Can Chiropractic help with SPD?

Can Chiropractic help with SPD?

Can Chiropractic help with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD)? If you are affected by SPD it can have a huge affect on you quality of life and in some cases be simply unbearable. Fortunately, chiropractic provides a safe and effective treatment for SPD. The majority of...
How Safe is Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy?

How Safe is Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy?

As you go through a pregnancy, there are an abundance of changes that are taking place within your body to create the perfect environment for your baby to develop and to help prepare you for birth. The physical changes you go through during a pregnancy can sometimes...
Perfect pregnancy posture

Perfect pregnancy posture

Your body’s never been this shape before! When you’re pregnant, as the months march on, you carry more and more weight out front. This means that you’re at significant risk of increased lumbar curving. The results could be mild discomfort, or you might even experience...
How mums can look after their backs

How mums can look after their backs

Here at Torbay Chiropractic Clinic, we know how hard Mums work, especially when it comes juggling work and looking after the kids.  BUT they don’t always look themselves and their backs very well. The British Chiropractic Association has released results of a...
Can wearing the wrong bra size affect your posture?

Can wearing the wrong bra size affect your posture?

In a word… yes! Amazingly, more than 80% of women wear the wrong sized bra, and wearing the wrong bra size can affect your posture! Breasts that aren’t well supported (especially if you are well-endowed…) can have a significant impact on your shoulders, neck,...
Start the day right: essential morning stretches

Start the day right: essential morning stretches

Ditch that snooze switch and get your morning started right with our essential morning stretches: the best way to limber up for the day ahead is by performing our muscle stretches. Any stress from the day before will melt away, plus awkward sleeping positions are far...
Avoid injury on the slopes this Winter

Avoid injury on the slopes this Winter

Keep your muscles in good condition, and avoid injury on your Ski and Snowboarding holiday this year…. Come on, let’s hit the slopes! Winter is here, (although you might not believe it with this mild weather) and Christmas is long forgotten. Over the next...
How much water should I drink?

How much water should I drink?

As our ‘Are you hydrated?’ has been so popular, we’ve created a simple graphic to help you work out how much water you should drinking each day.   Of course this only a guide and should be adapted if you are exercising or during very hot...
Mobile phone and neck pain, AKA Text Neck!

Mobile phone and neck pain, AKA Text Neck!

Are you getting a new Smartphone or tablet for Christmas?  Will you be using it constantly?  Probably I expect… but you might what to have a read of this first. Did you know that 53%* off mobile phone users suffer from some form of neck pain, and this figure is...
Are you hydrated?

Are you hydrated?

Is dehydration affecting your health? Are you getting enough water? Yes Christmas is coming and the mulled wine is making an appearance, not to mention all those booze fuelled Christmas parties. But are you remembering to drink enough water to remain hydrated? And how...