Chiropractic Awareness Week 22nd – 28th April 2024

This Chiropractic Awareness Week  this year is 22nd – 28th April 2024. Chiropractic Awareness Week (CAW) is a celebration of everything we do as healthcare professionals. How we treat and care for people, how we work together as peers and our wider role in the healthcare arena. At Wincanton Chiropractic Clinic, patients are our priority. […]

Gardening Again – Tips to Reduce Back Ache

While gardening may bring calmness to your mind by reducing anxiety and stress, long periods of planting can take a toll on your back or make your existing back pain worse. Stretching before you begin garden can help prepare your body for time in the garden. See: Stretching for Back Pain Relief That doesn’t mean […]

Sleep Well

With World Sleep Day 2024 being on the 15th March, we thought it was a good opportunity to delve into how sleep positions affect your back. As an experienced chiropractor many of the clients that visit our chiropractic clinic in Wincanton suffer from lower back pain when they wake up in the morning.  This is […]

Read Easy

We love reading at Wincanton Chiropractic Clinic and we know lots of our patients do too. As it is national book day on the 7th March 2024, we want to address the question: How can readers avoid neck pain? There are many advantages to reading books – They spark our imagination in a way that […]

Win a Sports Massage!

Win a free sports massage with Hannah. To celebrate Hannah joining the team, we would like to treat one of you to a sports massage on us. During a sports massage the musculoskeletal system (muscles, tendons and ligaments) is manipulated using hands-on techniques in order to improve its efficiency. Sports massage is proven to release […]

Make your spine your Valentine – top tips on how to care for your back

Valentines day is here. The day we show our loved ones how much we care with cards, chocolates, gifts, and flowers. All over the country, people spend millions of pounds on this day alone. But this year, we think you should make your spine your valentine, and show it a little love! Here are our […]

Try a little Turmeric

turmeric

Have you heard about the amazing health benefits associated with Turmeric? This spice traditionally used in curries, can offer us some surprising advantages to boost our body’s wellbeing.   Did you know turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant? This is due to the curcumin, the yellow pigment found in turmeric, which not […]

Improve your Posture

Since the pandemic many of us now work flexibly or at home. How you sit, especially for long periods of time can impact your health and wellbeing. How we sit and stand has a bigger impact on our health than we may realise. Here are our top tips to improve your posture when working at […]

Back to School – Choosing a Backpack

After the long, hot summer it’s time to label those uniforms, pack the lunch boxes and get measured for new shoes as schools get set to return. Here are some tips to help your child or teen cope with the strain of wearing a backpack full of books and sports kit. Firstly when choosing a […]

Carry on Camping

With the Summer holidays now under way, some of us are getting our tents, sleeping bags and camping stoves ready to sleep under the stars or dance the night away at a festival. Here are some tips to help you when pitching and camping to avoid any unwelcome injuries. If taking a backpack and hiking […]