Test Your Ability To Prevent Injury
When I went through my training to learn how to be an osteopath and a chiropractor what I was frequently told is that we prevent conditions recurring. After all we know prevention is better than the cure. However in practice at the time I found very few people practicing this. So what I did was […]
Back In 5
If you get into trouble and have treatment which feels good, but then don’t look to prevent it from coming back so end up going back to your bad habits, only for the condition to return. The reason for that is biology, bad habits and common sense. Once my patients have gone through their main […]
SCIATICA? Then Ask This…
You have probably come across this famous “condition” SCIATICA. It can be a very debilitating condition. If you a professional ever diagnoses you with sciatica I would implore to ask them what is the cause. You see, the definition of sciatica is: Pain in the distribution of the sciatic nerve This means that sciatica only […]
How To Tell If Your Condition Is ACUTE or CHRONIC
I see a number of people in my clinic with some type of injury or pain initially. It often will affect how they can function correctly. They often describe their condition as “chronic”. However they are not always right. See the word chronic is related to the word chronology, meaning when something has happened in […]
Desk Posture Tips
If you are someone who spends time at any type of desk, whether it be working from home on a dining table, or in a proper office set up at home, or if you’re in a professional set up in a commercial building and you work in an office building where you are sitting down […]
How To Carry Your Bag Correctly
If you have trouble carrying all the things that you need to carry to work, school, or where ever you have to go to on the weekends, then I am going to give you some tips on how to make sure you wear the bag correctly for you.
How To Breathe & It’s Effect On Your Health
It may seem strange to be posting content around how to breathe correctly and more effectively. Most people, although have been breathing all their lives, and not even give it much conscious thought as it takes care of itself. It sort of happens in the background rather than for us to consciously worry about breathing […]
Can Posture Affect Blood Pressure?
Did you know there’s a relationship between blood pressure and your posture? See, the pressure in your body, in your blood vessels can actually change depending on what you are doing, in terms of activity and physical demand. But it can also be affected by your physical posture – how you are holding yourself. Now […]
Spondylosis – why everyone gets it & what to do about it
You know when people talk about getting “wear & tear”, well what they are describing when referring to the spine is Spondylosis. This is not something to necessarily be afraid of. Our spine goes through various stages of degeneration. See the video for how this occurs. Although this happens anyway, the choice we have is […]
Spine Cracking – is it safe?
Have you ever had the urge to crack your own joints? Have you been obsessed with watching all these chiropractic videos online which shows people having their joints adjustments and spine cracked? I’m going to tell you whether it’s safe and if you should even have it done. As a professional chiropractor and osteopath I […]