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Hi there, Welcome to our October edition I hope you are all well, and not missing Summer too much. Me personally, I love Winter and I’m glad its on its way. As always we have so much to look forward to, especially the fast approaching Halloween and Bonfire Night!

I hope you and your family and friends have an amazing time trick or treating, or watching the fireworks but please just make sure you keep yourself safe and always be vigilant.

We are trying something new this month, called the Headscratchers of the Month, this month we have four riddles ranging from easy to not so easy, so I hope they don’t trouble you too much. be sure to let us know what you think and we’ll step up the difficulty next month.

Our gardening article this month is about the jobs to do in October, as all you keen gardeners know you can’t truly put your tools away for any lengthy part of the year, so be sure to get to work on these little tasks!

The charity article this month has been donated to the Canine Partners for their assistance dogs it’s an amazing charity

so please have a read of their latest work and show them any support you can.

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Last month’s quiz winner was Angela Bannon from Esplanade View, Benfleet. We hope you enjoy your party at Stay & Play!

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and house with a scavenger hunt. You can hide age-appropriate sweets all around and decorate as much as you like. They can still dress in costume and experience the joy of surprise sweets and treats. Best part? If they’re tired after a half hour, you can call it a night!

DECORATE MINI PUMPKINS No need to carve Jack-o’-lanterns. Arts and crafts are more fun for little kids, so decorate Halloween pumpkins—especially of the small variety that children love. It’s a basic idea, but give them all kinds of fun things to decorate with, like pre-cut paper or felt facial features, buttons if they’re old enough, feathers, stickers, even sweets. Have the kids decorate small pumpkins together; they could be minis or pie-size pumpkins. It’s a classic craft, and the kids can take pride in their handiwork.

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If you don’t fancy trick or treating this year then here are some festive ideas for you Trick-or-treating is fun for big kids, but for toddlers? Halloween night can be too cold, too much walking and too much sugar for the littlest kids. They’ll likely want to be involved in the big day on October 31, but you might want to keep their fun in check and age-appropriate.

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BACK PAIN & PREGNANCY Stuart BSc(Hons) MSc(Chiro) DC Consultant Osteomyologist - www.spinalcarecentre.co.uk More years ago than I care to remember, I wrote my final year thesis on back pain in pregnant women. As well as meeting some delightful people, this study opened my eyes to the amazing changes that the human body copes with during pregnancy. Unfortunately, some of those changes involve a great deal of stress upon the spine, making low back pain a common feature of pregnancy.

During pregnancy, a woman’s centre of gravity almost immediately begins to shift forward to the front of her pelvis. This displaced weight increases the stress on your joints. As the baby grows in size, her weight is projected even further forward, and the curvature of the woman’s lower back is increased, placing extra stress on the spinal discs. In compensation, the normal curve of her upper spine increases as well.

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At our clinic, we offer advice on how to lift and carry, how to improve your posture and how to exercise to improve your spinal health. All our Spinal health care practitioners train for a minimum of five years before qualifying The main chiropractic technique is to gently adjust, using our hands, the parts of the spine and joints which are not moving properly. The health care practitoners will use modified techniques to ensure your comfort and safety whilst you

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In fact, chiropractic care during pregnancy has been shown to significantly reduce the length of the labour. First time mums averaged a 24 per cent shorter labour, while mothers who had already given birth experienced a 39 per cent reduction in the average labour length, compared to those not having chiropractic care (Fallon, 1991).

A practitioner trained in Chiropractic aims to make the pregnancy more comfortable and healthy using natural techniques: chiropractic is a drug-free discipline. A US study showed that women who received chiropractic adjustments in their third trimester of pregnancy were able to carry and deliver children with more comfort (Hendryson, 1987). A further US study, showed that chiropractic care reduced the need for pain killers by 50 per cent.

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