Lessons Learned from Exercise: The Path to Progress Through Consistency Did you know that only about 24% of Australians meet the recommended guidelines for physical activity set by the Australian Government Department of Health? Despite the well-known benefits of exercise, many struggle to maintain a consistent routine. However, I’ve discovered firsthand that consistency is the …
Speed Up Your Recovery
Speed up your recovery The first way to decrease your recovery time is to get adjusted. When your spine moves well and your nervous system is free from interference your body can heal and repair more efficiently. If we assume you are already getting adjusted, then what can you do for yourself to speed up …
Chiropractic for Children
Chiropractic for Children Why children need Chiropractic Care Have you watched children as they run, and fall? Jump and fall? Play and fall? On average children will fall 2500 times before the age of 3. Of those falls, three of them will be more serious like falling off the changing table, off the bed or …
How Chiropractic Care Can Help Reduce Inflammation
How Chiropractic Care Can Help Reduce Inflammation. What is Inflammation? Inflammation is the body’s way to fight bugs, germs, and foreign invaders (including cells made that shouldn’t be there, like cancer cells), it also helps heal damaged tissues from injury. This sounds good, doesn’t it? That’s because a healthy inflammatory response IS GOOD. Your inflammatory …
Health Care vs Sick Care
Health Care vs Sick Care Most new patients start chiropractic care looking to get out of pain. They want chiropractic care so they can stop being sick! = Sick Care. Many of my repeat clients have a preventative or wellness check-up to ensure they stay well. = Health Care. What’s the difference? The difference is …
Lacking energy? Tired in the afternoons?
Lacking in energy? Do you feel tired in the afternoons? Are you struggling to drag yourself out of bed in the morning? Are you experiencing tiredness and hunger throughout the day despite eating breakfast lunch and dinner? “You deserve to experience more energy so you can win each and every day. So you can get …
Text Neck? Consider a Chiro.
Is your neck aching from endless browsing, swiping and texting? Do you wake up with a stiff neck from poor sleep? Maybe you’ve been practising some bad habits lately? This Spinal Health Week (23-29 May) we are asking our patients and community to Consider a Chiro. For Text neck, consider a Chiro. Research shows …
Neck Pain and Chiropractic
Neck Pain – Chiropractic Care Dr. Anthea Holder – Chiropractor Burwood Neck pain is very common, affecting 30% to 50% of adults in the general population in any given year. Chiropractic can be an effective treatment and management of neck pain. What causes neck pain: The neck is the spine portion between the head …
Is Chiropractic Care safe in Pregnancy?
Chiropractic care can be a safe and effective treatment for the musculoskeletal pains of pregnancy. Pregnancy is a time of great change in a mother’s body. It is preparing and creating a comfortable and safe environment for a growing baby. Chiropractic care may be a wonderful addition to your health care during pregnancy. The changes …
Sciatica, back and leg pain.
Do you suffer from any of these sciatica symptoms? searing pain down the back of your leg struggling to get out of your chair without back pain that shoots down into your hamstring and calf tingling, numbness, weakness, or burning pain down your leg Chiropractic care may be able to help you. What is sciatica? …
What to Expect at your First Chiropractic Appointment
What to Expect at Your First Chiropractic Appointment A first chiropractic appointment is very similar to other healthcare providers. A typical new patient visit consists of four components. Health history, where we will ask you questions about your health concerns and health history. We will go over the information you have provided on the forms that …
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How to prevent and ease Tension Headaches
Are you suffering from tension headaches? You know the ones; they start in your neck with tension building until you can feel it around your head right into your eyes and temples. They can pound or ache and they only get worse the longer you sit at your desk and try to work! You lose …
7 Reasons to Visit a Chiropractor
Do you need to visit a chiropractor? The meaning of the word Chiropractic in Greek is ‘cheri’ (hand) and praktiki (practice) – done by hand. This is a very accurate description of chiropractic care. Chiropractors use their hands to examine and treat the health conditions related to the spine (and other bones) muscles, joints, and …
How Chiropractic can help you maintain good posture
Posture is the position in which we hold our bodies while standing, sitting, or lying down. Healthy posture requires the correct balance of muscle activation against gravity. Our everyday movements and positions can result in poor postural habits and lead to pain and potentially permanent damage. A healthy posture helps us stand, walk, sit and …
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Stop blocking your own path to success!
Want to eat healthily? But keep reaching for the chocolate? Want to exercise? But the latest Netflix series is calling your name? Want to get organised? But there is too much to do? I still remember when I was 16 and learning to drive. My Dad took me out for practice, (after the obligatory …
How to naturally boost your mood.
Are you feeling like you are in chronic pain? Do you feel dissatisfied with life? Are you feeling unloved and distant from everyone? Are your moods fluctuating frequently? If you said yes, you will like this article on how to naturally boost your mood!! The problems above are very common, I hear them from …
Slow Bowels? Estrogen Dominance?
Slow bowels? Only pooping every few days? Are you also noticing? Heavy painful periods Swollen tender breasts Increased body fat on hips and thighs Headaches/migraines Mood swings creating irritability or impatience Did you know your slow bowel movements could be creating these signs of estrogen dominance? When your body is done with the estrogen it …
Are you as Mobile as you Think?
During March, I will be asking my patients to get more mobile for Mobility Month! A recent survey by the Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA) found that one in ten Australians claim their pain hindered their ability to play with their children; one in ten indicated impacts on intimate relationships; and one in 20 realised their …
Slow metabolism? – How lifting weights can help.
“I have a slow metabolism” A phrase I have caught myself saying and hear often from my clients. What does it mean? What is metabolism really? How does it affect your weight? I have often felt I have a slow metabolism. I have decided that if a famine hit Australia, I would be fine. My …
The Dangers of a Sedentary Lifestyle
I often talk about the benefits of movement, I generally like to focus people on the positives of behaviour change. That’s just me. I like to look at the happy and positive side of life! But sometimes we need to hear the truth. The truth about the lack of movement is that it kills. The …
Do I need to exercise?
I have been working through my own “Thrive After 35” program leading up to Christmas. In this program, there are 4 main pillars of health building to get women over 35 feelings fantastic in their own skin again. One of the pillars is movement. Moving our bodies is vital for health. As a chiropractor who works with …
Feeling Forgetful – especially since the Pandemic?
I have caught myself in the last few days and weeks walking into a room and having no idea why I am there. Was I getting a jumper? (nope, not cold) Was I getting a pen? (nope, it’s already in my hand) Was it to get a phone recharger? (nope, forgotten where I even put …
17 Surprising benefits to walking
The hint of spring and warmer weather is here. Although as I type this it is about 10 degrees celsius outside, freezing and raining. But I have had a few glimpses of sunshine, in the last week or so, that has given me hope that summer is on its way. I even went for a …
7 ways to naturally boost your energy
Most women I know are running around ragged. They are tired yet wired. The spark in their eyes has gone and the bounce has disappeared out of their step. Does this sound like you? I am here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be this way. These are some quick and easy tips …