To start I would like to thank Mike for writing last month’s blog whilst I was busy taking the family on holiday to the south of France. It was a cracking 2 weeks planted in the middle of a rosé vineyard country with my whole family. It’s the first time in ages that my Mum, Dad, Brother and all associated family members have been on holiday together in years. We stayed in a villa on a campsite and we had all the perfect ingredients for a lovely family holiday. The weather was nice, the travel was smooth, the kids were well behaved (so were the grandparents!) the food was top notch and the wine was even better. The local vineyard was selling 10L of some decent rosé for 23 euros, in English money that’s about £1.50 per bottle. Not that I condone too much drinking of course but when in Rome…
We have now said farewell and thankyou to our chiropractors Iain and Hannah Crombie, who been working at Cleve Chiropractic as they now set off on the next phase of their journey to live and work nearer their family in Exeter. I first met Iain treating him at Colston’s School back when he was 16, guided him into Chiropractic and then gave him a job when he left University. Shortly after his girlfriend (now wife!) joined us to form a strong team that lasted for 5 years. Now that they have left I am pleased to say that our two new chiropractic associates Michael Jordan and Jack Withey have settled in nicely. I am very proud to say that both Mike and Jack are locals and I helped them on their journey into Chiropractic university and are now offering their world class help and latest techniques to Mangotsfield and the surrounding areas including Downend, Emersons Green, Lyde Green and the wider community.
Since my return I have been using the shockwave machine to great effect. Last month Mike talked about how fantastic it is for Plantar Fasciitis (pain under the sole of the foot) and Achilles Tendonitis. Since then I have also been trying out its research proven benefits for tennis elbow.
Conveniently I have had a number of patients willing to offer up their elbows for my experience. The results, as before with shockwave have been wonderous. Tennis elbow is a notoriously difficult condition to treat with some poor NHS treatment options like injections and surgery. Chiropractic and physiotherapy have been proven to work but often take time. Conversely with shockwave, I have had almost unbelievable results in one treatment. Patients have reported to me that their symptoms have reduced by 80-90% after just their first treatment. The research shows that full benefit would come from 3-5 treatments with shockwave, although at Cleve Chiropractic we believe, where possible, in getting patients better fast so the fewer treatments you need the better!
Shockwave is in no way a pain free treatment. It is often an achy treatment but it lasts only 3 min and 20 seconds for the 2000 shocks normally required, allowing time for extra conventional treatment and advice to be given. If you asked me to put up with 3 minutes of mild to moderate ache to alleviate my frequent or even constant pain then I and, it is my experience that, most of my patients definitely would. What a wonderful machine shockwave is proving to be. I look forward to telling you more as we build up our experience using the gold standard device on various conditions. For now we are offering shockwave for free as part of a first treatment or initial consultation (£35 – associate, £38 – me!) if appropriate and then for just £50 per time afterwards if needed, including any normal treatment that time will allow for. So why not come and get your back checked and those painful niggles treated at the same time for free!
