Three schoolchildren walking towards school with backpacks worn on both shoulders and a water bottle secured in a side pocket

How Heavy Should a Child’s School Bag Be?

A guide to weight, fit and safe packing School bags have a habit of becoming mobile cupboards. Books and stationery are joined by laptops, chargers, lunches, water bottles, PE kits and all the bits and pieces that…


New Edinburgh Parents - minimise back pain with these top tips

Tips for New Parents to Help Avoid Back Pain

Becoming a new parent is an exciting and rewarding time, but it also places new physical demands on your body. Lifting, feeding, carrying and caring for a baby — often while tired and adapting to post-pregnancy changes…


Morningside Chiropractic Blog - Milestones - baby head

Plagiocephaly (Flat Head Syndrome) & Reposition Therapy

An infant’s skull is made up of several relatively moveable bones that are separated by sutures (where the bones join). The sutures allow the skull to mould (bones folding underneath each other) during labour to make…


Morningside Chiropractic Blog - Milestones - baby feet

How do I know if my baby is reaching the developmental milestones?

The answer is however not so simple as often there are a number of contributing factors that create a compounding effect. There are lots of factors such as restriction in the uterus, birth trauma, stress among others…