Acupuncture for menopausal symptoms

Posted on 23/08/201910/08/2019 by Sarah

Have you considered acupuncture for menopausal symptoms? A brief course of acupuncture may help to ease troublesome menopausal symptoms, suggests a small study published in the online journal BMJ Open. Menopause symptoms Menopausal symptoms are common and can have a major impact on quality of li...

Heart Rate Variability as a Measure of Health

Posted on 07/08/201907/08/2019 by Sarah

Heart rate variability (HRV) and its role in monitoring your health seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. I remember learning as a medical student that it is normal for our heart rate to vary when we breath. However, as with all medical research we are learning more about how important for...

Sports Therapy, Sports Rehab or Sports Massage?

Posted on 06/06/201910/08/2019 by Sarah

At SB Sports and Pain Clinics we provide sports therapy, sports rehab and sports massage. All our staff are trained to degree level. They are experienced in diagnosing and selecting the right treatment for you. Sports therapy and sports rehabilitation are relatively new professions compared with ...

Life Admin

Posted on 15/05/201915/05/2019 by Sarah

What is life admin? Do life’s mundane tasks – paying bills, booking appointments – feel like a whole other job? These are the things that make up ‘life admin’. It is all those things that you need to do, but you never seem to feel a benefit – paying bills, booking your car for a […]...

Back Pain Workshop starting in Denbigh

Posted on 15/04/201915/04/2019 by Sarah

Why a workshop for back pain? Following the success of the workshops in our Old Colwyn Clinic, we decided to start workshops for back pain in Denbigh. Back pain and sciatica are common, and often no specific cause is identified. Because of this you will often be given confusing or conflicting i...

When should you seek treatment for back pain?

Posted on 26/02/201926/02/2019 by Sarah

When is you back pain bad enough to seek treatment? When should you seek treatment for back pain? We often see people hobbling in to our clinics in significant pain. They frequently tell us that it has become so bad that they have taken time off work. Even then it may be a few weeks […]

Timetable of Clinics and Activities

Posted on 21/02/201921/02/2019 by Sarah

We provide clinics Monday to Friday and run group sessions. Click on the link below for a printable timetable of all clinics and activities. We will be adding additional group activities over the coming months, and will update the timetable as we do.

5 Tips for Sore Muscles (DOMS)

Posted on 11/02/201911/02/2019 by Sarah

We’ve all felt it at some point. Here are our 5 tips for sore muscles (DOMS). If you have ever had that distinctive muscle pain the day after doing a really hard workout, these 5 tips are for you. That pain we feel is known as DOMS. It stands for ‘Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness’ because […]...

‘Cold (Weather) Shoulder’

Posted on 01/02/201901/02/2019 by Sarah

Do you get ‘cold weather shoulder’? I do every winter, probably because I spend a lot of time outdoors. About this time of year, as the weather gets colder, we see a lot of people whose usually manageable neck and shoulder pain has become more noticeable, or even unbearable. I like to call this t...

Postmenopausal Women: Are You at Risk?

Posted on 28/01/201928/01/2019 by Sarah

This blog contains vital information for postmenopausal women. You may not be aware, but before working in sports injuries and pain control, I worked in women’s health. One of my more challenging and rewarding roles was in a specialist menopause clinic. Did you know that I can combine my expertis...

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