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How you can improve shoulder stiffness and restriction in mobility

Shoulder muscles are used frequently throughout the day and can impact your quality of life if you become injured. Shoulder injuries can cause stiffness and restriction in your mobility, hindering the movement of your arm. This can be difficult to overcome as a gym enthusiast or someone who uses weight training. Seeing an osteopath and

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Do You Have Cold Weather Joint Pain?

Have you ever said or have heard someone say, \”I can feel it in my bones\” when referring to cold weather? It is becoming cold outside, and for some people, that means achy, painful, and stiff joints. There are certain speculations about how winter weather affects our bodies, causing discomfort, but no one knows for

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Osteo and physio online: The benefits of an online consultation

It is with great sadness that we have had to close our clinics across Devon for the next few months. The coronavirus has changed the way we live our lives, and we all have to adapt. Here at Osteo and Physio, we are adapting by bringing you online consultation support. Although, for the time being,

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The impact of your mind and environment on pain

As an osteopath, I spend a lot of my time in clinic helping people with back pain who understandably want to know the reason that they hurt. People instinctively blame their posture, what they might have lifted or the amount of gardening they have been doing, all of which are valid potential reasons. But, pain

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Your best friends’ favourite food

Did you know that there are bacteria in your gut that can improve your energy levels, lift your mood and even help you maintain a healthy weight? In fact, in an average human being, there are as many bacteria as there are cells in your body, and that together they usually weigh as much as

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Keep Walking To Stay Younger

Did you know that doing regular significant amounts of walking can keep you looking and feeling younger as you move from your 50’s into your 60’s and 70’s? Of the several thousand patients I have had the privilege of treating over the last decade, it has been noticeable that a significant few of those who

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You Really Are As Young As You Feel!

Last month we wrote about how a scientific experiment showed that subjects who lived for a few weeks in an environment from 20 years earlier started to feel more energetic, experienced less pain and generally felt more youthful. It is amazing to realise that being unconsciously reminded of an earlier life through external stimulus can

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Do We Need To Detox?

There has been some national press coverage around the subject of “detoxing” recently, a lot of it stipulating that detox diets are a fad, that it is a nonsense term with no real meaning and that products associated with it are a waste of money. I wanted to write about “detoxing” this month and to

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