Neurocranium and Sacrum: Living Bone – A Course Review 1st-3rd November 2013, Hawkwood, Stroud by Joanna Ruddick The course started with an insightful lecture on the physiology of bone and its fluidity – its juicy, gloopy proteoglycans that are constantly...
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Avoiding Skiing Injuries
by James Ruddick This year I will be joining the millions of us who will be hitting the slopes this winter, and enjoying that euphoric feeling of hurtling down the mountain side, swooshing this way and that. I also hope that like the 98.2% of skiers I’ll have a great...
Horseriding and the Alexander Technique
by Leah Wright Alexander Technique teachers have the privilege of meeting and working with people who come with a huge variety of issues and concerns and I thought I would tell you about a new pupil who came to see me because her horse kept getting lame, yes, the...
Top Tips For Beating Stress
By Jenny Gould [jennygould@summertownclinic.co.uk] Stress Management Consultant, cognitive behavioural and clinical hypno-therapist, coach. It’s National Stress Awareness Week, so what better time to take a long hard look at how stress might be affecting you. We know...
Psoriasis – Advice From Our Nutritional Therapist
PSORIASIS: A few changes to your diet can help By Maureen Houston [maureenhouston@summertownclinic.co.uk] Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition, characterised by raised red patches covered in white silvery scales, usually occurring on the scalp, knees,...
Help with Phobias
Face Your Fears by James Ruddick [jamesruddick@summertownclinic.co.uk] This week many children hit the streets for Halloween, dressed in all manner of scary costumes, and in groups they knock on the doors of unknown houses to ask for a "trick or treat". This halloween...
Miss Moore – Testimonial for Jo Ruddick
"Jo has been absolutely fantastic. I was in agony with trigeminal neuralgia and unable to eat and sleep. Jo understood what I was experiencing and the treatment was painless, which was great as I thought it may flare the pain. I am pain free after several sessions and...
CAM Clinic of the year! – Shortlisted…
CAM Clinic of the year - shortlist Summertown Clinic is proud to have been short-listed for the award of CAM clinic of the year 2013. This award is presented this Sunday (6th October) and James Ruddick and Claire Cullen are heading down to Earls' Court, to see if...
BMJ: Alexander Technique Teaching is effective for chronic and recurrent back pain
Article supporting the use of Alexander Technique Teaching for patients with chronic and recurrent back pain This interesting article uses a randomised clinical trial to demonstrate the effectiveness of Alexander technique teaching compared to massage and doctor...
Alexander Technique Teacher – Joins Summertown Clinic
Leah Wright - Alexander Technique Teacher, Summertown Clinic, Oxford We're very pleased to announce that Summertown Clinic is gaining another practitioner in Leah Wright, one of Oxford's most respected and experienced Alexander Technique Teachers will be starting at...
