Life is motion. Moving every day is crucially important to your overall health and wellness. Everything from cardiovascular disease to depression has been tied to a lack of physical activity. And this isn’t something that only adults need to be aware of. Getting...
The Bottom Line: Foam rolling has exploded in popularity over the past few years. No longer used only by athletes and trainers, foam rolling (or myofascial release) is now used by people at all levels of fitness. The goal of foam rolling is to improve muscle function,...
Bottom Line: Do you suffer from headaches? If so, you’re not alone. It’s estimated that up to 50% of people deal with headaches each year. While an occasional headache is nothing more than a nuisance, when they become chronic, you can experience challenges at home and...
It’s amazing the technology that we have at our fingertips (literally). I can remember having a blood test done years ago, and as is the routine my cholesterol levels were included. I reported back to the GP, with her saying, “Your Cholesterol is high, you have to go...
Since I was a teenager in scouts, through to surf life saving and to this present day as a chiropractor, I have learned first aid. As a first aider, it is typically what the name implies. You are first on the scene, you have to think logically and in a systematic...
I was sitting in a café this morning after dropping off my daughter to school. I thought that I would get some work done before moving on and starting for the day. I sat down and started to unpack my things. As I was doing so I overheard the conversation of the...
At the end of a consult earlier this week, a patient (let’s call her Maria) said “oh, by the way, my Cholesterol has dropped down to 4.8” My response was “That’s fantastic news, what was it before?” She replied “It was up to 7.2, and my GP wanted me to go onto...
My daughter Zara has called me a hippie as I have taken off my shoes and walked barefoot on the oval whilst watching her and Hamish play soccer. I heard a quote by James Chestnut ‘We are wild animals living in a human jungle’ . This I feel is all too true. Have you...
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...