Older Population: How to Keep Active During Lockdown As we are all spending much more time at home these days, here are some simple exercises to help you get started moving to improve your strength and balance from the safety of your own home. Doing these simple exercises 3-4 times a week can help to …
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Avoiding Injury With Extra Exercise Running or walking more frequently? Here’s what you need to know! Now is the perfect time to fit some extra training and exercise in, however, it must be done safely and carefully in order to avoid injury stopping you in your tracks. 1. Time and Speed Try not to change …
Managing Low Back Pain during Covid-19 During the Covid-19 lockdown, it may be necessary to self-manage some injuries at home. Here are some top tips for managing recent-onset low back pain. If you need any extra advice or would like to request an emergency appointment with us, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! 1. …
Home Exercises for those Cocooning The Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists has released a series of simple but effective exercises that can be done safely at home while you are cocooning. Exercise remains just as important as ever as it: – Helps improve your health and fitness; – Reduces risk of falls; – Improves cognitive function. …
Ergonomic Tips During Covid-19 Sometimes ergonomic tips can be complicated and make you second guess yourself. Keep things simple to start with, set ups can be fine tuned later. Here are some of the basics that it is essential you get right from the beginning: 1. Find a work space that is not a couch! …
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Is Slouching Bad for your Back? The Internet is full of blog posts, images, videos supporting the theory that we should all be sitting up straight to reduce the risk of lower back pain. Modern research, on the other hand, suggests no specific static sitting posture can prevent or reduce back pain. Where does the …
Chiropractic Activity Sheet for Kids – World Spine Day The 16th of October 2017 is World Spine Day, a day to raise awareness about spinal disorders and promote an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to easing their burden. To mark this day with a smile, here at the Douglas Chiropractic & Physiotherapy Clinic in Cork we …
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The Difference Between Acute and Chronic Back Pain Back pain is an extremely common condition, with about 9 in 10 adults experiencing it at some point in their life. It may be characterized as a dull, shooting, burning or piercing pain, radiating into the neck, the arms and hands as well as the legs or feet. Back pain can be …
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How much Sugar in an Easter egg? Easter is just around the corner – it’s that time of the year again when chocolate eggs and chocolate bunnies are on display in every supermarket in Ireland. This Easter, Irish children and adults will eat their way through more than 1.5 million chocolate eggs: a 168-tonne sugar …
Is Back Pain Hereditary? Back pain is a complex medical condition which can be, to some extent, influenced by genetics. Some conditions that cause chronic back pain are hereditary: this means that back pain can indirectly be passed from generation to generation. A growing number of studies support the existence of a connection between chronic back …