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...
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...