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December 30, 2025
Good Health Matters Festive Wellness This time of year brings the joy of time spent together, but it can also...
December 16, 2025
Good Health Matters November 2025 Staying Well This Winter Staying well in winter can be tricky. Colder temperatures and shorter...
November 12, 2025
Acupuncture can be used to treat a wide range of ailments, from digestive conditions to problems linked to the menopause,...
October 16, 2025
Good Health Matters October 2025 Embracing Our Older Years October’s newsletter takes a look at the facts around ageing, and...
September 16, 2025
Good Health Matters September 2025 Thriving Into Autumn We hope you’re enjoying the tail end of summer and taking time...
August 22, 2025
Good Health Matters August 2025 Family Health This Summer The summer holidays are in full swing and it’s the season...
July 30, 2025
Good Health Matters July 2025 Staying Well in the Summer Heat As we move further into summer, we hope you’re...
June 18, 2025
Good Health Matters June 2024 Men’s Matters The second week in June marks National Men’s Health Week, which aims to...
May 22, 2025
Good Health Matters May 2024 In Blooming Health! The recent spring weather has prompted many of us to spend hours...
May 22, 2025
Good Health Matters April 2025 Spring into Health Here at GHC, this seasonal warmth and sunshine is turning...
March 28, 2025
Good Health Matters March 2025 Desk Health Are you sitting at your desk as you read this? Can you feel...
March 27, 2025
Good Health Matters February 2025 Focus on Headaches In this month’s newsletter, we take a close look at...
March 27, 2025
Good Health Matters January 2025 Embracing the New Year! The new year comes with the promise of a fresh...
March 21, 2025
Good Health Matters December 2024 Winter Wellbeing We’re firmly into the season of festive cheer, with parties, gatherings and...
October 30, 2023
Lower back pain is one of the most common ailments that brings patients to clinic. Some people are prone to...
September 30, 2023
Osteopaths don’t just treat problems with bones- all of the body’s systems are connected, and some issues of circulation fall...
September 25, 2023
Osteopaths are qualified to help with managing minor sports injuries, such as: muscle strains ligament sprains repetitive strain injuries like...
August 31, 2023
Osteopaths are here to help with all sorts of conditions, but we can also help with those little aches and...
August 30, 2023
Arthritic pain is an ailment that osteopaths are qualified to help you to manage. Any joint can be affected, and...
August 5, 2023
The first week of August is Breastfeeding Awareness Week, which may seem irrelevant to osteopathy, but there are a few...
September 30, 2023
Osteopaths don’t just treat problems with bones- all of the body’s systems are connected, and some issues of circulation fall...
September 25, 2023
Osteopaths are qualified to help with managing minor sports injuries, such as: muscle strains ligament sprains repetitive strain injuries like...
July 7, 2023
Tennis Elbow, and its cousin Golfer’s Elbow, do have misleading names. Despite the suggestion, both conditions can develop without ever...
June 29, 2023
Labrum is Latin for “lip”, and in this context, it refers to the lip of cartilage extending from the socket...
June 23, 2023
Snapping hip syndrome is, as the name suggests, a condition in which a “snap” is heard or felt from the...
October 30, 2023
Lower back pain is one of the most common ailments that brings patients to clinic. Some people are prone to...
August 30, 2023
Arthritic pain is an ailment that osteopaths are qualified to help you to manage. Any joint can be affected, and...
December 11, 2015
We’re well into the busy pre-Christmas period – how are you feeling? With so much to get done and lots...
December 1, 2015
Don’t let the cold, wet weather and dark evenings put paid to your running routine or training schedule! Get on...
November 19, 2015
We know to encourage children to eat plenty of calcium rich foods to help build strong bones and teeth as...
November 10, 2015
Suffering with lower back pain? There are ways to tackle it without resorting to drugs or surgery and strengthening your...
November 4, 2015
Our practice founder Ami Sevi is a keen cyclist who regularly gets out on his bike around our part of...
October 26, 2015
Most of the UK has been enjoying some mild autumn days lately, filled with colour and sunshine. But with the...
October 12, 2015
Since it’s Chocolate Week in the UK this week, we’re bound to indulge in a bar (or two) of the...
October 7, 2015
Do you know a child or young person who regularly complains of an aching back? The focus of this year’s...
September 14, 2015
Migraine affects 1 in every 7 people in the UK. In this post we take a look at the therapies...
September 3, 2015
In our practice we help many women who are suffering aches and pains as a result of pregnancy and childbirth....
August 6, 2015
So you’re heading off on holiday. A chance to relax, unwind and take a break from the old routine. Exercise...
July 30, 2015
Feeling bad because you didn’t get much exercise today? OK, so tell us what you did do. Chances are, if...
July 21, 2015
We often tell our patients that a little bit of physical activity is better than none. For some of them,...
July 14, 2015
There’s not a day goes by that we don’t see an article or tweet in our newsfeed extolling the virtues...
July 6, 2015
With Wimbledon in full flow, millions of people across the world are feeling inspired to pick up a racket and...
June 29, 2015
While many people think of osteopaths as back specialists, osteopathy treatments can be used to address a wide variety of...
June 22, 2015
Hay fever affects one in five people in the UK. Of these hay fever sufferers 95% are allergic to grass...
May 26, 2015
It’s exam season, that time of year when plenty of young people are feeling the pressure of performing well. Some...
May 12, 2015
You’re having a baby? Congratulations! Let us help you enjoy the next nine months in comfort. Our team of osteopaths...
April 28, 2015
Government guidelines tell us we must take at least 30 minutes of exercise five times a week. To someone whose...
April 20, 2015
We know too much sitting is bad for us. No newsflash there. But did you know that inactivity is the...
April 13, 2015
Using a mobile phone or tablet is an everyday activity for most people – with over 35 million smartphone users...
March 31, 2015
As the mercury begins to rise and we cast off our winter woollies, many of us will be getting busy...
March 26, 2015
There is an ever growing appreciation of the role of diet in determining our level of health. If the body...
February 16, 2015
Take a look in your kitchen spice cupboard or drawer. We’ll bet you never knew the medicinal properties of those...
February 10, 2015
If you’ve ever been a patient of our leading osteopath Amittai Sevi, you’ll no doubt have heard him proclaim, “Vest...
January 29, 2015
It’s National Car Safety Week so we thought we’d offer our advice on preventing back and neck injuries in the...
January 23, 2015
So your new year’s resolution was to take up running. You’ve started your programme and things are going fairly well,...
January 16, 2015
Introduction For many people making New Year’s resolutions involves giving up smoking… again. Could you use acupuncture to stop smoking...
January 9, 2015
We’re hitting that time of year when winter sports enthusiasts hit the slopes. Since the majority of people who jet...
January 7, 2023
Early on in the pandemic, Long Covid emerged. It is now widely recognised as a potential complication of an infection...
October 30, 2023
Lower back pain is one of the most common ailments that brings patients to clinic. Some people are prone to...
September 30, 2023
Osteopaths don’t just treat problems with bones- all of the body’s systems are connected, and some issues of circulation fall...
August 31, 2023
Osteopaths are here to help with all sorts of conditions, but we can also help with those little aches and...
August 30, 2023
Arthritic pain is an ailment that osteopaths are qualified to help you to manage. Any joint can be affected, and...
July 7, 2023
Tennis Elbow, and its cousin Golfer’s Elbow, do have misleading names. Despite the suggestion, both conditions can develop without ever...
June 29, 2023
Labrum is Latin for “lip”, and in this context, it refers to the lip of cartilage extending from the socket...
June 23, 2023
Snapping hip syndrome is, as the name suggests, a condition in which a “snap” is heard or felt from the...
May 22, 2023
Most of the time, we have very little awareness of our breathing. But have you ever noticed how your breathing...
May 22, 2023
Most of the exercises we prescribe are tailored for a specific patient and their condition. But breathing exercises are for...
June 8, 2022
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Fibromyalgia is a condition characterised by fatigue, difficulty concentrating, chronic widespread pain, and IBS...
May 9, 2022
Trigger points are a controversial phenomenon as the research behind them is somewhat weak. What we know for certain is...
May 3, 2022
Infection with Covid-19 can leave sufferers dealing with fatigue, muscle and joint pain, brain fog, depression and sleep problems for...
April 22, 2022
The longer days, warmer weather and blossoming trees might be welcomed by some of us, but for the 10 million...
April 19, 2022
Rather than a diagnosis, colic is a symptom, or a collection of symptoms. It is characterised by inconsolable crying in...
April 4, 2022
Tongue-tie affects around 10% of babies. It often affects breastfeeding. Here, we look at what it is and what can...
March 28, 2020
We are delighted to inform you that the Good Health Centre is re-opening its doors on Monday 1st June and...
February 28, 2020
For many children and young people sitting in a classroom or at a desk at home brings about back and...
February 14, 2020
There’s nothing like Valentine’s Day to focus the mind on matters of the heart. And while we at the Good...
February 4, 2020
This week in the UK (3-9 February) is Tinnitus Week. Here at the Good Health Centre in Leeds, we want...
January 28, 2020
WHAT IS THE VAGUS NERVE? The word ‘Vagus’ means ‘to wander’. So it’s a fitting name for the Vagus Nerve,...
January 23, 2020
My recent post about the magical world of fascia, today I explain myofascial release, how it works and why it...
November 7, 2019
7th November was National Stout Day! While drinking too much can have detrimental effects on your health, as it was...
October 16, 2019
With an estimated one billion people worldwide suffering from back pain, it affects all age groups, from children to the...
October 7, 2019
This week is National Arthritis Week UK, so let’s look a little more closely at what arthritis is and how...
November 27, 2019
Our guide to the “sunshine vitamin” in winter! Vitamin D is a hormone that your kidneys produce to control blood...
September 25, 2023
Osteopaths are qualified to help with managing minor sports injuries, such as: muscle strains ligament sprains repetitive strain injuries like...
June 23, 2023
Snapping hip syndrome is, as the name suggests, a condition in which a “snap” is heard or felt from the...
September 24, 2019
The final chapter – part three In the final part of this blog series we are going to talk neck...
September 23, 2019
Part Two In part one we spoke about knee pain; today is about lower back pain. —————————————————————————————- Anyone out there...
September 10, 2019
Part one Are you a cyclist? —————————————————————————————- Do you have neck pain? Lower back pain? Knee pain? These are the...
August 5, 2023
The first week of August is Breastfeeding Awareness Week, which may seem irrelevant to osteopathy, but there are a few...
May 22, 2023
Most of the time, we have very little awareness of our breathing. But have you ever noticed how your breathing...
May 22, 2023
Most of the exercises we prescribe are tailored for a specific patient and their condition. But breathing exercises are for...
November 26, 2019
Diaphragmatic breathing – not just for meditating! —————————————————————————————- What does diaphragmatic (abdominal) breathing do? Diaphragmatic breathing has loads of benefits...
December 3, 2019
This holiday season is the gift of giving. Why not give back to yourself? ‘Tis the season to be… …stressed?...