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Our Western Diet is Slowly Killing Us.

Our Western Diet is Slowly Killing Us.

That’s a pretty big statement, however it is our transgression away from what we are genetically designed to eat as humans that is getting us into trouble.  Our diet, among other things, is an ‘inflammatory’ diet which in turn can provide the spark to initiate many of...

Poor Posture and a ‘Hungry Bum’

Poor Posture and a ‘Hungry Bum’

I love summer Maybe not the intense heat of an Australian summer, but the refreshing southerly changes, the sound of the cicadas chirping, the smell of the afternoon thunderstorms onto the hot pavement, the fun around the pool, and of course the beach. The fun of...

The Most Common Question I Get Asked on a Daily Basis

The Most Common Question I Get Asked on a Daily Basis

What do you think it is? It is “What can I do at home?” The answer to this question is quite simple. It is not about adding anything extra for you to do. Quite frankly it is quite the opposite. It is about taking things away, changing the habits that bring people...

The Doctor Said What…

The Doctor Said What…

I sat in the doctor’s office in disbelief. He had just said “you are going to have to take these for the rest of your life.” I thought that there had to be a better way, a different way. “The rest of your life” rang through my ears like an echo in a canyon, repeating...

Why I Don’t Do Diets

Why I Don’t Do Diets

diet |ˈdʌɪət| noun 1 the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats: a vegetarian diet. 2 a special course of food to which a person restricts themselves, either to lose weight or for medical reasons: I'm going on a diet. • [ as modifier ] (of...

The Top 3 Posture Exercises I Use in my Chatswood Office

The Top 3 Posture Exercises I Use in my Chatswood Office

As I have grown up I have noticed an increased reliance upon computers, iPads, phones and portable devices. Added to that the increase in time that we are stationary and/or sedentary and bending forward be it reading, driving a car, watching TV, socialising or...

The Cost of Maintenance

The Cost of Maintenance

I was reading my local paper the other week and noticed the following headline: $3.4 million maintenance backlog for Davidson High and Barrenjoey High Wow! That is a hefty bill! I couldn’t figure out why hadn’t they just maintained these schools over time. I am sure...

Performance Enhancing Without Drugs

Performance Enhancing Without Drugs

It is amazing the amount of sportspeople who are thanking their chiropractor and the work that they do to help keep them performing at their best. They see chiropractor in Chatswood, not just as a therapy or a treatment, but a way of life. What is it that Chiropractic...

Medication Doesn’t Cure Back Pain (and what to do instead…)

Medication Doesn’t Cure Back Pain (and what to do instead…)

I was driving around over the past few weeks and noticed that my oil warning light kept going on and off…then on…then off. I tapped the instrument panel – just like in the old days when I would see dad tap the dashboard to try and change the petrol gauge – but no...

Like a Snake Shedding Its Skin

Like a Snake Shedding Its Skin

Did you know that our body continually replicates itself! New cells come to take the place of old cells, sick, weakened, run down, or dying cells. In fact, if I brush my hand, I brush off thousands of dead skin cells. But, that's OK though, because new ones are coming...

How Much Water do you Drink?

How Much Water do you Drink?

Q: “So, let me ask you this, how much water do you drink?” A: “Oh, 2 litres” OR “8 glasses” OR “Not enough” OR “4 glasses” OR “a glass or two a day” This is a common question I will ask in practice at our Chatswood chiropractor. However, the response that I get is...

Guess What These Dolphins Did to Get Food

Guess What These Dolphins Did to Get Food

The other night I sat down with the family to enjoy one of Sir David Attenborough’s documentary’s – ‘The Hunt’. I watched fascinated as a pod of three dolphins hunted fish. But this was not any ‘normal hunt’. These dolphins, in order to feed had had adapted to their...