Our body has five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. Out of these five, touch seems to comes across as the poor cousin, however research is shining a light on its importance and the role it plays in the development of our brain. Touch develops whilst in...
I find it quite amazing the recovery rates of different types of people. At the beginning of the week I had an established client who had aggravated their lower back. My thoughts were ‘Uh Oh, this could take a while to repair.’ However, one of the things I have...
Perception is an amazing thing. Napoleon Hill once said “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” Is this also true for health? I fell that it can be true if we know what health truly is! One of the questions that I will commonly ask clients...
'In life it is OK to fail a few times before you succeed'. These were the words of my swimming coach this morning as he set us a set that I had never heard of before... a 'Fail Set'. I have been swimming training for a long time and have heard a lot of terminology,...
Teamwork - the combined efforts, or the actions of a group, to achieve a common purpose or goal. I can remember Easter as a kid. Before there were scout camps and school cadet camps. Easter was time away with our family. Mum, dad and my two brothers. And yes, there...
I’ve just been helping my son, Hamish with a school project and there are some things that have come out of it which I thought people would find really interesting. This is by the way a year eight PDHPE school project. What the kids had to do was a project about...
Remember when your mum and dad told you to stand up straight? Often, we think that it is just so as we look good. Current research is showing a much deeper and long-term effect of poor posture. Here’s some of the things that your poor posture and lifestyle habits...
Screen time – let’s face it, it is here to stay…Computers, phones, tablets. When I was a kid it was just the TV set. We, myself and my two brothers, would come home from school and/or sport, sometimes do our homework, and sit through re runs of shows like ‘I Dream of...
The Universe works in amazing ways…and is always right. I heard this quote years ago and as much as at times I will fight it, it is amazingly true. Through practice and through life I come into contact with a vast number of people from very diverse backgrounds. On...
I have just come back from a visit from my dentist. I have got to say; my teeth look and feel amazing. You know, I also look after my teeth all by myself. I brush them daily; I floss; I do not have a diet rich in sugary foods; and I definitely do not use my teeth as...
A new study out of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States has revealed that the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) in the knees of humans has doubled since the mid-20th century. This has become a lifestyle disease caused by what we...
There have been few things that have moved me so much. Events over this past weekend have had me reach deep into my soul and realise the power that resides within us, and within those close to us. The strength of a brother’s bond. Saturday was my daughter’s...
I was out with Ivanka over the weekend looking for plants for our garden. As I walked past these tomato plants I noticed something truely amazing. Something that only exists in intelligent matter. Chiropractic has defined this as Universal Intelligence - A Universal...
If you are living in Sydney at the moment the likelihood that you have been or know of someone who has been struck down by the current cold and flu if pretty close to 100% of you. This current winter is being advertised by the authorities as the ‘worst flu season...
I love sport. I love watching, I love participating. More importantly, I love the lessons learned from sport. From the depths of competition. Plato’s quote, “You can discover more about a person from an hour of play than in a year of conversation” Is perfectly...