You may not know this, but I have spent well over £30,000 educating myself about health and wellness. Every year I spend more. In fact, it's about £200 a month in various subscriptions alone. Now of course I benefit from this knowledge, as do my...
Now the Christmas excess is out of the way, let’s talk about food! One of our practice members recently asked about the hunter-gatherer diet that I had recommended, saying that someone else had ‘debunked’ it. The problem is, there are a few books...
The Truth About Cholesterol For years many in the 'alternative health' field have agreed with the view of a few enlightened, well read, medical doctors in that high cholesterol by itself is nothing to worry about. In fact, it may be low cholesterol...
Update 2018: Is your spine like a dynamo for the brain? Update 2017: How to Build a Better Brain With BDNF (brain derived neurotrophic factor) Brains are like computers. Brains (try) and coordinate everything that takes place in our body and work...
The Life Expectancy of Our Children Two pieces of news, claiming the exact opposite, came out on the same day in the UK. I woke up, as usual, to the sounds of classic FM, and listened to the news at 7a.m. I like classic FM news as it is short, and...
Colds and the Flu cost the country not just millions in lost work days, but lost days from school as well. The good news is that they are mostly preventable. The Basics If you don't do this, don't blame me if you get sick! No matter if your goal is...
The Hawley Mountain Guest Ranch in the Absoroka Mountains just provided my family with the best holiday ever. Here’s a picture from the other side of the road. Our room was the top right window of the building on the left. best dude ranch in...
"Water is a basic nutrient for the human body and is critical to human life. It supports the digestion of food, absorption, transportation and use of nutrients and the elimination of toxins and wastes from the body". Professor Jamie Bartram of the...
This may look like a silly exercise, but it has many health benefits - so watch my video first, and then the ones on how to do it. Superbrain Yoga Health Benefits How To Do Superbrain Yoga I hope you enjoyed learning about superbrain yoga today....
The Benefits of Good Posture The following came from a friends website: http://www.thefamilypractice.net/tfp/homepage/display_articles.php?id=248#.UcwS6Dsp9Fk Good Posture and Success in the Business World Harvard Business School recently...
FG Xpress Power Strips offer Pain Relief and Increased Energy According to the reports and testimonials coming in, this new product is set to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, both those in pain, and for athletes seeking an...
Testimonials For Chiropractor Chris Pickard DC Here are a few testimonials.... I have not only been to Dr Chris with back issues after a car accident, but have taken my new born son to be treated by him. I have recommended him regularly over the...
Having treated lower back pain for almost 20 years, I've learned a thing or two about what can be done at home, right now, to try and ease your back pain. First off though, I have to warn you that low back pain can be a very serious condition,...
The Natural Pain Relief Report by Chris Pickard DC Why Paracetamol Will Wreck Your Health My Current Top Recommendations For Natural Pain Relief 1) Start with a great wholefood diet, and ditch processed foods, grains and added sugar 2) Hydrate 3)...
I was alerted to this article, What Doctors Won't Do, on the Guardian website by Martina Mckeough a hypnotherapist who works in our clinic - The Pain Relief Centre in Brookmans Park (Martina does all the usual hypnotherapy stuff to help people stop...
Who Needs Human Needs Psychology? We all do! Your mindset, your state of mind, your attitude, your outlook on life, call it what you will, it is you who decides how to interpret every little thing that happens to you - good or bad. It is your mind...
Demonstration of Correct Sitting Posture video from a few years ago! ..but first.. How to Sit All Day in a Normal Chair This video is from our 10 Day Back Pain Relief Course. You can sign up for the other 9 videos here:...
My most recent email covered a few topics quite briefly, which I have reproduced below, but with links to the original, fuller articles: Meditation: A recent study has found that meditation halves the rate of heart attacks, strokes and other forms...
Normally I go and see Bob Fermor (three times a world Kung Fu champion) and Dave (in the video) on Mondays for a Tai Chi class near Welwyn Garden City. However, one day they turned up to give me some intense training and Bob filmed it on my phone....
When I was a teenager I started suffering from the horrible itchy eyes and runny nose of hay fever. Not terrible, but certainly annoying enough that I would have to go inside, take some anti-histamines and put a cold, damp cloth over my eyes. Lucky...
At the Body In Balance we practice one of the widest range of techniques of any clinic in the country. Patients benefit as often we can use a combination of techniques resulting in faster natural pain relief for the patient.