What are Custom Orthotics? Custom orthotics are prescribed medical insoles or inserts for your shoes that improve foot function (biomechanics) and alignment for specific foot conditions. It has been shown that incorrect alignment, balance and function of your feet can lead to foot pain, ankle pain, knee pain and...
Posture in health and disease is a huge topic of discussion and very important for everyone to understand (in my opinion). Your posture, the shape and function of your spine is more than just about back pain, it has an impact on your health and quality of life. Poor...
Whole body vibration is a key element of our spinal rehab plans here at Spriggs Chiropractic. Whole body vibration is well-recognised as a useful alternative and adjunct exercise modality with resistance training1, having been found to be effective for: Increasing force and power generation capacity in skeletal muscles2 Increasing...
The sacroiliac joint is an amazing structure and is possibly the most intriguing joints of the human body and is the next in our series of how your spine works. The structure of this joint and the role is plays in the biomechanics of your spine is incredibly complex....
Your spine: the basics, here we will be discussing the fundamental properties and principles of your spine and how it works. These principles are not difficult to grasp and when you do, the mysteries of back pain, neck pain and how it can go wrong will become clearer. This...
Arthritis, specifically Spinal Arthritis and Disc Disease (S.A.D.D) are common conditions that present to us in the clinic. During an audit of the x-rays taken in our clinic last year found that 17% had S.A.D.D present. Whilst it is often said in the that arthritis (also known as degenerative...
Inflammation and tissue damage, I feel is an important topic for people to understand because if you understand the what happens during inflammation and tissue damage, you can take control over your health and healing from injuries. It is important to know that this process happens regardless of the...
Keeping healthy at Christmas can be difficult for a number of reasons. Christmas is a special time of year for a lot of people and it means different things to different people. To me and my family, Christmas is a time for us to get together and spend time...
Me and the team at Spriggs Chiropractic and Spriggs Nutrition have spend the last week in Eagle Idaho at the Ideal Spine Health Centre and the Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP) Doctor Institute. We were here to learn from (in my opinion) the best Chiropractic researchers in the profession at this...
Cigarette smoking is well known and documented to be detrimental to ones health and is described as “the leading cause of preventable death in the EU, responsible for nearly 700,000 deaths every year”1. There is also estimated to be another 13 million people in the EU living with poor...