The month of November 2024 is National Diabetes Awareness Month, with November 14th 2024 being world Diabetes day. Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterised by elevated blood glucose levels. While conventional therapies, including lifestyle management and pharmacological treatment are the foundation of diabetes care, certain herbs show potential as complementary therapies. Scientific evidence, which
The Origin of Fatigue Author: Aude Echalier (Ph.D.) practises at the Faringdon Wellbeing Clinic so please contact the clinic if you would like to book in with Aude. Fatigue is a complex and multifaceted condition, often marked by persistent physical and mental exhaustion, which interferes with daily life. Unlike simple tiredness that can be resolved
'Peace and Love' P: Protect Protect – avoid activities causing acute pain in the first few days after injury. E: Elevate Elevate the injured limb to encourage drainage and avoid fluid ‘compaction’. A: Avoid anti-inflammatory medication Avoid anti-inflammatories and ice – depress healing (some exceptions). C: Compression Gently compress (e.g. crepe bandage) to manage swelling
The Faringdon Clinic's osteopath Marianne Damgaard Jensen demonstrates a short easy exercise to help lengthen the chest muscles and also to strengthen the pectoral muscles. View the video here or on our YouTube.com channel. Our YouTube channel has many helpful videos to help you maintain and improve your health with exercises and advice for all
Stand On One Leg is a podcast by doctor Michael Mosley about how to improve balance. It's one in a series of radio programmes which are all about simple things that can greatly improve health and longevity. By improving our balance we can directly improve our health. Importantly, with better balance we have better posture
Are you okay? One month into 2021 and I sense we are all trying to put on a brave face, but behind the scenes some of us may be feeling differently. In the last year there has been a shift towards a greater focus on our mental health as well as our physical fitness and
These resources, recommended by our Physiotherapist Emma Overson, are focused on balance, stretching and flexibility exercises. They are particularly useful for those people over 60 or who have balance and movement problems; people who are seated at work most of the day and people with osteoporosis. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has
Rachel Rodia, sports and remedial massage therapist, talks here about techniques for self massaging the face. Massaging the face can make a big difference to the way you look and feel. In this podcast, Rachel guides you through the massage procedure. Faringdon Clinic · Face Massage Technique