Chinese New Year is also known as the spring festival, as it marks the end of the coldest days, and brings a fresh start. Firecrackers are supposed to scare off bad luck, which is done at midnight on New Year’s Eve – although I remember when I was studying post-grad acupuncture in Guangzhou, they were […]
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Detoxing with Pamela Nelson
After the festive season it’s a great idea to reboot your body with a detox which is a health reset focused on healing and regenerating your digestive tract. Detoxing is not just about your diet, it must also address physical, emotional, spiritual and mental issues to achieve overall good health. Eating only whole, clean foods […]
Acupuncture and Inflammation
Inflammation is commonly a response to some form of injury or trauma. The idea behind inflammation is to flood the injury site with white blood cells, natural killer cells, etc to help clear the site from foreign debris or pathogens, in order to promote healing. But with all these extra cells in a location where […]
Healthy habits for 2021
A glass of lemon water, magnesium, NADH and vitamin C supplements, organic food, no gluten, 30 minutes of exercise daily, and 10 minutes of mindfulness is all I can honestly say I do consistently throughout the year. My intention is to do a whole lot more for my health but inevitably I don’t maintain my […]
Out of the Woods
This year I had the most wonderful opportunity to experience Thanksgiving with some beautiful friends. Whilst Thanksgiving is not necessarily an Australian tradition, I just loved the opportunity to sit with beautiful friends and reflect on what we were grateful for this year. My friend who hosted also prepared handouts (yes she is a teacher!) […]
Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Chewy Gingerbread Cookies Ingredients (makes approximately 12 cookies) 1 cup Almond Flour 1/4 cup Coconut Flour 1.5 tsp Baking Powder 2 tsp Ground Ginger 1 tsp Cinnamon 3 tbsp Coconut Oil (melted) 1 Egg (room temp) 1 tsp vanilla paste 1/4 cup Molasses 1/4 cup Maple Syrup Instructions: Preheat the oven to 180 ºC and […]
Menstrual Magic 8 week online course
A self-inquiry journey to activate your feminine essence & reclaim your womb power The magic of your menstruation cycle can be found through a practice called Menstrual Cycle Awareness (MCA), also known as the “Inner Yoga for Women”. It’s a daily mindfulness practice, the medicine to your menstrual symptoms and the activation of your feminine […]
Nutritionist’s tips for the Christmas holidays
Christmas holidays are just around the corner, and that means parties, celebrations, big lunches and dinners. Even the most “diet-conscious” can over indulge and binge, especially during holidays and celebrations. What to do the next day? Panic and take expensive detox products? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Here’s some Nutritionist tips on what to do after a big […]
Christmas and Movement
The Christmas build up has begun and in the middle of the never ending to do list, finding time to exercise can be a challenge. We’re out socialising on Christmas dos and up late online shopping for the perfect present, after a long day it seems easier to flop onto the sofa with a ready […]
Facial Acupuncture
Yes it’s Christmas time again, that perfect time to treat yourself or a loved one to a personal experience towards their health and inner happiness. Cosmetic Acupuncture also known as Facial Rejuvenation, this form of Acupuncture was only for the Emperors Concubine and High Ranking Officials of the Court during the Sui and Tang Dynasties […]
Healthy Living from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Improving your Sleep Sleep is indispensable and a way for the body to rest and recover. As one of the pillars of health, quality sleep can become more and more difficult due to aging or disturbances in one’s personal or work life. Unfortunately this often leads to a vicious cycle of poor sleep and poor […]
Pain and Movement
Relaxed movement and physical activity are vital to helping you manage your pain to keep doing the everyday things that are important to you. After an acute injury (for example rolling your ankle or hurting your back), the body’s first natural instinct is to tense up and protect the body. Naturally, this will result in […]
Out of the Woods
Most people will suffer pain in their lifetime. For some people it may be rare and for others it may be a constant battle. People suffer varying levels of physical pain for so many different reasons – acute injuries, chronic injuries, accidents, post-operative, bites/stings and these are just the tip of the iceberg. Some are […]
How Acupuncture may help Posture, Pain and Movement
How acupuncture may help with posture, pain and movement? Muscles should be limber or flaccid when not active and should only tense up when activated. If this doesn’t happen then you can consider it as some form of muscular dysfunction. When different areas start to tighten up it can cause dysfunctional movement of the areas […]
Posture, pain and massage
As a massage therapist I have helped a lot of people over the last few months managing their pain related to working from home. It has been clear that many people not only don’t have the proper work environment set up at home, but are also staying in the one position, slouched over a coffee […]
Top 3 reasons your hip flexors are tight
If you have been to a practitioner whether it be chiropractor, physiotherapist or massage therapist, you may have been told that your hip flexors are tight. They may have told you that this is the cause of your lower back or hip issues. Before we go into them let’s discuss what is the hip flexor? […]
Designed to Move Well
From birth, and even in the uterus, movement is life. Movement runs the brain and literally, ‘if we don’t move it, we lose it!’ This is why god forbid, if we ever have a car accident, a physical therapist is employed and assigned to come in and move your limbs for you. The movement helps […]
Active care
What is Active Care? Active care refers to using exercise to help you to recover as quickly as possible from injury and most importantly to continue to stay strong so that you can prevent re-injury down the line. That might be mobility exercises for an area that does not move as well as it should, […]
Out of the Woods Functional movement month
This month our focus in on awareness of functional movement. Do you know what the seven functional movement patterns are? If so, can you perform them optimally? If not, are you working towards that goal? Functional movement is talked about in many walks of life these days including elite athletes, yoga, pilates, cross fit and […]
Sever’s Disease in the Young Athlete
Sever’s Disease is one of the most common overuse injuries in the young athlete that we will see as Physiotherapists. It can be a largely debilitating injury that can progressively worsen over time, leading to some catastrophic results if not treated and managed correctly. Having been that young athlete myself, it has become a passion […]
