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  • Proper Treatment for Ankle Sprains
    Recent studies have shown that one tenth of all emergency department visits are attributed to injury of the ankle. Most of these injuries are simple sprains. Common treatment for acute ankle sprains involves the practice of RICE therapy. Patients are first instructed to rest the ankle. Next, they are told to ice the area for 20 minute sessions. Then, the ankle is wrapped in compression bandages. Jones compression dressing uses alternating layers of compression bandages and elastic bandages. Finally, the patient elevates the ankle. Ibuprofen can be prescribed as a pain killer. If the patient is intolerant to aspirin, a substitute like acetaminophen can be provided.
  • Sacroiliitis: a Real Pain in the Back
    Have you been experiencing stabbing pains in your lower back? Is bending over, turning round, or rolling over into your bed even difficult for you? If this is the case, you might have a sacroiliac joint inflammation, and that is one pain in the back you would gladly do your Christmas holidays without.
  • Stretching made Easy and Enjoyable
    We've heard it again and again: stretch before doing sports or before you go jogging. Ever since first year gym class, we have been taught that stretching before doing physically demanding work is key if we want to prevent getting serious injured. Never mind that all the top athletes do it - there is just not enough motivated for us to do it on a daily basis.
  • Osteopathy and Colic in Infants
    Sleepless nights, relentless bawling, and dirty diapers - all parents know the joys and tribulation new baby can bring into a family. Yet is can often come as a shock - especially to first-time parents - when the crying does not stop for hours, days, or even weeks on end. You begin to worry: does my child have colic?
  • Osteopathy and Colic in Infants
    Sleepless nights, relentless bawling, and dirty diapers - all parents know the joys and tribulation new baby can bring into a family. Yet is can often come as a shock - especially to first-time parents - when the crying does not stop for hours, days, or even weeks on end. You begin to worry: does my child have colic?
  • Top Health Tips: Your Guide to Feeling Fab this Winter
    When a bitter wind bites at our toes, when exhaustion threatens to overwhelm us, and when eight out of ten faces we see are obscured by hankies, we all know what time it is: winter is on the way.
  • Myths about Wearing High Heels
    Recent years have given way to much controversy about the negative effects of high heels on your body. Doctors tut when women come to them with back problems, osteopaths sigh, and the health sections of newspapers go all out to warn us about the evils of the stiletto. But are they really that bad? Granted, high heels make your calves a little tender for a couple of days after you're worn them, and your feet may be slightly sore, but once you wear heels on a regular basis, your body gets used to them - and your calves and feet will be stronger for it.
  • Colic in Young Children
    Dirty diapers, constant crying, sleepless nights - all parents are familiar with both the joys and challenges that a new addition to the family can bring. Yet it can come as a shock to some - particularly newborn parents - when the baby does not stop crying for hours or even days at a time. We fear the worst: does my child have colic?
  • Why visit the London West End in Autumn 2008?
    What attracts visitors to London when the weather cools? There is no cricket at Lords or tennis at Wimbledon. The days are short and the weather is even cooler than what purports to be a summer in these parts. The answer is the West End where theatre has always been a mainstay attraction in London whatever the weather. There is nothing quite like the West End for world-class theatre. London and New York which compete on so many levels for global supremacy in finance and cultural influence both offer superlative theatre. But many believe that for sheet range and depth of choice as well as deep professionalism there is nothing, not even Broadway, the match London.
  • Must see London Shows for 2008
    When the weather turns brisk after a wet and none-too-warm summer we Brits well know that now is the time to enjoy London. The winter is too cold and miserable and the summer is generally blighted by hordes of tourists. But the Spring and Autumn are the highlights of the year with the best cultural events and reasonable weather to enjoy them. This Autumn there is heaps to do with theatre a particular highlight.
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