Chiropractor Dr. Alex Hopwood talks to Sue Williams about how you can look after your spine after hunching over your computer, mobile and tablet. We all spend so much time bent over electronic devices these days, we’re facing a virtual epidemic of rounded shoulders and extended necks, or what Dr Alex Hopwood (pictured below) calls “cyber-slump”. […]
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What Is The QL Muscle And How Can Massage Help?
Lower back pain is one of the most common injuries I see as a massage therapist, and a lot of clients don’t know that regular massage can improve pain and stiffness in the lower back. Some causes of lower back pain arise from sitting for too long, poor upper back posture and also weak muscles that […]
Injury Prevention: Hip Issues In Dancers
Dance is a very physically demanding sport; all muscles and joints need to work efficiently to allow the dancer to perform pain and injury free. One area of the body where dancers usually experience injury is the hips, where a generous range of motion is required to create beautiful lines which is a must for […]
Healthy Minestrone Recipe
Ingredients 500 grams organic beef bones/chicken pieces (wings/legs/necks) For vegetarian option- use 1 L of organic vegetable stock + 2 cups water Extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped 2 medium ribs celery, chopped 2 cups chopped seasonal vegetables (potatoes, pumpkin, zucchini, green beans or peas all work) 4 cloves garlic, pressed […]
The Case For Eating Chocolate
Easter is a month away, and the supermarkets are full of chocolate eggs, bunnies and other furry, critter-shaped chocolates. It’s hard to resist, and you almost certainly know you’ll overeat it over the Easter period (if not before!). Clients often ask me ‘What’s your naughty treat?’, or ‘When you’re going to indulge in something, what […]
How is Chronic Inflammation Affecting Us?
How is Chronic Inflammation Affecting Us? Inflammation has been receiving more and more attention as researchers are developing a better understanding on how it is expressed in the body. Gone are the days of the idea that inflammation is just a reaction when you get a paper cut or catch the common cold. Chronic inflammation […]
How Present Periods affect Future Fertility
How Present Periods affect Future Fertility When treating women with Traditional Chinese Medicine principles, we always take and keep records of the menstrual cycle as a guide to their general health, as well as their reproductive health. This enables the practitioner to be aware of the possibility of different syndromes occurring now in a woman’s […]
5 nutrients to eat to get immune-ready for autumn
5 nutrients to eat to get immune ready for autumn Autumn and winter are the ideal times of year for picking up some nasty bugs leading to colds and flu. However, adjusting your diet to include seasonal foods can help you strengthen your immunity and help you become winter ready! Check out these top 5 […]
Easter chocolate cake / cupcake recipe
Easter chocolate cake / cupcake recipe Ingredients – Cake 100g sugar free, dairy free chocolate (or try our homemade chocolate recipe here!) 1 cup almond meal 1 cup banana flour (you can just use 2 cups almond flour if you don’t have or like banana flour) 1 cup milk (we use Coco Quench) 100g coconut […]
Healthy homemade chocolate recipe
Healthy homemade chocolate recipe Makes 300g chocolate, or more depending on additions. Ingredients 300g raw cacao butter, chopped or purchased as buttons 40-80g raw cacao powder 30-70g sweetener (honey, maple syrup, rice malt syrup, coconut nectar) 1-2 tsp vanilla bean powder or natural vanilla extract 4-6 pinches of ground sea or Himalayan salt Optional extras […]
How to do Easter the healthy way
Whether Easter is a religious celebration or an excuse to eat chocolate for you, there is no need to let the Easter festivities get you off track from your health goals. In our home, the focus is soundly on spending quality time with family and enjoying yummy food. Each year I create an Easter scavenger […]
Interview with Lara Creber from Healthy Habit Fitness
Health Space Chiropractor, Jennifer Lew interviews Lara Creber, Business owner/Entrepreneur/PT from Healthy Habit Fitness. What made you get into the health/fitness industry? Always a fitness person at school, however decided to take a different path at Uni over in the UK. When I came to Australia I realised that was a mistake! and I came back […]
Interview with a Personal Trainer: Simon from Vision Five Dock
How were you introduced to PT? Tell us about your PT Journey? My cousin used to own the Vision Drummoyne studio – he helped me get back into shape after several years of neglect. He proposed the idea of being a PT – at the time I thought we was crazy. When he floated the […]
Banana, Coconut, and Blueberry Slice
Check out this Nutritionist approved recipe for a delicious and nutritious dessert slice. Ingredients: 4 bananas, mashed 1C coconut flour 1/2C lentil flour 1C shredded coconut Tbsp ground cinnamon Tbsp ground ginger 1/2C linseed and chia meal 3tbsp honey Pinch salt 1/2C water 1 punnet blueberries or 1C frozen Method: Mix all the ingredients into […]
Cacao and Walnut Slice
Check out this Nutritionist approved recipe for a delicious and nutritious dessert slice. Ingredients: 300g gluten free self raising flour 100g LSA 50g cacao powder 1/2 tsp salt 50g chia seeds soaked with- 150ml coconut water 100ml coconut milk 2 eggs 50g honey 1/2 cup of crushed walnuts Method: Heat oven to 150 degrees Celsius […]
Survival in modern day life-Practical Tools
Life seems to be moving at an accelerated pace in modern times. We seem to have more demands placed on us, deadlines, endless goals to achieve, constant striving and projections into the future about how we aspire our lives to be. The discourse about the need for constant expansion in the societal and economic landscapes […]
Interview with Yoga Village
Kinesiologist Jeanne Santosa sat down with the Co-owners of Yoga Village to chat about their studio & offerings. I assume it’s been an exciting start to the year for you within Yoga Village recently changing hands. Could you tell me a little bit about the new owners? You’re right, it’s been so exciting taking over […]
Interview with Acupuncturist & Herbalist Daria
We recently sat down for an interview with our new Acupuncturists, Daria. Have a read to find out more about her and what got her into Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Tell us what made you study TCM? I was lucky enough to grow up in an environment where health and wellbeing were top priority, instilling […]
How Healing Your Gut Can Help Your Thyroid Issues
Hashimoto’s disease is one of the most common autoimmune conditions we see in clinic. It is the main cause of hypothyroidism. Although Hashimoto’s disease is an organ specific autoimmune disease, which means it affects just the thyroid, it’s cause is in many cases inflammation outside the thyroid gland, most often in the gut. Here I […]
Interview with Lean Bean
What’s Lean Bean Fitness all about? Fun, un-intimidating female fitness. All classes are based on continuous functional body weight movement with plenty of variety combining Pilates, Barre, Hiit and strength training. What would you say are your signature workouts? Our signature workouts include BarreBeans, PowerBeans, BeanStrong, BeanBod (pilates), PregnantBeans and BabyMummaBeans (BYO babies). We heard […]
