The Bedford Chiropractic Clinic and Wellness Centre

Ibuprofen WARNING: Regular usage for just ONE week 'increases heart attack risk' EXPERTS have advised people to try and avoid regularly taking ibuprofen after research showed just a week on the painkiller was enough to increase the risk of a heart attack by half. A major new analysis has unmasked the health hazard in the common anti-inflammatory drugs with evidence suggesting the danger exists even after one day. The scientists say the over the counter and prescription pills including ibuprofen, diclofenac, celecoxib and naproxen should now be used with care and at the lowest possible dose. Heart attack risk increases with age and is made worse by raised cholesterol . So the experts say older people especially now need to carefully weigh up the need to take anti-inflammatories with their GP. The latest strong note of caution over the group of medicines known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [ NSAIDs ] has been urged following analysis of the health reco...

You may be sitting, standing, walking, or even running in a way that puts uneven stress on your body, which over time, results in pain. Also, poor posture can cause soft tissue damage, another cause of pain. By correcting your posture and bio-mechanics, we greatly reduce the chance of pain returning in the future!... You only have to look at a spine to see how its various curves may affect the pressure areas on discs, facette joints, spinal nerves, ligaments and muscles. Correct and incorrect posture can alter those curves and result in different stresses by changing the center of gravity. Posture and biomechanical imbalances Posture starts at the head and works its way down or on the other hand starts at the feet and works its way up. Even in books looking at the progress of homo sapiens (homo erectus) in evolution, man is portrayed as somewhat hunchbacked. The head protrudes forward on the neck, the shoulders are rounded, the stomach protrudes forward with a sway back, and...

Research proves a link between the Spine and Blood pressure Chiropractic care continues to increase in popularity across America and the entire globe. People of all ages, genders, and health backgrounds invest in a common experience of shared results that radiate from proper nervous system care. Improved health and outcomes provide millions of people with incentive enough to implement Chiropractic care as part of their weekly and monthly health regimens. Tom Brady earned recognition as one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play professional football. He proudly visits a Chiropractor on a weekly basis to maximize his physical performance. A heavy majority of college, professional, and Olympic athletes utilize the performance enhancing benefits of regular Chiropractic adjustments to the nervous system. Those same benefits support the health care of pregnant mothers , working fathers , growing children , and new-born infants. Men and women across the world utilize Chiropractic...