Eating For Immunity: Eating healthy foods during the winter season or while you are sick can help speed up your recovery and may help you stay better longer. While sick, it’s important to give your digestive system a break by eating easily digestible, nutrient-dense foods. Here are a few ideas to get started… Start with […]
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Why you don’t need a stronger lower back to stop lower back pain
Lower back pain is a common occurrence, with anywhere from 70-90% of Australians likely to experience lower back pain at some point in their life. In practice, this common presentation can be due to a variety of factors. As a practitioner we always aim to find the underlying problem that has lead to your pain […]
Why Your Neck Pain Might Be a Modern Epidemic in Disguise
If you’ve ever felt neck pain or stiffness after spending hours looking down at your phone, you’re not alone. This modern-day issue, known as text neck, is becoming increasingly common. With smartphone use on the rise, more people are experiencing neck tension, shoulder pain, and postural problems linked to mobile device habits. In this article, […]
3 Benefits of Chiropractic Care — Even If You’re Not in Pain
Local Lane Cove chiropractor discuss why chiropractic is not just for neck pain. When most people think of chiropractic care, they associate it with back pain, neck pain, or injury recovery. However, seeing a chiropractor isn’t just for those experiencing discomfort. In fact, regular chiropractic visits can be a proactive step toward better overall health […]
The Importance of Sleep for Recovery and Well-being
Sleep is one of the most powerful tools for recovery and overall well-being, yet it’s often overlooked. Whether you’re dealing with stress, muscle fatigue, or simply trying to function at your best, quality sleep is essential. It plays a critical role in physical repair, mental clarity, and nervous system regulation. But what exactly happens when […]
Tips to help maintain your health and well being in 2025
It’s another new year and another January. Like many, you may be looking at your health and realising it’s not where you want it to be. Life can sometimes feel like a juggling act, balancing careers, family, and personal commitments. Between the hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy for your health and fitness goals […]
Is The Gym Helping Your Posture?
With more and more people sitting down for a living, postural issues are becoming increasingly common. I often hear people say “It hurts when I sit with good posture”, or “I feel as though my muscles get tired sitting with good posture”. If this is you then your first thought should be “I need to […]
Squatting Is Bad for Your Knees…What The Function?
Once upon a time, and not that long ago, if you went to your doctor with back pain you were told to rest. The best practice was to take some painkillers and stay in bed. Fast forward to today and we know that this is not the best and if anything can make your pain […]
Posture headaches & chiropractic care
Is the daily grind giving you headaches? Using your phone or sitting looking at a computer screen for long periods of time? Upper back and neck tension is a major contributing factor to headaches, largely due to the prolonged posture people endure at work. The optimal posture has you sitting upright, shoulders down, back and […]
Stiff necks can be such a pain
Studies indicate that on average 10-20% of Australians will experience neck pain at some point throughout the year. Sources of pain can come from different parts of the body, pain can be generated from muscles, nerves, joints and non mechanical (i.e from organs and other health issues). Most neck pain will come from mechanical origin, […]
You gotta move!
It‘s crazy to think that doctors once used to prescribe cigarette smoking to help with respiratory problems. Some doctors believed illness came from dust, germs and lack of menthol and that cigarettes were the cure! Nowadays, we look at that advice and laugh. A sad, ironic laugh admittedly, but a laugh nonetheless! It’s hard to […]
Back pain after birth / post-partum
Being a chiropractor and being married to a chiropractor has given me the luxury of being regularly adjusted since my mid-twenties, and no times were more important than during pregnancy and postpartum. Interestingly all my pregnancies were very different and my health and chiropractic needs were also different. With my first pregnancy, I ran until […]
Chiro Care for She Births
Chiropractors are not allowed to claim that chiropractic can help with much when it comes to conception, pregnancy and post partum. However what we have noticed are consistent case studies where chiropractic, especially teamed with other holistic modalities and healthy life style habits can have a positive impact on fertility, a healthy pregnancy and birth […]
Coming back stronger to avoid re-injury
It is a common story that we hear time and time again in clinic, and that you have probably heard friends, family or even professional athletes say; “I have a dodgy (insert body part) that I always injure”, or “my (insert body part) is weak and always causes me issues”. This is often the case […]
Hamstring injuries
Hamstring strains happen when any of the large muscles or its tendons at the back of your leg is stretched beyond what it can withstand. Strains of your hamstring can be very painful and are fairly common in sports activities requiring the athlete to forcefully accelerate, such as running, football, rugby and basketball. As I […]
5 tips to help you return to training post COVID
The gyms will be open soon and many people are jumping for joy that they can now train. For some, the last few months has seen training take a new shape, with online classes and walks outdoors. For others the last few months, a trip to the fridge may have been the largest energy expenditure […]
