Health Issues

It’s that time of year when we are all concerned about diet and exercise issues.

Achieving an eating-and-exercise regime that you can sustain indefinitely is most likely to bring permanent weight loss. Both your diet and exercise regimes should be planned hand in hand to achieve the best results. 

Other considerations for diet and exercise: 

Dementia – our diet has a direct impact on our cognitive decline. A heart healthy diet that keeps clogged arteries from limiting the brain of a supply of oxygen and nutrients has been linked to lowering the risk of dementia. 

Omega 3 fatty acids – are as much a brain food as helping our heart and joints. B12 – has been linked to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s, so our diet of red meat and poultry is important. For vegetarians B12 supplements are always recommended. 

Cancer- after smoking, obesity now ranks the second preventable cause of cancer. Physical exercise has been linked to lowering the risk of colon and rectal cancers. Diet too is important with emphasis on non starch vegetables, fruits, foods rich in folates, vitamin C, selenium, milk, beta carotene.

Research

Vascular dementia – second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer’s, now research highlights physical exercise as reducing that risk. So keep up with those walks! 

Neck pain at work – recent research has highlighted the incidence of neck pain at work as high as 40%. Key factors appear to be low co-worker support and working under pressure and deadlines. Sounds familiar? 

Satisfaction with chiropractic – in the USA three times as many people visit there GP with back pain than go and see a chiropractor. In the UK that figure is likely to be ten times that many.  New research has again highlighted that satisfaction levels from patients who go a see their chiropractor exceed those who use conventional medicine. It also highlighted the importance of the doctor-patient relationship and the need to give adequate time to that process.  

On reason we feel at CCC the 30 minute treatment session is appropriate. 

Back belts – the use of back belts is often recommended to patients who have an underlying weakness in their backs. Research has confirmed that real benefits can be realised using belts when lifting and carrying heavy items.

Clinic News

Having seen further growth of the clinic during 2007, we are going into 2008 with real optimism! 

Firstly a huge thanks to all patients who use the clinic, but also those of you who refer friends and family to our practitioners. We rely on referrals for our success, so it is very pleasing when existing patients recommend us. A big thank you! 

Because of that growth we are planning to open a new clinic in Hayle. This will be designed with our specific needs in mind and offer the opportunity to provide a wider range of healthcare practitioners under the one roof.Likely opening date will be Easter so watch out in the local press. 

Have a healthy 2008!

JCT 1/2008