9 Gelliwastad Road, Pontypridd, CF37 2BW 01443 485302

e-mail: pontyosteos@yahoo.co.uk www.pontypriddosteopaths.co.uk

Company No: 4705315 Reg. in England and Wales. Reg. Off., 9 Gelliwastad Rd, CF37 2BW

Happy New Year to all our patients. We really hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and that 2009 is healthy and prosperous.

The South Wales Osteopathic Society (SWOS) was founded in 1989 by a group of a dozen or so osteopaths based in South Wales. Recently SWOS launched a campaign to try to get your osteopathic treatment paid for by the NHS. This will certainly help us all in this economic climate but we need your help. We ask that you write to your assembly member (AM) and the Local Health Board (LHB) explaining how you have benefited from osteopathic treatment and posing the question `Why can’t I have my treatment paid for by the NHS?’ We really hope that as many of you as possible will join our campaign. Address’s attached inside. Please ask our receptionists Debbie and Ceri for further details.

Serenity Natural Progesterone Cream

In a woman’s normal healthy monthly cycle Oestrogen is the dominant hormone for approximately the first two weeks, balanced by progesterone which is the dominant hormone for the latter two weeks. When foreign oestrogen’s are introduced into this delicate balance primarily through food and water, prescription hormones, household and exterior pollutants, then progesterone production and utilisation are suppressed and have demonstrated to be the underlying cause of the oestrogen dominant symptoms such as PMT and Menopause and the conditions of infertility and Osteoporosis.

Only supplemental natural progesterone has been demonstrated over many years to increase serum and saliva progesterone levels in women, verified by ample clinical and published scientific research.

As the liver intercepts about 90% of all progesterone taken orally or by suppository, informed women have chosen to use a premium transdermal cream almost 100% biologically available as shown by salivary hormone assay.

Women of all ages who reduce their intake of known environmental suppressors to natural progesterone production and use a premium high quality natural progesterone cream, such as Serenity, can restore an optimum healthy balance of oestrogen and progesterone and consequently enjoy a high quality of life. (Extract taken from the booklet `Natural Progesterone and your Health – A guide to understanding and controlling your PMS/PMT, Menopause, Osteoporosis, Fertility’ by Wellsprings Traders Ltd.) Please as our receptionist if you would like a copy of this booklet which will allow you to make an informed choice as to whether this product is right for you.

Effective Ten Day Herbal Detox Product Programme from Nature’s Sunshine.Healthy Starter Pack

Health specialists across the world recommend a unique ten day herbal detox called the Healthy Starter Pack.

This highly effective detox is designed to be taken alongside a normal healthy diet. Results will be enhanced if you omit red meat, caffeine and alcohol from you diet during the ten days.

Experts recommend using this detox 2 to 3 times a year to periodically give your body a `spring clean’. Make sure you drink plenty of water with the detox to help your body flush out toxins. Half way through the detox many people experience an improved feeling of

wellness and an increased level of energy.

Price £ 29.96 from our Clinic.

Supporting Products

"Alcohol and Health" an alternative approach by Lee Evans

A large part of training in Osteopathy is your ability to justify your decisions, so here’s how to justify excessive booze intake over the festive period.

As Ben Franklin said: `In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.’ In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more that 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E.coli) – the bacteria found in faeces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop! However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or scotch, tequila, rum, whiskey, gin or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember: Water = Poop, Alcohol = Health Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid ….. than to drink water and be full of s**t.

Eat correctly. Make sure you get your daily dose of fruits and veggies. Take your vitamins and bump up your vitamin C. Get plenty of exercise because exercise helps build your immune system. Walk for at least an hour a day, go for a swim, take the stairs instead of the lift, etc. Wash your hands often. If you can’t wash them, keep a bottle of antibacterial soap around. Get lots of fresh air, open doors and windows whenever possible. Try to eliminate as much stress from your life as you can. Get plenty of rest.

…OR …

Take the doctor’s approach.

Think about it .. When you go for an injection, what do they do first? They clean your arm with alcohol .. Why? Because alcohol KILLS GERMS.

So …

I walk to the off-license (exercise)

I put lime in my Corona (fruit)

Celery in my Bloody Mary (veggies)

Drink outdoors in the pub garden (fresh air)

Tell joke, laugh (eliminate stress)

Then pass out (rest)

The way I see it .. If you keep your alcohol levels up, flu germs can’t get you!!

Did You Know?

1. Rubber bands last longer when

refrigerated.

2. A crocodile cannot stick out his

Raffle Winners

The draw took place on Friday 19^{th December, many thanks to everyone who purchased a ticket. Proceeds were given to the charity `Children in Need’.}

1st Prize - S Smart

2nd Prize - K Savage

3rd Prize - H Walters

4th Prize - M Harrison

5th Prize - P Thomas

6th Prize - C David

7th Prize - R Strange

Increase in Fees

Fees will increase from March 1^{st, 2009 as follows:- Payment by credit/debit card is subject to a £1 surcharge.}

New Patient £42.00

Follow Up Appointment £ 35.00

Payment by cash or credit/debit card.