Online consultations are now available with Spriggs Chiropractic! Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Royal College of Chiropractors has recommended the temporary suspension of all face-to-face consultations with new or existing patients of all UK chiropractic practices and clinics for the following 3 weeks. It was a gut-wrenching decision...
Workstation ergonomics is a huge topic of discussion that can be confusing for many. The reason for all the confusion is simply that workstation ergonomics is not an exact science. By this I mean that work station ergonomics takes into consideration everything from the desk, the chair, the amount...
Happy Third Birthday to Spriggs Chiropractic & Nutrition! February marks three years since our grand opening, and in this post, I will be looking back over these amazing three years and letting you in on our secret plans for the years to come. From our humble beginnings We first...
Walking away from your back pain isn’t something we say flippantly. Walking is something that many of us take for granted until it is taken away, either temporarily through injuries to our legs or episodes of back pain. Or it can be taken away from us permanently from severe...
Wolff’s law is a physiological property of bone tissue. In its most technical terms, it is the principle of bone adaptation from stress generated potentials. In more simple terms, it is the change in bone structure as a result of the stresses placed on them. So for example, it...
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...
Is Cracking your knuckles good or bad? This seems like one of the oldest questions of human kind almost on par with: “Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We have all had a friend, or family member tell you that cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis....
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...
Discussing the sacroiliac joint and low back pain is a deep and complex topic. 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...
4 things you must know about your core muscles is the 2nd in our series on how your spine works. In this series, we have been discussing how the spine really works. In the last post, we discussed the basic functions and that the spine is a vertical column...