Re: the apparent last entry, I did not see a chiropractor a week ago, but because I amended that and a number of other posts they have suddenly jumped to the date on which I made the changes.
Jumping however to the last real post on 17th April I write about saunas and that is quite poetic as I was in one last month. In fact I was in a thermal spa complex in northern Spain where there were a myriad of different hydrotherapy treatments that ranged from Jacuzzis and water jets to steam rooms, cold rooms and a sauna. Needless to say in the four and a half hours that I was there I tried them all out and the experience was certainly worth it.
Moving back to the sauna I have to say that it is a real shock to enter a heated sauna room for the first time. The air really is so hot that it feels like it is burning the inside of your nose and the dryness of the room (it is dry not humid heat) is an experience that hits you immediately. The first mini session that I had literally lasted 2 or 3 minutes as, coming straight out of thermal water, the heat was so intense that it was almost unbearable. Second time a round I was more prepared and I stayed in for 10 minutes or so, as I did with subsequent visits.
The sauna sensation really is a strange one and I can understand how the Finnish leave the sauna and get into an ice bath or very cold shower. I went straight to a normal cold shower which amazingly felt quite warm. The sauna tricks your body with its immense heat. There was a temperature gauge on the wall and, as I recall, it was set at around 60 degree C. What the dry heat does it take away any humidity, however the overbearing hot air really does impact on you, first as you enter and later, with relief, as you leave. Having only done this the once I think that multiple sessions, extended duration times and regularity are something that you would need to build up to over time, but I can see the appeal.
Monday, 29 October 2012
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Chiropractor
I saw a chiropractor many years ago and decided last week to make an appointment to see him again in the hopes that he would be able to ease and improve my back problems.
I was able to get both an assessment and first treatment appointment scheduled during the course of that week and I will be having treatment on a weekly basis for the next few weeks.
It seems rather insane that, with a national health service, I am unable to get this treatment through my GP (doctor) and consequently free. Yet I am able to see a physiotherapist, obtain X-rays, see a consultant and numerous other medics via a doctor’s referral.
This is particularly “common sense defying” when you consider that chiropractors have been around and using a scientific approach to resolving problems emanating from the spine for a couple of thousand years. They also have to train and qualify for the same period of time as a doctor and need to have continual training in order to retain the licence.
In other parts of the world osteopaths and chiropractors are considered as main stream practitioners, yet here in the UK they are seen as alternative. You are left to conclude that this classification has nothing to do with health and medical practices, but rather the cynical economics used to “miss-run” the British National Health Service.
As for the treatment, the outcome will only be apparent over time and the bending, twisting and manipulations performed by a chiropractors are certainly far from pleasant. But then again there is no gain without pain.
By way of a link, this http://www.roundhaychiropracticclinic.com is the clinic that I am currently taking my treatment from.
Added October 2012. After several months of treatments I felt that this was going no where. I got some easing of the discomfort shortly after each appointment, however by the time the next consultation was due things were back to the status quo. Ultimately I saw an osteopath who made big improvements in just 3 appointments. He also gave me some back strengthening exercises which I still have to do.
I was able to get both an assessment and first treatment appointment scheduled during the course of that week and I will be having treatment on a weekly basis for the next few weeks.
It seems rather insane that, with a national health service, I am unable to get this treatment through my GP (doctor) and consequently free. Yet I am able to see a physiotherapist, obtain X-rays, see a consultant and numerous other medics via a doctor’s referral.
This is particularly “common sense defying” when you consider that chiropractors have been around and using a scientific approach to resolving problems emanating from the spine for a couple of thousand years. They also have to train and qualify for the same period of time as a doctor and need to have continual training in order to retain the licence.
In other parts of the world osteopaths and chiropractors are considered as main stream practitioners, yet here in the UK they are seen as alternative. You are left to conclude that this classification has nothing to do with health and medical practices, but rather the cynical economics used to “miss-run” the British National Health Service.
As for the treatment, the outcome will only be apparent over time and the bending, twisting and manipulations performed by a chiropractors are certainly far from pleasant. But then again there is no gain without pain.
By way of a link, this http://www.roundhaychiropracticclinic.com is the clinic that I am currently taking my treatment from.
Added October 2012. After several months of treatments I felt that this was going no where. I got some easing of the discomfort shortly after each appointment, however by the time the next consultation was due things were back to the status quo. Ultimately I saw an osteopath who made big improvements in just 3 appointments. He also gave me some back strengthening exercises which I still have to do.
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