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Care at Christmas 21
Haydon Wick Bowls Club presents
Guidelines for a Happy Christmas from Relate The Aldbourne Band
Christmas Concert
Planning for Christmas and the New Year can impose all manner of strains on a relationship, even one Saturday 12 December 7.30pm
which is considered good. Here are some tips which may help everything go smoothly.
Tickets £4I3.50 from Haydon Centre
Draw up a plan: You have probably already done this, but if not it is not too late. Think about what needs Enjoy a musical start to Christmas
to be done, by when, and be clear about who is doing what. Discuss these plans with the family so that
everyone understands their responsibilities. BACK PAIN
Talk to each other: Although Christmas can be a time of joy, it is also a time of pressure. Talking about
worries and problems in advance, remembering the 'hot spots' from previous years, can make them easier If you are suffering from:
to cope with.
0 Backache, Leg pain
Agree spending limits: It is so easy to go mad at the last minute and buy lots of extra things that you don't
need. Fun at the time but a big headache later on! 0 Neck,
Don't overdo it: Although Christmas is a time for families to come together, it is also a time when people * Shoulder,
tend to over-indulge in food and drink. Alcohol can magnify emotional problems and increases the feelings Arm Pain
of stress. So enjoy yourself - but take care to keep it under control. 0 Headache
Take time out: Don't get so buried in family demands that you forget yourself. Time away from the tasks, & Migraine
on your own or with your partner, can help you feel more able to cope.
0 Sciatica
Seek help if you need it: Anxieties and worries that surface over Christmas may not disappear once the O Sports Injury
festivities are over. Don't be afraid to seek help.
o Whiplash
So how can Relate counselling help? It can:
You should consider
• give space to study options and choices • provide time to examine problems
• enable partners to decide their own future consulting a Chiropractor
• help to come to terms with separation and divorce
Relate Swindon is available to advise, call 527664 (Appointments are available within 5 working days of SANDRA E. DAVIES D.C.
registration) Shaw Chiropractic Clinic
Relate is recruiting Evening receptionists needed Shaw Village Centre
Relate Swindon is offering training to people inter- Relate is looking for new members of the team
ested in becoming a couples counsellor. Two informa- who can offer two hours a week to greet callers, Tel: (0 1793) 887801
tion sessions are being planned for: Wednesday 13 answer the 'phone and support counsellors dur-
January, 7pm to 9pm and Thursday 14 January, 1pm to ing weekday evenings. V Member of the British
3pm. For further details, contact Relate on 527644. For more information, call 527664. Chiropractic Association

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