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Stressed? Your Body Might Be Feeling It More Than You Think
Understanding Cortisol and Stress We’ve all had those weeks. Work deadlines pile up, sleep becomes patchy, the to-do list never seems to end and suddenly your back aches, your neck...
When Dizziness Strikes
What is BPPV? Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common causes of dizziness and vertigo, yet it can feel extremely alarming when it first occurs. Many...
Understanding Shoulder and Arm Pain
Bicep tendonitis is a common source of shoulder and upper-arm discomfort and at Walnut Grove we see it frequently among people in the Portishead community. It can affect anyone from...
Sciatica or not sciatica? That is the question
Sciatica is characterised by pain experienced down the leg, specifically along the route of the sciatic nerve, which is the back and side of the leg. Using the term to...
Hip Pain
Hip pain is a common issue that affects many individuals, more commonly women and especially as they age. There are various causes of hip pain but we are going to...
Hyaluronic Acid injections
Some of you have probably heard about hyaluronic acid by now and its benefits as it has taken the skin world by storm, helping people to keep that youthful appearance...
Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in the tendons that connect the extensor muscles of the forearm to the elbow....
Acupuncture for Arthritis
Around 10 million people in the UK are thought to have arthritis. Osteoarthritis, ‘wear and tear’ is a degenerative condition and is the most common type of arthritis in the...
Understanding Wellbeing
Wellbeing? Being well? There are so many connotations of what well-being or being well means to people. I believe it’s a very individual and personal thing. What does it mean...
What is Osgood-Schlatter Disease?
Osgood-Schlatter disease is a similar growth condition to Severs disease which affects the Achilles tendon area but this time the area affected is the growth plate at the front of...
Shin Splints & How To Avoid Them
If you, like many people, have come into the new year thinking ‘I need to start exercising more’, there’s a good chance running is a form of exercise that you’re...
6 Ways to Deal with Stress
Stress is a normal part of life. Psychologist Richard S. Lazarus proposed the idea that all humans need a manageable amount of stress in their lives to develop a healthy...