Twyford Chiropractic Clinic

18/03/2026

Clare here again...many of my patients will tell you that one of the simplest things I get them to do to help their recovery is DRINK MORE WATER!
I have often said I think the majority of us are walking round slightly dehydrated and it seems the NHS agree with me.
Water is SO IMPORTANT! On average, 60% of the human body is water. The recommended daily intake of water is between 2-3litres a day depending on each individual are their activity/workload. Below are some of the reason we need to keep up with our water intake.

🔸Improved mood
🔸Higher energy levels
🔸Better healing
🔸Better brain function
🔸Better sport performance
🔸Improved digestive and kidney health
🔸Maintaining better skin

If you are thirsty, you are already mildly dehydrated. We are lucky that water is readily available to us so if you want to do one thing to help yourself, the easiest thing, in my opinion, is to up the water intake. I generally advise people to increase slowly e.g. If you drink approx 500mls currently, increase intially to 850mls or 1 litre and then build on that rather than going straight from 500mls to 2.5 litres. That way your body can acclimatise to the change and you are less likely to find yourself running to the loo every 5 minutes 🤣

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12/03/2026

Did you know...leg pain is NOT always sciatica

I get a lot of people coming to see me at the clinic who tell me they have sciatica. I get it...most of us have heard of sciatica, heard of the sciatic nerve and are aware that irritation of the sciatic nerve can give us leg pain. HOWEVER, a lot of the time it isn't actually "true sciatica". A lot of the time it is actually a muscular referral primarily from the gluteal muscles that LOVE to mimic sciatic pain. Sometimes the pain is a hamstring pull. Sometimes the leg pain actually has a vascular (blood flow) cause and sometimes it is from the hip joint.
Leg pain can come from many things including muscles, joints, nerves and blood vessels — not just the sciatic nerve. That’s why a proper assessment matters, rather than assuming all leg pain is the same.

If you are struggling from pain in the leg that isn't resolving, feel free to book in for an assessment and we can advise/treat accordingly.

04/03/2026

Clare here. This is a post I put on my own business page a couple of months ago but I wanted to share it with you all to show how K.laser can be used for healing.

This was a friend of mine who had badly sprained his ankle. The difference in the 2 photos after 3 sessions of laser is incredible. At least I think it is.

03/03/2026

23/02/2026

When we move, we help maintain joint health, muscle strength and coordination. Long periods of rest can cause the body to stiffen and decondition, making movement feel harder rather than easier.

23/02/2026

Chiropractor Clare spent the weekend attending the Horses Inside Out conference mainly furthering her knowledge in order to help her equine patients. HOWEVER, one of the big take home messages was the impact the rider has on the horse. The focus of the weekend was soundness and symmetry and while none of us will ever be perfectly symmetrical, some are definitely more symmetrical than others. To quote Ros Canter who spoke at the conference "our job as riders is to be the best rider we can be for our horse". That means we partly have to be as easy to carry for our horses. If you are tight through one hip or you fix through one shoulder you are going to impact how your horse moves. So, if you are finding that you struggle with certain movements (anything from walking straight to canter leads, from changes to half-pass) the problem may partly be you.
Clare treats a lot of riders and she would be happy to do an assessment to see how she can help you help your horse.

Enjoying the conference. Sue Dyson up next...always really enjoy her talks so looking forward to that

I love learning from other equine professionals so I can help your horses even more 🐴🐴

21/02/2026

She has so much more style 😃

14/02/2026

SUNSHINE!!!!!! What are you all doing to make the most of it? Post pics in comments

11/02/2026

Another lovely review for one of our chiropractors and the clinic team.

We don't realise how much we take our mobility for granted until we start to lose it. I get soooooo many people say to me "I'm just getting old" but what they don't realise is they don't have to struggle as much as they do! And some of these people who say this are in their 30s 40s 50s etc. Why do so many of us just assume our pain or mobility issues are "just because we are getting older"?

If you are struggling with muscle pain, joint pain or reduced mobility please get in touch and we will help however we can.

08/02/2026

Myth Busting!

*Chiropractors don't give out exercises. They want you to be dependent on their treatment*

One of the many incorrect things I hear about chiropractors is that we don't give out exercises, we just give passive treatment. WRONG! I give exercises to approximately 90% of my patients. The ones I don't give them to are the ones that tell me "Don't give me any exercises because I won't do them" and that is fine. I prefer people to be honest. But the truth of it is, most people need to do some sort of homework in order to help their recovery. In my opinion, we are not here to get our patients better. We are here to help our patients get themselves better. Yes we provide hands on treatment, of course we do, and that helps an awful lot. BUT, at the end of the day, unless the patient does their bit, it is unlikely they will ever fully get better. So, if we give you exercises, it is because we want you to get better and be less dependent on seeing us all the time. That's not to say I don't believe in having an MOT every so often but ultimately, we want you to be able to do as much as you can to look after yourselves

07/02/2026

Myth busting!

Clare here. One of the many things I hear from people is "Chiropractors just crack backs". I totally understand why people think this as it is what we are known for. HOWEVER, we do so much more than that. We are trained to assess and treat the whole body from back pain to neck related headaches, from shoulder pain to ankle sprains. And sometimes, we don't actually crack anything! I have several patients who do not like the "cracking" so we just don't do it. So if the "cracking" is what puts you off, don't let it. We have a whole toolbox of treatment modalities we can use to treat you.