The 2019 RBS 6 Nations is in full-swing with the final weekend of matches heating up. Every year the intensity of the rugby in the championships goes up a notch and collisions from Cardiff to Rome could be heard ringing around the continent.

Ok, perhaps not quite this loudly but what’s apparent to us is each year rugby becomes tougher and the hits are bigger. This is just true on the international stage and in domestic competitions but right across the board through age-group and club rugby. The impact this has on the body, particularly a body that isn’t fully developed, is huge and significant.

​If you’re like many long term migraine sufferers you’ve probably swallowed literally
thousands of pills but not once have you had the bones and nerves of your spine checked for
problems.

​Most people are aware of different foods that trigger off an attack of migraine – the common
ones that most people are aware of are things like red wine, chocolate and caffeine are
known to be big problems - but a lot of people overlook the range of non-food triggers which
can actually be as big a problem as those problem foods.

Over 6 million people in the UK suffer from migraines every year - That's over 100,000 people absent from school or from work every single day. And most of these people don’t even know why they are having migraines in the first place!

Otitis media is the term used for a group of inflammatory disorders of the middle ear.

A Child presents to our clinic with low back pain. Case history shows his parents need to  drain his ears of ear wax every single night. He has missed a lot of time off school due to  ear infections over the past few years. Treatment to date has been antibiotics and ear  draining. After getting adjusted his parents noticed there was a huge decrease in ear wax build up and now only need to drain his ears every 2 weeks and it is still less than the  previous daily build up. If he didn’t have back pain he may still be suffering with his otitis  media, all because the evidence is “unclear”.

What is “Clear” is Chiropractic is not a treatment for any symptom, Chiropractic makes  your body work better. Chiropractic makes you heal better. Chiropractic allows you to  reach your potential. 

In 1961, Dr. Halbert Dumn wrote a booklet called “High Level Wellness” where he defined the term as a lifestyle approach enacted to help individuals pursue elevated states of physical and psychological well-being.
So how do you maintain a high level of wellness? The solution is to focus on your whole body, mind and spirit, not to just rid your body from disease. 
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Chiropractic is an important part of any wellness routine, just like working out (regular exercise) and eating right (proper nutrition). Consistency is key, because chiropractic care can treat problems before they lead to more serious issues, and it can prevent problems from developing in the first place.

By taking care of subluxations that impact your nervous system’s ability to function, you are making sure that the right signals are traveling through your nervous system to the nerves, through the muscles and organs. This makes sure that everything in your body is working the way it is supposed to and that all of the components that make up your body are getting the proper messages from your brain, through your spinal cord.

Routine chiropractic care give your body what it needs to heal itself and what you need to stay “well”.

A review of 33 articles included 3110 asymptomatic (pain-free) individuals that were given MRI scans or CT scans showed spinal degeneration can happen at any age.

Spinal problems are costing the NHS £481 million per year. Dental care previously had a similar problem. A lack of dental hygiene lead to a high percentage of gum disease and tooth decay but a huge educational push and regular dental visits reduced the number significantly.

When should we start looking after our spines? When should we start a spinal hygiene push with regular chiropractic visits?

If we don’t start until the age of 20 37% will already have permanent damage. If we wait until we are 50 years of age 4 out of 5 will already have degeneration of the spine.

We look after our teeth because we want to look better, if our spines were on our face  would we take more care of it?

This study has shown that our spine can rot and wear out without us feeling pain.