Why is everyone talking about protein?
The word 'protein' can induce all kinds of different responses. When doing your weekly shop, seeing all those powders and bars, can make it easy to think this is solely the domain of ripped bodybuilders. But what if you’re just an average Joe (or Jane) who isn’t...
Can chiropractic care help with stress?
Modern life can be stressful—the constant demands of longer work hours, an increasingly blurred line between business and personal lives, the 24-hour nature of information bombarding our brains, family tensions, raising kids in a confusing new age, grief, financial...
What’s the Deal with Cold Water Therapy?
You’ve likely heard someone in your circles talking about it—ice baths, cold showers, mid-winter swims. If you haven’t yet tried cold water therapy, it might seem like a hard sell, especially as we’re just emerging from winter. So why is everyone doing it?Cold water...
How five minutes of stretching in the morning could significantly improve your health.
Do you sometimes feel the list of things you should be doing for your health is exhausting? Drinking enough water, getting out to exercise, eating lots of greens, reducing your screen time, cooking healthy food from scratch - it can feel like a whole extra job! But...
Why getting good sleep may be the most important thing you do for yourself
Everyone talks about the importance of good sleep - something we’re all a bit short of as streaming services and social media eat further into our rest time - you know how it goes “just one more episode!” right? But it’s not just about feeling rested the next day,...
10 alternatives to screen time this holidays
We understand that school holidays can be a challenge with kids at home. If you’re trying to get work done, it’s very easy to get stuck in a habit of letting them watch a lot of TV or YouTube or spend time on their phones so you can at least achieve something. As...
How can we use technology to improve our health?
We talk a lot about the perils of modern technology, mainly because, as chiropractors, we see the adverse results of phone and computer use in our daily work. But can technology also be a positive tool in the overall quest for better health? It definitely can, and...
Healthy eating habits for winter
As the temperatures drop and the appeal of winter puddings and calorie-dense comfort food take hold, it can be harder to eat healthily. In summer it’s all light food, fruit, seafood, barbequed meat and salads loaded with colourful veggies, but that often doesn’t cut...
Is your tech usage affecting your spinal alignment?
In a world that’s much more about sitting down than moving around and much more about working on devices than ploughing fields like our ancestors, we need to be careful about the effects of our posture on our general health. Our previously more active lives required a...
Understanding what chiropractic can – and can’t – do for you
If you’re receiving this newsletter you likely already know a thing or two about why chiropractic is a great and safe option for alleviating pain and discomfort. But sometimes people think the focus on the spine means you only make an appointment when you have a sore...
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