Katherine Bagley was proud to be involved in research contributing to a published pilot study evaluating the efficacy of Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) as a non-invasive treatment for improving hand function and reducing Raynaud’s symptoms in patients with systemic scleroderma.

The study revealed encouraging outcomes — patients experienced, on average, a 40% improvement in hand function following just a 45-minute to one-hour session. These promising findings suggest FSM may offer significant benefits…

Osteoarthritis and Osteopathy

Osteoarthritis or ‘wear and tear’ as its sometimes referred to, is the breaking down of the protective cartilage in the joints of the body. This can cause pain, swelling and therefore affect movement. It can affect any joint in the body but is most commonly felt in the knees, hips and small joints of the hands.

There are several factors which can increase the likelihood of developing osteoarthritis this can include:

• Previous joint injury: can leave to early onset 
• Age: most…

Tension Headaches

Many people come to us suffering with headaches along the forehead and/or in the base of the skull and anywhere in between.  They can result from poor posture, and as a nation, we are spending more and more time at a desk – quite often not set up correctly for you. See our desk set up guide for more information. (coming soon)

Tensions headaches are caused by the shortening of the muscles at the base of the skull call the suboccipital muscles causing tightness across the skill. This goes…

 
It’s Garden time again!

It’s that time of year again when the weather starts to get nicer and the green fingered among us are back in to garden. It seems no surprise then that May is our busiest months, after a long winter cooped up, going into the garden and doing too much.

Here are some tips and hints to help stay pain and injury free this spring.

Before you start don’t forget to warm up!

Dynamic stretching is movement with stretch to prepare your muscles for action, things like arm windmills, gentle…