Is this drug affecting your mental health?

By Geoffrey Hogan (M.Ost) Farringdon Osteopaths At this time of year many people are thinking of different ways to improve their mental health. Doing more exercise, quitting alcohol, and taking vitamin D are some of the more well known ways to improve your mental health in the winter. There is an often overlooked drug that is widely taken on a daily basis that could be affecting your mental health too. You have probably taken this drug already today. It is the most commonly used psychoactive drug on the planet. In the correct quantity it can make you feel better and more ….continue to the whole article

Bruxism

Bruxism (Teeth Grinding), headaches and neck stiffness By Geoffrey Hogan (M.Ost) Farringdon Osteopaths   Recently we went through a period of time where a lot of people were presenting to the clinic with neck pain and stiffness, and headaches. Often they were waking up with the symptoms in the morning. On further questioning, a lot of these patients had one thing in common, clenching or grinding their teeth. Most of the patients were grinding their teeth at night time and their partners often heard them grinding when they were asleep. A few were also catching themselves doing it during the ….continue to the whole article