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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 19, 2014
With the average person spending around seven hours each night in bed, it’s worth making sure you’ve got the best...
December 15, 2014
December: such a busy time of year. And unfortunately it clashes with cold & flu season. With over 200 known...
December 1, 2014
Just one in 10 women wear high heeled shoes regularly. But with party season almost upon us, we reckon more...
November 21, 2014
Research relevant to osteopathic treatment of musculoskeletal pain comes from a number of manual therapy professions, namely chiropractic and physiotherapy...
November 12, 2014
[Accordion] STEP 1: Your Chair [Content] [/Accordion][Accordion] STEP 2: Your Keyboard [Content] An articulating keyboard tray can provide optimal positioning...
November 12, 2014
Have you ever considered the effect of winter daylight saving time on your activity or that of your children? Experts...
October 20, 2014
As the nation spends its Saturday nights watching sequin-encrusted celebrities take to the BBC dancefloor, have you ever thought about...
August 14, 2014
A raft of text books, a sports kit, perhaps a musical instrument too, then lunch, drinks and snacks – our...
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?...