f you've never heard of plantar fasciitis, then you are likely to be one of the lucky people that have never had it (or you just know it as "Policeman's heel"). If you have had it, then you'll know all too well just how debilitating it can be.

I've seen it more in girls and most frequently mid-summer to mid-autumn, which may sound strange, but I have a few theories as to why and a few suggestions on things you can try to help it and how to prevent it.

Shoulders are probably the most common area of complaint after spine and pelvic issues. Problems can develop whilst causing little to no symptoms and over a very long period of time. They affect so much of what we do and are notorious for not resolving quickly.

Now my primary aim with these blogs is to cover the big-hitters. The big mistakes and pitfalls that we all do at various times that end up causing the most common problems that we see in clinic. And today's usual suspect is probably the sneakiest son of a gun of the lot of them. The Hip Flexors.

The short answer is that back pain doesn’t come with age. Or rather that it doesn’t come BECAUSE of age. The AGE isn’t the issue, it’s how it’s been used over time.

As we get older things definitely seem to groan and creak a little more and we seek back pain treatments. Sometimes we are told “It’s your age. It’s to be expected. You’ll just have to live with it”, and unfortunately it’s easy to believe that this is true.

It’s not.

I am a Chiropractor. I talk to people about the things that they do day-to-day that may be having a slow, cumulative detrimental impact on their bodies and give them ways of helping to make it better.

People often ask me, “Can stretching help my posture?”, so today I want to share with you a wonderful little stretch that I have been doing at the end of my working day for years. It's quick, it's easy, it feels great and my cat loves to get involved too.

You have probably heard about your core, or your core muscles and know that they are important for some reason and that they can get weak and we should be doing exercises to strengthen them. We might not know what, how, when or why, we just know we should.

Well I'm going to give you a little information on what your core is and why core strength is important, and then a little bit more on how and when to do the best exercises for it.

As a Chiropractor, I get asked about sitting posture a LOT! And usually even when I'm not asked about it I still talk about it with patients as the MAJORITY of complaints that walk (or hobble) through my clinic door have their foundation in this very issue.

In this blog, Alex Bartkowiak DC, Doctor of Chiropractic provides advice on the common and controversial topic: heat vs. ice for pain. This article dives into the logic and justification behind that advice so that you can make the best, most informed decision.

In this blog, Alex Bartkowiak DC, Doctor of Chiropractic is going to dive into a few key tips and tricks that are easy to remember (and do) AND will help to keep you working better.

One of the most commonly asked questions we get here at Health HQ is “What should I do to help myself when I'm in pain?” In this post Alex Bartkowiak DC, Doctor of Chiropractic, takes us through what we can do to help ourselves while at home during this time.