by Alison Harvey | Oct 24, 2023 | Massage Therapy, Menopause
The menopause often comes with a host of unwelcome and inconvenient symptoms, ranging from hot flushes, to mood swings, to insomnia, to name but a few. In these challenging times, massage can be incredibly helpful. The soothing and therapeutic touch of massage offers...
by Alison Harvey | Oct 24, 2023 | Counselling, Self care, Sleep
There are a number of common issues that counsellors hear from clients, and one is that they can’t sleep. Sometimes the reason for that won’t be anything psychological. There might be too much noise and disturbance, there might be a baby waking up, there might be...
by Alison Harvey | Oct 24, 2023 | Osteopathy, Self care, Sleep
Did you know that your brain is more active when you’re asleep than when you’re awake? The brain and the blood vessels that supply it work together at night to do maintenance tasks and to actively make sense of what has happened to us in the day. It’s how we learn,...
by Alison Harvey | Oct 21, 2022 | Back care, Self care
The short, cold, dark days of winter keep us indoors and curled up somewhere cosy. We spend more time sitting – reading perhaps or watching TV – and often spend more time in front of a screen. Outdoor exercise is a challenge, with walking, cycling and gardening only...
by Alison Harvey | Apr 6, 2022 | Osteopathy
Proms – you probably haven’t heard of them, until a few years ago, I hadn’t heard of them either. It stands for Patient Reported Outcome Measures or PROM. They are a way of collecting information from patients about how they feel after treatment. PROM are tools...