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Company Services

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:14:14 GMT

Company Services - Designed for companies, groups and individuals.

Dedicated health and wellness support and care in the workplace is here to stay. Take a look at our offsite and onsite services and packages and request a call-back using the form below, please specify the best time of day to call.

Working From Home/ Hybrid Working

Both Working from home and Hybrid Working have become the new normal. So its now more important to provide your staff with support when it comes to aches and pains. Our virtual wellness sessions provide reassurance and solutions to undo the problem.

Flexible Wellness Benefits

As registered primary healthcare providers, staff can use their wellness cash plans at JustGet Chiropractic. Its simple and easy to process with your companies health insurance provider.

On Site Clinic, Body Check-Ups

We operate, and will continue to operate, Covid-secure health screening services on site at your premises. This is a great way to offer your employees physical healthcare options at times that are suitable.

Private Healthcare Insurance - Coming Soon!

Coming in Q4 2021. This will allow us to provide our Chiropractic and Rehab services for employees that are covered by their company's private health insurance schemes.

Office Yoga - Coming Soon!

Coming in Q4 2021, workshops on targeted mobility, stretching for hips, hamstrings, back and shoulders.

Lunchtime Express - Available Next Month!

Short appointments for specific existing problems such as shoulder or neck ache. Please note: employees must go through an initial consultation process to qualify for this service.

Corporate Services

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:59:15 GMT

Corporate Services

Designed for companies, groups and individuals. Face-to-face and virtual health and wellness services to help your employees look after themselves.

What are our Corporate Services?

Working From Home

Even with the right equipment, working from home for extended periods can result in neck, shoulder or back pain and posture and stress-related headaches are commonplace. Even if you have a formal desk assessment for the home setup, no one teaches you how to use your own body in your new working environment.

Flexible Employee Benefits

Our professional services are accepted for payment by all major health insurance providers. Where you offer your employees an annual healthcare cash plan option, the employee pays for their care, we provide them with an invoice which will be accepted for reimbursement by your health insurance provider. We shortly expect to be able to offer full health insurance provider cover. Please ask for details.

Onsite Clinic

For companies who have staff onsite - We come to you to make this easier for you and your team. It’s a great way to offer your employees physical healthcare options at times suitable to you in a Covid-19 secure manner, with minimal disruption to your office. Online booking and payment by staff will shortly be available.

Why choose corporate services?

Chiropractic is a second career choice for both Andy and Natalie. With combined corporate experience of over 40 years working in the financial, telecoms, software and sales industries, we offer a unique blend of skills combined with clinical experience to bring you practical, accessible and realistic solutions. Together they help keep employees more able to deal with stresses and strains of working life today.

Virtual Care

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:25:10 GMT

What is V-Care?

V-Care is a remote service that allows us to assess you and determine why you might be experiencing pain or restricted movement. We are able to provide you with posture advice, exercises and environmental advice to help improve your flexibility and mobility, or increase strength if that is what is needed.

One of our Practitioners will conduct a thorough assessment via video call with you and a personalised mobilisation prescription is created. We monitor your progress and update your plan with 2 further calls spread over a 2 week period.

Why would I want this?

Our V-Care plans offer a package of care delivered remotely, which make them perfect if you can't get into clinic or are currently unable to attend, are not local to our Practice, or are seeking a more self-care approach to your health.

This offers you a way to get an assessment from one of our Practitioners and self-management guidance that can start to help you.

V-Care - All for £97

Take advantage of virtual care packages with JustGet Chiropractic.

Online appointments are here to stay. Use our 2-week remote service if you can't or don't want to be seen in clinic right now.

Drop us a line and we’ll contact you to arrange a callback to answer any questions you have.

Your Virtual Chiropractor Takes Care Of:

Virtual Appointments

Personalised Plan

Weekly Review

Friendly Practitioner Support

What to expect, at JustGet Chiropractic

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:16:03 GMT

We offer services for companies, groups and individuals

At your consultation appointment we'll take a detailed medical history and test a few things before we begin the hands-on part of the session (we aim to start your treatment at the first session although there are a small number of cases where this might not be possible due to medical conditions).

At your first follow up we explain to you our findings, our proposed plan of care and answer any questions that you may have. From this point forward we encourage you to take an active role in your recovery and will discuss exercises and lifestyle changes that will help you progress. In our experience those who carry out such self care are those who make the quickest recovery and are less likely to have the problem reoccur.

Consultation & Initial Treatment: £75

Follow ups: £45 - £65

Packages of care are available

If you need to cancel an appointment please ensure you give us at least 24 hours notice. We know that sometimes there are last minute changes which can't be avoided - that's OK, but please note, we will ask you to pay for your appointment if you continue to cancel with late notice.

We accept all major credit cards and Apple Pay. You'll receive reminders prior to your appointment.

Please note that the telephone number is a managed service for our practice. Please leave us a message or request a call back and we will call you back promptly.

McTimoney Chiropractor: What is McTimoney Chiropractic?

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:08:55 GMT

Mctimoney Chiropractor: What is McTimoney Chiropractic?

This is a safe and gentle form of whole-body correction that works well alongside our soft tissue therapy and rehab exercise plans. This combined approach enables us to tackle your discomfort with a multi-level approach which, in our experience, gains the best results.

Our adjustments are gentle to receive which is great news when you’re in pain, and highly effective in reducing pain and increasing mobility. Our approach has helped many patients return to a healthy lifestyle and meet their wellness goals.

Our patients notice significant improvements from our approach, whether the pain has come on suddenly or been persistent over a period of time. Whilst chiropractic is best known for back pain, this is not the only thing we address – many of our patients come to us for help with neck or shoulder pain, hip aches, ankle or wrist issues, sporting injuries, pinched nerves and chronic posture issues and sometimes a general feeling of being out of balance or not being able to move as freely and easily as they would like.

Short and long term care plans are available and we teach you a comprehensive self-management toolkit which enhances and progresses your recovery. Our ongoing packages of care may be used to help you maintain good posture, promote health and improve your performance no matter what it is you do, from high performance athlete to a senior member of the community wanting to enjoy gentle exercise or gardening without pain.

So if you are struggling with pain that won’t go away, perhaps your pain is starting to limit your daily routine and the most basic activities are now becoming difficult, book a consultation with us today and let us help get you moving again.

Introducing, Andy!

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:08:43 GMT

Andy Attwood

I’m Andy and grew up in the small village of Upchurch on the north Kent coast. I got a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from Kingston University, London and went on to work on a number of pretty cool projects for a number of well-known telecoms and software companies in Europe and the UK before retraining as a chiropractor in 2013. I got my Masters Degree in Chiropractic from McTimoney College in Abingdon, Oxfordshire and qualified in 2017.

The first part of my chiropractic career was spent working in the community spinal care team with Basingstoke NHS alongside a large practice of GPs. That really opened my eyes to the kind of healthcare work I wanted to do in our own clinical practice in Milton Park and a lot has changed since we first opened our doors in the Innovation Centre in January 2018.

I’ve always had a keen interest in exercise and the body’s ability to handle and adapt to changing physical stresses. One of the areas that I always look at with patients is how you are using your body, which came from studying Alexander Technique. That’s really how I got started in the healthcare profession; I had been working in London for a tech company and commuting by car everyday from Hampshire. Within six months, I couldn’t walk with my entire left leg and left lower back seizing up which is how I found a local Alexander Technique teacher. That led me onto chiropractic and sports massage and a bunch of other things and the rest is sort of history. I say “sort of” as I’m still adding new skills and disciplines like yoga... I just can't stop now that I’ve found my passion in life.

I now combine a wealth of experience in other allied healthcare disciplines into how I work with my patients today. I love to see the changes our patients make and the benefits they secure for themselves.

I work with a range of patients, my youngest is now 9 and my oldest 90 and still going strong. I particularly like working with older patients and sports people of any age or anyone interested in their fitness. I find these people tend to be highly committed to looking after themselves and not just asking for “quick fix”.

What’s coming in 2021? I’m bringing targeted mobility / flexibility stretching to the clinic with Gravity Yoga®. I have a massive interest in personal development and I am launching a business to teach these alongside the clinical practice.

One silly fact about me? In 1999, I qualified as a freefall skydiver in California. Jumping out of the plane was just a surreal experience. I’ve not been able to do it since though as the fear factor of waiting for the plane ride up was just too much and used to bring me out in a cold sweat! I probably should have done something about that, but hindsight really is a wonderful thing. I’m also not sure I’d recommend the physiological effects of deceleration when the canopy (parachute) opens even though it really is exhilarating!

Back exercises and tips to help avoid back pain

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:30:19 GMT

As garden season approaches - Here are our tips to avoid Back Pain this Spring

Winter will soon be behind us and our thoughts are turning to the new growing season ahead. For those of us who love the hands-on of growing our own, we know all too well that overenthusiasm in the preparation of the ground can have frustrating consequences when we find ourselves in pain or immobile because we sprained or strained something!

Gardening can involve a great deal of hard physical exercise, yet a pre-workout stretch often gets overlooked as we launch straight into the digging and planting (I am as guilty of this as anyone and bitterly regret it the next day!).

There are, however, a few simple steps we can take to get those muscles warmed up and stretched out so we don’t risk an injury or stiffness the next day.

Start with simple shoulder rolls to warm up the shoulder joints and gently swing your arms forwards, backwards and round in circles until the creaking and cracking stops and you feel the joints start to feel warm and relaxed.

Next take your head gently from side to side then tuck your chin to your chest – hold for a few seconds in each position and only stretch as far as is comfortable, we don’t want any overstretch injuries before we even start the gardening! Avoid rolling your head backwards in a circle as this can put awkward grinding pressure on the neck which can cause pain or discomfort.

A gentle way to warm the back, hips and knees is to do gentle hip and knee rolls – first stand with your feet shoulder width apart and slowly circle your hips one way then the other. Then keep your legs and feet together whilst gently circling your knees.

Finally bend forward gently to stretch out the back of your legs and slowly roll back up so your shoulders straighten last.

Of course there’s an even better way to reduce the risk of injury and that’s keeping your body in optimal condition through chiropractic, soft tissue release and core work! We strongly advocate this preventative approach and work with you to ensure that your body is functioning well and better able to adapt to the demands placed upon it.

Taking a few minutes to do these before gardening can greatly improve your mobility and reduce the risk of pulling muscles or putting your back out when working in the garden, but if you’re unfortunate enough to suffer muscle aches and soreness that don’t settle or are interested in learning more about our preventative plans please contact us or book a session.

Enjoy the approach of spring and may your growing season be a fruitful one.

Back Pain

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:21:04 GMT

Back Pain

Back pain is extremely common and it can affect a number of age groups for a number of reasons.

You will find that most people will suffer from episodes of back pain during their lifetime. Back pain can be very painful, debilitating and persistent, and some people will suffer from recurring episodes. Back pain may also be associated with other symptoms, such as leg pain, or pain in other areas of your body. It may start following a specific incident, such as bending awkwardly or lifting a heavy weight. Or it can develop gradually - perhaps as a result of poor posture, an uncomfortable work position or repetitive strain.

There are many types of back pain and here at JustGet Chiropractic our team are experienced to address a number of problems such as back pain, neck pain, general aches and discomfort, reduced mobility and posture related back issues.

Shoulder Pain

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:21:03 GMT

Shoulder Pain

Your shoulder has a very wide range of motion, it is one of the most mobile joints in your body.

When something goes wrong and causes Shoulder Pain it can affect your ability to move freely and cause a great deal of pain and discomfort. You can injure your shoulder by playing sports, by manual labour and by repetitive movement.

There are also other issues that can bring about pain that travels to your shoulder. Problems with shoulder pain are more likely to occur as you grow older and this is mainly because the soft tissues surrounding the shoulder tend to deteriorate with age.

There are many types of shoulder pain and here at JustGet Chiropractic our team are experienced to address a number of causes such as injury, age-related changes, posture related issues and secondary causes of pain.

Neck Pain

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:21:01 GMT

Neck Pain

As your neck is so mobile, joints, ligaments and muscles can be easily damaged.

Neck pain can be triggered by a variety of traumas such as car accidents or falls, arthritis or by moving heavy objects improperly. Even sleeping in certain positions can cause stiffness in the neck and shoulders. Neck pain, if left untreated, can be the cause of other areas of pain such as headaches and arm pain.

Chiropractic care is a very effective way to manage and relieve pain and discomfort caused by neck issues. Gentle adjustments and soft tissue releases will help to reduce the joint restrictions or misalignments in your spine, which will improve the function of both the affected joint and your nervous system.

There are many types of neck pain and here at JustGet Chiropractic our team are experienced to address a number of problems such as muscular tension, jarring, strain or sprain, muscle spasm, overextension (disorders associated with whiplash injury) and postural related issues.

Headaches

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:20:59 GMT

Headaches

Headaches can have many different triggers including nerve irritation and misalignment of the spine, muscle tension and stress.

Many people will medicate their headaches with strong medication, but Chiropractic care can detect and address the source of your pain. You may find that your headaches are causing tiredness and nausea and you have a feeling of tightness or intense throbbing, this can seriously affect your concentration and sometimes your vision.

Our combined approach of gentle chiropractic adjustments and soft tissue release can help to alleviate these symptoms. There are many types of headaches and here at JustGet Chiropractic our team are experienced to address headaches that may be being caused by posture related issues, neck injury, back issues and muscular tension.

Covid Safety with your Chiropractor

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Your Chiropractor is keeping you safe in clinic

Update for Chiropractors 4th January 2021 - Lockdown in England

Further to the Government announcement regarding the lockdown, we continue to be EXEMPT FROM CLOSURE and as such will remain open to see patients for whom there is a medical need for care and patients are permitted to travel for medical appointments.

We do, however, strongly urge you to take additional care when entering the premises to reduce the risk of transmission as far as is practically possible, including washing your hands immediately on arrival and before leaving and using hand sanitiser as offered.

We will additionally be requesting all patients to wear a mask in the building at all times.

As before, we will continue to triage on the morning of your appointment and request that you do not attend if you are displaying any suspected Covid symptoms or have been in contact with a possible Covid case or have been told to isolate.

If you have any concerns about your visit please don't hesitate to contact us for a chat.

The safety of you and our team is vitally important to us, so please read the information below carefully.

As regulated healthcare professionals, Chiropractors are exempt from closure during lockdown. This means we are able to continue your care to our usual high standard whilst maintaining strict safety protocols.

For new patients, we will conduct the initial consultation by telephone or video call to gather as much information as we can. This will enable us to focus the face to face time in clinic on physical assessment and care.

All patients are triaged on the morning of their appointment and we ask you to confirm that you are well and have not been exposed to Covid in the past 14 days.

If you feel unwell ahead of your session or think you have been in contact with a Covid case, please do not come to your appointment. We will reschedule for when you feel better.

Payments are now taken via a link that will be sent on the day of your appointment so you can pay online by credit or debit card. This is intended to reduce touch-points as much as possible.

Please aim to arrive within 5 minutes ahead of your appointment start time and if you are early please wait in the car.

The front desk will have your name, please let them know you have arrived and they will direct you to the clinic room.

Please use the washroom facilities to wash your hands before and after your session. There will also be hand sanitiser available for your use.

Your Practitioner will be wearing disposable PPE in accordance with the guidance from our Association which is changed for each patient. If you wish to bring and wear your own mask please do, we also have disposable masks available for you. Please do not wear gloves to your appointment!

We are spacing appointments so that there is minimal close proximity with other people and the clinic is being thoroughly cleaned between patients with the bench and all contact points cleaned with antiviral and antibacterial cleaner. We always use fresh couch roll for every patient so you can be assured that there is a barrier on the surface as well as it being cleaned.

The building we are based in operates a one-way system to minimise close proximity movement and we will accompany you to the exit.

In addition, your Practitioners are regularly monitoring their own health and reducing the risk of cross-contamination by regular and thorough hand/forearm washing and sanitising, changing into work clothes/shoes once at the clinic and changing again before leaving and laundering work clothes at the end of every session.

These protocols have been put in place to protect us all and we thank you for helping us to keep everyone safe whilst we continue your Chiropractic Care.

If you have any questions around Covid safety in clinic, or anything related to your health, please use the Contact Us button below.

"Natalie is a consummate professional and even more so during the current climate

where every precaution possible has been taken to ensure a safe working environment."

"With the current Covid-19 situation every care is taken to follow the rules and to give you a safe environment for your treatment. I cannot recommend highly enough JustGet Chiropractic."

Understanding Back Pain

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:28:11 GMT

Understanding Back Pain

‘Back pain’ is a very general term that can be used to describe a diverse range of symptoms that fall into the sub-categories of lower back pain, mid back pain, neck and/or shoulder pain, sciatica, chronic, acute….

There can be soft tissue damage, disc movement or herniation, misaligned vertebrae, other illness or disease… all of this needs to be investigated and addressed accordingly. There are many possible reasons why you have this pain and in this blog we address pain of musculoskeletal origin and how we may help.

Often trying to pinpoint the actual pain site can prove difficult and frustrating for the sufferer, especially when there are referrals to the limbs, the opposite side of the body or the pain only hits when carrying out a very specific movement that is hard to identify and recreate. The pain can hit in an instant and trying to work out what the trigger was may be difficult.

For a patient seeking care for ‘back pain’ it can be very confusing if they are unable to locate where they are feeling the pain. You know it hurts but can’t at that moment put your finger on it. You just want some relief from the pain.

There is also a fear about the level of pain you might be feeling. It can therefore be a surprise to discover that higher level pain does not necessarily equate to a more serious problem. For example, a simple muscle strain (tear) can be extremely painful as the soft tissues surrounding the injury site become highly inflamed and start to affect neighbouring structures. The adjoining muscles become fatigued from the protective spasm they adopt to protect the injury site and the resulting tight muscles can start to compress other soft tissues and nerves.

What might be a relatively small muscle tear then becomes a bigger problem resulting in high levels of pain, immobility, inability to find comfortable positions to sit and sleep and all the associated problems that brings.

Compare this to a herniated (‘slipped’) disc that has the potential to be more serious but may cause no pain at all and go unnoticed for a long period of time.

Acute Pain

This is generally considered a short-term pain that can last from a few seconds to hours over a period of weeks. These are typically injuries such as muscle strains, misaligned vertebrae in the spine and postural muscle tightness. The pain comes on suddenly and is typically of a ‘hot, sharp, stabbing’ nature. If left untreated, acute pain can become chronic.

Chronic Pain

This is pain that persists for more than three months and may result from acute injury or have a gradual onset that gets progressively worse over time. Chronic pain may come and go and the level of pain may vary each time, from a low level ache to periods of intense acute pain.

This type of pain is common in low back issues where it is typically dull, more diffuse and often described as an ache rather than a pain.

Referred Pain

Pain can sometimes be ‘referred’ pain – that is where the pain is felt away from the injury site.

For example, the muscles in the left side of your lower back have tensed up, not because of injury to that area but because of poor posture or repeating an activity that is one-sided. You might not feel any pain in your left side, but because things are now overtight you will start to get a body imbalance, typically a lean to the tight side or that hip becomes elevated. This means the muscles on the right side will have to work harder to correct the imbalance, resulting in fatigue and possible overcompensation injury. You will then feel the pain in the right side although the root of the problem is actually on the left. By releasing the tight muscles on the left, rebalancing the pelvis as necessary and calming the newly tensed muscle on the right, we can regain a state of alignment and body balance that reduces the pain and allows the healing process to take place.

It is extremely important therefore that we assess and work on both sides of the body, not just in the area where you are feeling the pain. Often it can be confusing when you come in with pain in one area but we adjust or address somewhere else, but our assessment will indicate to us where the origin of the problem is, and we will seek to correct that alongside symptomatic relief of the pain area.

How can we help?

We use a multi-layered approach to release tight muscles and realign the spinal vertebrae using gentle adjusting techniques. We are not forcing anything, nor ‘fixing’ the problem, rather we help the body reach a more comfortable state to reduce physical stress and help it find its natural state of balance. When the body is in better balance it can start to let go of the holding patterns that might be causing the pain and allow the healing process to begin.

We usually recommend weekly sessions (or twice a week if necessary) during the initial care stage, this helps to settle the symptoms and start to correct the cause. We then tailor the frequency according to your progress. Your care plan includes selected exercises and postural advice to help you make the fastest recovery.

There can be other reasons for back pain that aren’t of structural nature and we conduct a thorough assessment and medical history to determine what is likely to be causing your pain and if a referral for further investigation is necessary.

Why not call for a no-obligation chat with one of our Practitioners to see how we might be able to help you.

As with all things health related there is no substitute for medical attention and if symptoms start to worsen suddenly or do not improve over time then we will advise you to visit your GP. In more serious cases back pain may indicate an underlying issue such as disc degeneration, tumour or other illness, so if you notice any of the following in addition to lower back pain then consult your GP: bowel or bladder dysfunction; severe abdominal pain; vomiting; fever; severe pain, tingling, numbness or progressive weakness in the legs, especially around the inner thigh ‘saddle’ area; sudden weight loss or history of trauma to the pain site.

Lower Back Pain

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:28:10 GMT

Lower Back Pain

In this post, we'll be looking at lower back pain - Some of the key areas that it manifests and what is going on in these areas.

First we’ll look at the sacrum – the large flat bone right at the base of your back – and then move up to the lumbar vertebrae, the five large flexible bones at the bottom of the spine.

What is the sacrum?

This consists of five bones that are fused together to form a flat, triangular shape. This is a very important part of the spine as it is a connecting point for the pelvis bones on either side, the base of the spinal column at the top and the coccyx below. There is little movement within the sacrum itself but each of the joints to the other bones are under a huge amount of stress as they form part of the pelvic girdle upon which our whole upper body is supported.

Why do I feel pain here?

The sacrum is an attachment point for many of the deep muscles in the buttocks, particularly the gluteus group, the piriformis, the core stabiliser muscles of the lower back and the hamstrings of the back of the leg. As you can imagine, if any of these muscles tighten and shorten there will be an effect on the sacrum, often a tilting or rotating pattern that then puts the lumbar area under strain.

Pain around the sacrum may be a hot, sharp pain or it may feel more a dull ache. If the pain has been caused by muscular tightness – poor posture or a sedentary lifestyle can be contributors to this – then a few sessions of physical therapy may be all that is needed to encourage the release of the tight holding pattern they may have got stuck in.

Sacral pain may also be due to damage to the ligaments that hold the structures in place and keep the attachment points strong. The ligaments that connect the sacum to the illium of the pelvis – the sacroilliac joint – can be susceptible to the usual soft tissue injuries of strains, sprains and inflammation leading to restriction in the movement of the joint. Sacroilliac joint dysfunction commonly presents as pain across the very lower back, the buttocks and sometimes radiating down towards the knees. It may also refer across the hips or as groin pain in the front of the pelvis.

Stress to the sacroiliac joints may be the result of a trauma such as falling and landing hard on one buttock, jarring from a trip or overextending (as in kicking something), or it may occur over time due to a leg imbalance or repeated, long term, poor posture.

What is the lumbar spine?

This section of the spine, that sits just above the sacrum, has to be strong enough to support the weight of the body above as well as being flexible to act as a shock absorber during movement, so these five lumbar vertebrae are larger than the rest of the bones that make up the spine.

Why do I feel pain here?

Due to the extreme stresses this section of the spine is exposed to, it is a common area for back pain to occur. Muscularly, the quadratus lumborum and erector spinae take a lot of the strain and these often become extremely tight, or hypertonic. Muscle spasm frequently occurs as a protective reflex and the back ‘locks’ up.

There are also shallow facet joints in between each vertebra which can become compressed or overstretched, both of which can cause symptoms of pain and discomfort.

Prolapsed (‘slipped’) discs occur when the disc, which acts as a cushion between the vertebrae, gets squeezed out of place. Herniated discs are similar, but the strong outer casing of the disc tears and the soft tissue bulges out. Both can cause severe symptoms – including pain that spreads to the buttocks and legs, tingling or numbness, muscle spasms or weakness – but equally both can present no pain symptoms at all. It all depends upon whether there is contact with the nerve roots or spinal cord.

How can I get rid of my pain?

At your initial session we will carry out a thorough assessment to determine what is likely causing your pain and that will inform the care we recommend.

Approaches such as chiropractic, soft tissue work, Dorn Method and a regular exercise and stretching programme to encourage the muscles to release and relax back to ‘normal’ function have been useful in addressing this type of low back pain and we will work with you to create a care plan tailored to your needs and health goals..

Do you have a low back issue that needs addressing?

Book in for a consultation now – if you are in pain, we can work to ascertain the possible causes and discuss a recommended course of action. If you are not in pain, and would prefer to keep it that way, then a preventative approach of physical therapy and exercises will help keep you in the best possible shape.

Working from home | JustGet Chiropractic

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:28:10 GMT

Working from home?

Are you working from home, at a desk all day? Here are 3 simple things you can do today to look after your back.

The health problems of working at a desk all day are a hot topic at the moment, with more of us than ever working from home in less than ideal setups.

At best this will be at a super duper ergonomic desk with sit and stand capability, a highly adjustable chair that fits our body perfectly and the tech available that means we have everything we need to be comfortable at our fingertips.

Sadly that isn’t the reality for many with the sudden closures of businesses and enforced working from home without access to the equipment we may normally have in the office – we hear many patients reporting that they’ve been working at a dining table for the last few months or using a laptop on the sofa.

It’s no surprise therefore that we have been seeing more patients with back and neck pain since we’ve returned to work and most of these have reported it starting shortly after they began working from home.

Back pain is one of the leading causes for workplace absence with 2.8 million working days lost in the UK during 2018/19 from work related back disorders. Factor in mobile technology and hand held devices that are never far from our reach and extend our working practices far beyond the typical 8 hour day and add social tech time on top of that and it’s pretty clear to see that our bodies are operating at a level of strain that we have never before experienced.

As human beings we’re not designed to be still all day, yet our lifestyles and working habits can have us sitting for many hours at a time. Long hours at work, the daily commute (for those that are still travelling to work) and evenings in front of the television, mobile devices or video games have resulted in a nation at risk from long term back problems as well as a host of other health issues. You only have to Google the term 'office workers health issues' to be faced with pages of sites that report statistics on back pain, neck pain, repetitive strain injury and a host of other health issues related to the physical and mental stress of working environments. Now factor in trying to work from a home setup, make-do workstations and perhaps young children constantly interrupting or other demands on your attention…. we are at risk of chronic pain issues like never before.

So what’s the solution?

Well, in it’s most simplistic form it would be to spend less time sitting and more time on the move, but oftentimes that’s easier said than done.

Here are 3 simple things you can do today to reduce the stress being placed on your body:

Take regular short breaks from desk work and have a walk around – to the bathroom, to get a drink of water, to a colleague instead of emailing them if you’re in the office. At home, take a stroll into the garden or round the block at lunchtime. Use stairs instead of the lifts where possible. Think of what you can do in your current environment to increase your activity, whether that’s using the upstairs bathroom instead of the more convenient downstairs loo, walking a lap of the garden or downstairs every time you go to get a drink of water or doing 5 stretches each time you complete at task.

If you are involved in long video meetings then how about encouraging your team to spend a minute or two halfway through the meeting to all stand up, have a stretch and change position – it doesn’t need to take long but will give your body a break and help you feel better.

Vary your working day as much as possible so you avoid spending too long in any one position. Stand up when you are on the phone, have standing or walking meetings, take a walk at lunchtime.

Back and neck pain are the most common things we associate with a sedentary lifestyle but there are lesser known consequences such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancers and poor mental health. There are so many reasons why moving more is beneficial to overall health and we hope you’ve found some inspiration here to take some of the steps necessary to prevent longer term health issues. By taking responsibility for your own health you can not only enjoy the benefits but also inspire others to follow suit.

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Virtual Care

What is V-Care?

Your Virtual Chiropractor Takes Care Of:

Virtual Appointments

Personalised Plan

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