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Fancy a trip to London? On Sunday 1st September the Clipper round the World Yacht Race fleet will begin its 40,000 nautical mile endurance challenge at the St Katharine Docks Marina (see: https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/ports/2019-20) We wish all the teams a great send off and in particular for one of our patients who is sailing one leg of the race.
They call it “a race without equal”
We are celebrating 1 year of Montague Chiropractic Clinic and the treats are on us. We offer special concessions for a limited time only. Please read on and don’t forget to like and share this post.
Montague Chiropractic Clinic has opened its doors one year ago as a new business with no patient base. It has grown significantly in its first year perhaps due to our experienced principal Chiropractor Angelika Durrant and the amount of recommendations we received from our growing group of patients. We now have a lovely patient base and new established ways for local referrals and recommendations. We co-operate with other health care and wellness providers as well as with consultants and were able to be true to our theme of “patient centred care”. More therapeutic clinic equipment and treatment modalities have been added to our treatment menu. We had to extend our opening times twice to suit patient’s preferences. And we are looking to recruit, both in the therapy and administration areas.
Our Anniversary Promotion is limited in time and number and we have a treat for both new and existing patients: (terms and conditions apply)
1 hour initial patient consultation (includes treatment if appropriate) reduced from £60 to £27 if booked for a Monday or Thursday in December 2018 (consultation time between 6.30am to 8.00pm).
Treatment price for existing patients reduced from £37 to £30 for appointments on a Monday or Thursday in January 2019 (consultation time between 6.30am to 7.00pm).
To book your appointment please call 01926 830 445 or email to office@montaguechiropractic.co.uk with details on which days and times would suit you. You can find all our opening times on the contact tab of our website.
We hope that you appreciate this special concession as a thank you from us.
Due to popular demand, Montague Chiropractic Clinic has extended its consultation times:
Early Birds and Late Owls
Montague Chiropractic Clinic now offers Early Bird appointments from 6.30am on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays (yes the coffee machine will be on) and Late Owl appointments till 8pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. Saturday's consultation time is from 8.00am to 1pm, for more details click on the "contact" tab on our website.
Do you suffer with pain in your hamstring muscle? Did you know that there may be a link to a prior ankle injury?
An observational cohort study over 17 years found that athletes have a higher risk of hamstring injury if there was a previous injury to the ankle. Up until now, literature has not directly suggested this link, even though there is some understanding that a previous calf muscle injury can be predictive of a hamstring muscle injury. Evidence also suggests that a tight hamstring musculature has been associated with plantar fasciitis that causes pain in heel and sole.
The above findings confirm the clinical approach in Montague Chiropractic Clinic and their health care professionals where focus is not only given to the location of pain and injury but the whole limb and other associated areas. Our rehabilitation programmes for hamstring muscle pain are patient centred and can include training of proprioception (a kind of balance feedback), muscle length and strength improvement as well as addressing mechanical issues during gait analysis.
The above study was published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research on 26th February 2018 by N Malliaropoulos et al. called "Higher frequency of hamstring injuries in elite track and field athletes who had a previous injury to the ankle".
There can be many causes to low back pain but this new study highlights the impact a weak core musculature can have on runners.
Raabe and & Chaudhari's study aimed to "identify potential strategies used to compensate for weakness of the deep core musculature during running and to identify accompanying changes in compressive and shear spinal loads". They stated that some deep core muscles contribute to the running kinematic and that weakness within can cause compensation by other muscles and lead to increased shear stresses on the spine. They found that weakened core musculature may increase runner's risk of developing low back pain.
Their study is called: Biomechanical consequences of running with deep core muscle weakness, Journal of Biomechanics, December 2017.
At Montague Chiropractic Clinic we check your core muscle strength with targeted performance tests during the rehabilitation phase of your treatment plan and if you presented with low back pain. Our in-house sport therapist and health coach can guide further rehabilitation or support your performance improvement. Your Montague Clinic team is looking forward to meeting you.
