Norwich Chiropractic Centre

read moreIf you're suffering from back or neck pain, either through injury or wear and tear, you'll be all too aware of the things you used to do but are now a huge effort. You might be taking painkillers, considering surgery or maybe you've just resigned yourself to a life of restricted activity. The good news is that you do have other options to get your life back. Options that can permanently reduce pain, increase mobility, help get you back to health and keep you that way. At Norwich Spinal Health, Neil, principal chiropractor with over 36 years experience, and his support team have looked after more than 30,000 people since opening in 1985.

read moreYou hear a lot about this nowadays. It's what's called an Essential Fatty Acid and the reason they're essential is that we can't make them ourselves - we have to consume them regularly in foods or supplements. Ideally it must be consumed in the right ratio together with Omega 6 Essential Fatty Acid (EFA). Omega 3 has been decreasing in the food chain since the advent of industrialisation and the levels of Omega 6 have risen over that time too. Without getting too technical. EFAs are involved in hormone-like substances that are present in almost all systems in your body.

read moreThe primary focus of chiropractic is the optimum function of your spine and nervous system. A fully functioning nervous system is vital to your health, as it controls every cell in your body. Messages that are vital to your body's health and wellbeing are constantly relayed back and forth from your brain, along the spinal cord, to each and every cell in your body and then back again. However, when nerves are irritated, "pinched" or "choked", they are unable to function properly and this affect the quality of the transmitted messages.

read moreUnsurprisingly, what we instinctively knew was good for us has been verified in multiple studies into its effects: anxiety, digestive disorders, fibromyalgia, headaches, insomnia related to stress, myofascial pain syndrome, soft tissue strains or injuries, sports injuries are, to name a few, conditions for which it has been shown to be beneficial. We have a fantastic Massage Team who all have a wealth of experience across a range of massage techniques including - Sports and remedial, Swedish, holistic, Indian head massage, myofascial release and Thai yoga massage, to name just a few.

read moreLots of people new to chiropractic think it's all about bones. Some will even have a whole classification system in their head that says that chiropractors do bones, physios do muscles and osteopaths do joints; as if there is some kind of delineation between them all (bones, joints, muscles I mean, not between us: physios & osteopaths!). In reality, your body is intricately connected and you can't separate out one aspect from another like that. Chiropractic is primarily interested in your nervous system.

read moreOnce we understand the cause of that pain, we create an individual recovery plan that uses methods best suited to you. We draw from a range of spinal health techniques, including chiropractic, osteomyology and massage, to help you get back to a pain free, mobile life.

read moreThe cervical spine supports the full weight of your head, which averages about 10-12 pounds and, while your cervical spine can move your head in nearly every direction, it's this very flexibility which makes your neck susceptible to pain and injury. The neck's susceptibility to injury is due in part to biomechanics. The repeated stresses and traumas that affect cervical biomechanics include extended sitting, repetitive movement, accidents, falls and blows to the body or head, normal ageing and wear and tear.

read moreThe pain can be severe and can affect either or both legs. Sciatica is not a condition in itself, it's simply a term to describe the pain - in the same way that a headache doesn't describe the root cause of the throbbing in your head. The sciatic nerve is quite large, about the thickness of your thumb. You may experience numbness, tingling, pins and needles and even the sensation of trickling water due to irritation of the nerve. It's very important that the cause of the nerve irritation is addressed.