared in The Spectator magazine. “… The even better thing I wish to draw to your attention, though, is McTimoney. I shan’t go into the medical/technical details: just Google it. Suffice to say that it’s a form of…

  • Backache After a Difficult Pregnancy

    A was a 42 year-old lady who came to the clinic with chronic backache and nerve pain (sciatica) radiating down her right leg.  She reported having ongoing back problems since the birth of her son 8 years previously. Both the pregnancy and delivery had been difficult – her son had been side-lying and required a…

  • Award for Peterborough Chiropractic Clinic

    An enjoyable day out in London last week. I was there to attend the Annual General Meeting of the College of Chiropractors and to attend the College’s Third Annual Awards Dinner held at the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. I was very pleased to receive a Patient Partnership Quality Mark (PPQM) on behalf of…

  • Chiropractic and clay pigeon shooting

    An interesting piece of training on Saturday 12th September. Chiropractors were given the opportunity  to try their hand at clay pigeon shooting and then take part in a discussion about the sorts of injuries seen among people who use guns for sport or work. As you can imagine, shooting folk tend to get a lot…

  • What is the difference between Chiropractic and Osteopathy?

    This is a question that comes up a lot and it’s one that I find increasingly difficult to answer as I learn more about the wide range of approaches used in my own profession and in osteopathy. Similarities There are more similarities than differences between the two professions. Chiropractors and Osteopaths both believe that many…

  • Migraine and chiropractic

    Migraines are painful headaches accompanied by a variety of symptoms such as visual disturbances, sensitivity to light, sound and smells, nausea and vomiting. Migraine attacks may vary in length and frequency: usually lasting from 4 to 72 hours, with most people free of symptoms between attacks. ‘Classic migraines’ are those accompanied by aura symptoms –…