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Atty our podiatrist at The Mill Clinic explains why looking after your feet is so important when you have Diabetes, and provides tips on how to care for them. Over time, diabetes can cause you to lose feeling in your feet. Diabetes also can lower the amount of blood flow in your feet. Numbness and […]

Office workers are being encouraged to take care of their backs to ease back pain as part of this year’s BackCare Awareness Week which runs between 6 – 10 October According to a BackCare survey half of us are affected by back pain and 7.6 million working days were lost due to work-related back pain […]

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis. In the UK more than 10 million adults see their GP each year with arthritis and related conditions. More than 1 in 3 of the over 50’s have joint pain that interferes with their normal activities – and it can get worse as you get older! […]

How time flies! So for those who haven’t visited the clinic for a while we thought we would give you an update. As well as the blog we will be sending by email from time to time a newsletter, and we also have a Facebook page. We aim to keep you up to date with […]

Computers and tablets are an essential part of our lives, especially at the moment! Whether for work or pleasure we do spend a lot of our time sitting or slumped in front of them. It’s great news for osteopaths as we treat lots of tense shoulders and headaches, back pain, and even pins and needles […]

It is generally accepted that you should loosen up before exercise including running. But does it really help? Recent research suggests that some types of stretching could make little difference and can even reduce performance! Static stretching has long been seen as a way of warming up, loosening the muscles and preventing injury, but often […]