Recently, I have been seeing an increasing number of people who have been suffering from long Covid-19 or post-viral fatigue. This can happen when a pathogen (virus, bug etc) remains in the body, resulting in symptoms lingering for weeks, months or even years!...
Normally at this time of year we send a small podiatry team to the Village to provide podiatry treatments. With lockdown and travel restrictions we were unable to do that. We have, however, looked for different ways of supporting the Village. We sponsored food parcels...
As this has been houseplant week we thought we would feature a blog about houseplants including the health and wellbeing benefits plus some suggestions on plants you might like to try at home. According to the RHS website “As well as looking good, houseplants...
It is thought that 1/3 of all people in the UK will experience insomnia at some point in their life- that’s over 22 million people in the UK! W There could be even more in 2020 after such a challenging year. Insomnia can include: Difficulty falling asleep Waking...
Although much is talked in the media about this condition – normally bad stress – but actually feeling stress is perfectly normal when experiencing things such as lockdown. It can be classified into two areas – the good and the bad. Sometimes at work it can be...
Although the weather has been fairly mild so far it is likely that as we move through the colder months of the year some of you develop chilblains. Chilblains, whilst being uncomfortable rarely cause any permanent damage. The present themselves as small red or purple...
