Clarks Osteopathic and Complementary Healthcare Benfleet Osteopaths

30/07/2026

Wishing the amazing Lisa Clark a very happy birthday xx

02/07/2026

High Blood Pressure? It Could Be Your Chair

Most people know that exercise is important, but many don't realise that spending long periods sitting can still have a significant impact on your health.

In this video, Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet, explains the growing body of research linking prolonged sitting with high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, poor circulation and reduced metabolic health.

Modern lifestyles often involve spending many hours sitting at a desk, driving or watching television. While regular exercise remains incredibly important, research has shown that prolonged periods of uninterrupted sitting carry their own health risks.

In this video, you'll learn:

• How prolonged sitting affects your circulation
• Why sitting for long periods may increase your risk of high blood pressure
• The link between sedentary lifestyles and cardiovascular disease
• Why going to the gym after work doesn't completely reverse prolonged sitting
• The importance of regular movement throughout the day
• Simple strategies to reduce the health risks of prolonged sitting

At Clarks Healthcare, we believe movement is one of the most powerful forms of medicine. Small changes throughout your day can make a significant difference to your long-term health and wellbeing.

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18/06/2026

STOP Ignoring This Hip Weakness
Many people assume that back pain, hip pain, knee pain, flat feet, bunions or poor balance begin where the symptoms appear.

In reality, the problem often starts much higher up the body.

In this video, Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet, explains one of the most common movement dysfunctions seen in clinical practice: weakness around the hip leading to femoral torsion and altered walking mechanics.

When the muscles around the hip fail to stabilise the pelvis correctly, the thigh can roll inward, causing the knee to collapse, the foot to flatten and excessive strain to travel throughout the entire leg.

Over time this can contribute to:

• Back pain
• Knee pain
• Hip pain
• Flat feet
• Overpronation
• Bunions
• Poor balance
• Reduced walking efficiency
• Increased wear and tear through joints

In this video, you'll learn:

• What femoral torsion is
• Why knees often roll inward during walking
• The connection between hip weakness and foot mechanics
• How hip dysfunction affects balance and stability
• Why many foot and knee problems originate higher up the body
• How targeted rehabilitation can improve movement patterns

At Clarks Healthcare, we focus not only on diagnosing the tissue causing pain, but also identifying and correcting the underlying dysfunctions that contributed to the problem in the first place.

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Our experienced osteopathy team provides personalised care combining hands-on treatment, rehabilitation and corrective exercise to help you achieve lasting results.

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A structured approach to improving movement, posture, strength, mobility and long-term health.

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07/06/2026

Have you ever picked up your phone for a quick look, only to realise an hour has disappeared?

What starts as a quick check of social media can easily turn into endless scrolling through news, videos, comments and content that often leaves us feeling more stressed, anxious and mentally drained than before we started.

In this video, Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet, explores the growing problem of doomscrolling, smartphone addiction and excessive screen time.

Modern phones and social media platforms are designed to capture and hold our attention. Combined with our brain's natural tendency to focus on negative information, this creates the perfect environment for endless scrolling.

As an Osteopath, Michael regularly sees the physical consequences of excessive screen use, including text neck, headaches, poor posture, neck pain and shoulder tension. However, the effects extend far beyond the musculoskeletal system and can influence concentration, sleep, anxiety and overall wellbeing.

In this video, you'll learn:

• What doomscrolling actually is
• Why social media is so addictive
• How algorithms exploit our natural negativity bias
• Why negative content captures our attention
• The link between doomscrolling, stress and anxiety
• How excessive screen time affects concentration
• The connection between phones, posture and text neck
• Why many people finish scrolling feeling worse rather than better
• The wider impact of excessive screen use on modern health

The average person now spends several hours per day looking at screens. Understanding how this affects both the body and the brain is becoming increasingly important in modern life.

👐 Work with Our Osteopathy Team

Our experienced osteopathy team provides personalised care combining hands-on treatment, rehabilitation and corrective exercise to help you achieve lasting results.

👉 https://www.clarkshealthcare.com

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A structured approach to improving movement, posture and long-term health.

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378 London Road
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04/06/2026

The human body was designed to move.

For thousands of years, movement wasn't optional. We walked to find food, carried objects, climbed, squatted, lifted and spent much of the day on our feet. Fast forward to today, and many people spend most of their waking hours sitting behind a desk, staring at a screen.

In this video, Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet, explains why modern sedentary lifestyles are contributing to increasing levels of pain, stiffness, poor posture and musculoskeletal dysfunction.

Many of the patients we see spend prolonged periods sitting, often with very little movement throughout the day. Whilst exercise is important, you cannot completely undo the effects of sitting for 8–10 hours simply by going to the gym for an hour.

The body thrives on regular movement.

In this video:

• Why the human body was designed to move
• How modern lifestyles have changed our movement patterns
• Why prolonged sitting affects the spine, joints and muscles
• The importance of movement throughout the day
• Why posture is only part of the equation
• How frequent movement breaks can improve health and function
• Simple strategies to incorporate more movement into your daily routine

At Clarks Healthcare, we regularly encourage patients to combine exercise with frequent movement throughout the day, including walking, stretching, posture reminders and regular movement breaks.

👐 Work With Our Osteopathy Team

Our experienced osteopathy team provides personalised care combining hands-on treatment, rehabilitation and corrective exercise to help you achieve lasting results.

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📍 Clarks Healthcare

378 London Road
Benfleet
Essex
SS7 1AX

📞 01268 795705

🌐 https://www.clarkshealthcare.com

27/05/2026

Suffering with Hip Pain that won’t go away?

Explore the causes and symptoms of Trochanteric Hip Bursitis and learn how to manage and alleviate hip pain effectively.
Trochanteric bursitis is one of the most common causes of lateral hip pain — but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Many people rely on rest, cortisone injections, or generic exercises… only for the pain to return weeks later.

This in-depth article by Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet Essex, explains:

Why bursitis is so often misdiagnosed
What really causes it to keep coming back
How to fix it properly — and stop flare-ups for good

If you or someone you know is still in pain, this is a must-read.

What to do next if you’re still hurting

Work with Our Osteopathy Team
Our experienced osteopathy team provides personalised care combining hands-on treatment, rehabilitation and corrective exercise to help you achieve lasting results.

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Explore the causes and symptoms of Trochanteric Hip Bursitis and learn how to manage and alleviate hip pain effectively.

26/05/2026

Stop sitting like a little prawn! We all do it…

Sitting hunched over. Rounded shoulders. Head pushed forwards. Phone glued to our face like a little prawn.
The problem isn’t that it happens occasionally — it’s the amount of time we spend in these positions every single day.

In this video, Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet, explains how prolonged poor posture affects the spine, muscles, joints and nervous system — and why simple daily habits can make a huge difference.

This video covers:
• Forward head posture
• Rounded shoulders and slouching
• Why prolonged sitting overloads the spine
• Frequent postural reminders
• The 20-20-20 rule
• Why movement breaks matter
• Simple ways to reduce strain on your neck and back

At Clarks Healthcare, we regularly advise patients to:
✅ Sit upright more often
✅ Get up and move regularly
✅ Walk more throughout the day
✅ Use frequent posture reminders
✅ Follow the 20-20-20 rule to reduce prolonged strain

Small changes repeated consistently can dramatically improve how your body feels and functions over time.

👐 Work with Our Osteopathy Team
Our experienced osteopathy team provides personalised care combining hands-on treatment, rehabilitation and corrective exercise to help you achieve lasting results.
👉 https://www.clarkshealthcare.com

🌱 Healthy Living Programme
A structured approach to improving movement, posture and long-term health.
📞 Call us on 01268 795705

📰 Join Our Newsletter
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📍 Clarks Healthcare
378 London Road
Benfleet, Essex
SS7 1AX
📞 01268 795705
🌐 https://www.clarkshealthcare.com

13/05/2026

10,000 Steps a Day, Yes or No?
We’ve all heard the advice — aim for 10,000 steps a day. But is it actually necessary, and more importantly, why does it matter?

In this video, Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet, Essex, explains the real reason daily movement is essential for your health — particularly for your spine, joints and overall function.

For most people, especially those working from home or sitting at a desk, daily step count is far lower than it should be. Many patients we see are doing fewer than 3,000 steps a day — and over time, that lack of movement begins to affect everything from weight management to joint health and mobility. Your spine is designed to move. It relies on regular movement to maintain alignment, function and fluid exchange within the joints and discs. Every step you take helps create a natural cycle of compression and decompression, drawing nutrients into the spine and keeping it healthy and mobile. In this video, you’ll learn:

• Why 10,000 steps is a useful target for most people
• What happens when your daily movement is too low
• How inactivity affects your spine, joints and metabolism
• Why you can’t undo long periods of sitting with a single workout
• The importance of spreading movement throughout the day
• Simple ways to increase your daily steps and movement

This isn’t about hitting a number for the sake of it — it’s about understanding how your body works and giving it the movement it needs to stay healthy. If you spend long periods sitting, working at a desk, or feel stiff and sluggish throughout the day, this is essential viewing.

👐 Work with Our Osteopathy Team
Our experienced osteopathy team provides personalised care combining hands-on treatment, rehabilitation and lifestyle advice to help you reduce pain and improve movement.

👉 https://www.clarkshealthcare.com
📞 Call us on 01268 795705

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📍 Clarks Healthcare 378 London Road Benfleet, Essex SS7 1AX
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11/05/2026

What Is ELDOA? (And Why We Use It)
Many people are told to stretch, strengthen, or “work on posture” — but very few treatments are truly specific to the exact area of dysfunction within the spine.

In this video, Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare in Benfleet, Essex, explains the E.L.D.O.A method and why it has become such a valuable tool in rehabilitation, corrective exercise and spinal health.

E.L.D.O.A stands for:
Longitudinal Osteo-Articular Decoaptation Stretching

The technique was developed by Guy Voyer and is designed to create specific decompression through targeted areas of the spine and joints.

Unlike passive traction machines, E.L.D.O.A uses your own muscles and posture to create decompression and improve alignment. This allows exercises to be tailored very specifically to individual spinal segments such as:
• L5-S1 disc problems
• Neck dysfunction
• Thoracic spine stiffness
• Postural imbalances
• Disc-related pain and compression

In this video, you’ll learn:
• What E.L.D.O.A actually means
• How spinal decompression works
• Why active decompression is often more effective than passive traction
• How we use E.L.D.O.A in rehabilitation
• Why specificity matters in corrective exercise
• How improving biomechanics creates longer-term results

At Clarks Healthcare, we combine hands-on treatment with corrective exercise and rehabilitation to help patients not only reduce pain, but improve long-term function and movement quality.

👐 Work with Our Osteopathy Team

Our experienced osteopathy team provides personalised care combining hands-on treatment, rehabilitation and corrective exercise to help you achieve lasting results.
👉 https://www.clarkshealthcare.com

🌱 Healthy Living Programme

A structured approach to improving movement, posture and long-term health.
📞 Call us on 01268 795705

📰 Join Our Newsletter

Health advice, videos and clinic updates straight to your inbox.
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🔗 Follow Clarks Healthcare on Social Media

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/osteopathsbenfleet

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/osteopathybenfleet

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📍 Clarks Healthcare

378 London Road
Benfleet, Essex
SS7 1AX
📞 01268 795705
🌐 https://www.clarkshealthcare.com

06/05/2026

Most Falls Are Preventable (Free Video Series).

Falls are one of the most common causes of injury — but in many cases, they can be prevented.

Join Michael Clark, Registered Osteopath and Co-founder of Clarks Healthcare, as he explains simple, practical ways to reduce fall risk, improve balance, and stay confident on your feet.

This video is part of our completely free fall prevention series, designed to help you — or someone you care about — stay active, independent and safe.

👉 Watch the full series here (completely free):
https://www.clarkshealthcare.com/falls

Inside the series, you’ll learn:
• Why falls happen
• The most common risk factors
• How to improve balance and stability
• Simple changes that can make a big difference

Whether you’re supporting a parent, grandparent, or thinking about your own long-term health, this is a great place to start.