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Goodbye Rita – enjoy your retirement!

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It was the end of an era on Friday as we said goodbye to Rita Hemmings – the Chiropractor who first started Cheltenham Chiropractic Clinic in 1978. Rita ran the clinic for 37 years until she retired in May 2015 (when the clinic was taken over by her associate Catherine Owers) and this week she […]

Chiropractic Clinic is Moving!

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From Monday November 9th 2015 Catherine and the team will be relocating to our lovely mew modern premises at : Pure Offices, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham. GL51 6SH. Just follow the road into ASDA supermarket then go straight over the mini roundabout and you’ll see signs for PURE offices on the right, the new site is […]

Wearing a school Backpack correctly is important

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Increasing numbers of school children are reporting spinal pain in clinical practice. Sometimes this can go unnoticed or may be overlooked until it is too late. One of the major causes of back pain in younger age groups is carrying excessive loads to and from school in an ill-fitted or inappropriate school backpack. Recent research […]

Perfect your golf posture

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Tiger Woods has just pulled out of a golf tournament due to back pain. Golfers are susceptible to these kinds of problems so, whether an old hand or new to the sport, the British Chiropractic Association has some top tips to help golfers with a pain-free swing. Having just one joint or muscle out of […]

Is bedtime a pain in the neck?

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Research shows people don’t make the link between back pain suffered at night and their beds. New research from the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) and Sealy beds reveals that neck or back pain has prevented nearly half (48%) of people from sleeping. The research indicates that people are not making the link between their pain […]

Bad backs are global!

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The ‘bad back’ is a global phenomenon The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) joins calls to prioritise the treatment of musculoskeletal problems in wake of new global study. In a landmark and comprehensive study of the worldwide impact of diseases (Global Burden of Disease Study 2012) published in the Lancet on 15th December, musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, […]

National Gardening Week

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As a nation, we love our gardens and spend a considerable amount of time and money on them. As we rush to get those jobs in the garden done, there is a risk that gardeners may injure themselves. What everyone wants is to be fit and healthy enough to actually enjoy sitting in their garden […]

Weighed down

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According to a recent research report published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood which looked to investigate whether backpack weight is associated with back pain in children, 50% of children carrying heavy back packs had a higher risk of back pain. The issue of protecting children’s backs from heavy bags in not a new […]