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CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES Your Chiropractor is still available during the Christmas period but the times have been altered to allow for the Jolly season! Opening hours between: 23 rd December - 2 nd of January Saturday 23 rd Dec: 8.30am – 12pm Sunday (Christmas Eve) 24 th Dec: Closed Monday (Christmas Day) 25 th Dec: Closed Tuesday (Boxing Day) 26 th Dec: Closed Wednesday 27 th Dec: 10am -8pm Thursday 28 th Dec: 10am – 8pm Friday 29 th Dec: 10am -8pm Saturday 30 th Dec: Closed Sunday (New year’s Eve) 31 st Dec: Closed Monday (New year’s Day)1 st Jan: Closed Tuesday 2 nd Jan: Open as usual
The AMI Clinic Christmas Voucher The AMI Clinic will be offering vouchers for all your winter aches and pains, treat yourself or even your family and friends with our Christmas Voucher. A different type of gift other than the latest gadget or in mode piece of clothing; instead of material wealth give the gift of physical Health. Vouchers: Chiropractic consultation/report of findings and 1 st treatment £35 – save £10 off Acupuncture consultation and 1 st treatment £35 – save £10 off Massage 30 mins: £20 – save £5 off 45 mins: £30 – save £5 off 60mins: £40 – save £5 off Voucher valid Until 31 st of January 2018 - ask Vanessa for further details
Feeling SAD  Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, also known as winter depression is an affective, or mood disorder, a syndrome typically used to describe a recurrent, seasonal pattern of depressive episodes Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer. Seasonal mood variations are believed to be related mostly to daylight, not temperature. The etiology of SAD is not completely understood. A combination of physiologic, psychologic, genetic and environmental factors likely plays a role.   Circadian phase delay, retinal subsensitivity to light, altered neurotransmitter release (e.g., serotonin, melatonin, dopamine), hypovitaminosis D and genetic variations in clock, monoamine and retinal photopigment genes have all been proposed mechanisms underlying the etiology of SAD. What to do    Get bright daylight exposure , ideally around solar noon, for at least a half-hour or mo