Men’s Health Month: The British Chiropractic Association Reveals New Research Findings About Men Suffering with Back Pain   

Men’s Health Month: The British Chiropractic Association Reveals New Research Findings About Men Suffering with Back Pain  

Our recent report in partnership with One Poll, explored the impacts of musculoskeletal (MSK) issues facing the UK public and found that over half of men in the UK (51%) have avoided consulting their GP for issues related to back and joint pain. As part of Men’s Health Month, we are empowering men around the […]

Back Care Awareness Week: How the British Chiropractic Association is supporting the UK’s back health

Back Care Awareness Week: How the British Chiropractic Association is supporting the UK’s back health

Our recent report in partnership with One Poll, explored the impacts of musculoskeletal (MSK) issues facing the UK public and found that back pain is an issue that is sweeping the nation – as a surging number of the public report suffering with aches and pains. As part of this year’s Back Care Awareness Week […]

BCA rugby health expert reveals top injures this Rugby World Cup

BCA rugby health expert reveals top injures this Rugby World Cup

Ulrik Sandstrøm, chiropractor and Board Member of the British Chiropractic Association, has been involved in elite level sports chiropractic for over two decades and is passionate about delivering the highest quality care to athletes by working within integrated medical teams. As chiropractor to Leicester Tigers Rugby and chiropractic consultant to England Rugby, he has worked […]

Swing with freedom this golf season

Swing with freedom this golf season

Jesper Dahl, chiropractor and member of the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) supplies his top tips to keep you swinging, as well as the players, at this year’s Open Championship. The Open Golf Championship is one of the sporting highlights of the British Summer and it is a time when many of us are inspired by […]

Clinic Owners: How to train and retain reliable, happy, clinic building associates

Clinic Owners: How to train and retain reliable, happy, clinic building associates

Finding the right associate for your clinic can be tricky. So how do you make sure that, once you have found your associate, you can train them to be the best they can be and, most importantly, keep them in your clinic? Here are our top 5 ways to do this: 1) Avoid the 3F […]

Keep yourself pain free this Glastonbury weekend!

Keep yourself pain free this Glastonbury weekend!

It’s back again, the biggest festival in the UK, Glastonbury Festival! This year is returning with a bang, with a music line up guaranteed to make you move your feet all weekend long. However, with excitement at a high, it is easy to forget to look after your health, so have a look at these […]

Important update on the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections

Important update on the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections

Following an announcement from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) yesterday, 8 June, relating to a direction from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the BCA is instructing all chiropractors involved in providing PRP therapy to patients, to cease doing so with immediate effect, after its classification as an unlicensed human medicine in […]

Over a third of 18-24 years olds suffering from back pain are left unable to work

Over a third of 18-24 years olds suffering from back pain are left unable to work

Over a third of 18–24-year-olds have been prevented from working due to back pain. 14% of the 18–24-year-olds who stated they were left unable to work due to back pain conditions, were prevented from working for 10-12 months. Over half of 18–24-year-olds are not registered with a GP (52%).  New data from the British Chiropractic […]

Taking our Memcom Journey Forward

Taking our Memcom Journey Forward

The BCA proudly won the prestigious Memcom Membership Excellence Award for Best Professional Body of the Year in 2022, and the 2023 awards process is now in progress. The awards are created to shine a spotlight on successful membership organisations and, in doing so, inspire the leaders of tomorrow and recognise the creativity and hard […]

Supporting the curriculum development at AECC University College

Supporting the curriculum development at AECC University College

This week, BCA President and Vice President, Catherine Quinn and Tim Button were invited to AECC University College to take part in their curriculum development day, focussed on the Chiropractic programmes. This day was aimed at providing feedback to the AECC academic staff on what the profession is expecting from their new graduates, and which […]