Nicky Snazell as ‘The pain killer’

My name is Nicky Snazell and I am known to some as ‘The pain killer’. After all, that’s what I do: I like to hunt down and seek out and kill pain, and I expect you want me to kill yours too. Would you like to hire me out as an assassin? I realise how…

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Why Do We Hurt and How Do We Change Our Lifestyle to Avoid Pain?

This brings us to the question: why do we have pain? Many people view pain as a bad thing in itself, but it is nature’s warning system, meant to protect us. When someone brings us bad news, we don’t shoot the messenger, do we? Instead, we listen to what the messenger has to say, and…

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The 4 Keys

In Ancient cultures shamans and doctors were only paid if they kept their clients free from illness and fit and well. They taught their clients how to prevent illness as best as they could with knowledge about their mindset, eating and drinking from fresh nutrient rich sources, advising on their activity level and safety of…

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Nicky Snazell Wins Excellence in Patient Service Award

The Pain Relief Clinic is pleased to announce Consultant Physiotherapist, Nicky Snazell, has won a top award and national recognition for ‘Excellence in Patient Service’ at a Gala Dinner, held by The Acupuncture Association for Chartered Physiotherapists, (AACP). The prestigious awards dinner was held on Friday 13th May at the Hilton Hotel in Coventry as…

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For the love of dance

Love to Dance… For those of you who love to dance on a regular basis – whether for your job, for exercise or for the sheer love of it – you will already by familiar with the absolute joy that dancing can bring you, and you’ll crave that unmistakable “buzz” inside you, with the happy…

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The key to healthly exercise

Golf Swing

The key to healthly exercise is just that.Let’s take another look at why we should exercise so we can hold a green fitness key.Today I find that humans are far too sedentary, all too often sitting in front of a computer by day, followed by sitting in front of a TV at night. This lack…

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The 4 keys to health

Healthy Food

The 4 keys to health is all about investing in the healthiest happiest future you could wish for with sound scientific knowledge and big spoonfuls of commonsense and experience.Tonights blog is for nutrition week. The traffic lights approach to healthfor the 4 keys to health gives one point for every yes answer. 0 – 3:…

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Exercise is vital for healthy aging

tennis injuries

Exercise is vital for healthy ageing, so get out of that chair! When we slouch in our chairs, we don’t breathe correctly, we have less lung capacity, less oxygen, a poorer blood flow, a weaker heart, and less nutrient delivery. Smooth muscles tighten up to take up the slack, and our blood pressure readings go…

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Tennis Elbow Part 3

Welcome back to the series of articles about physiotherapy and tennis elbow (also known as lateral epicondylitis, lateral epicondylosis and lateral epicondylalgia). So far we have covered who is affected by tennis elbow, the anatomy of the elbow and which muscles or tendons are most likely to be injured. This article will try to give…

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