Category Archives: Chiropractic & Massage

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What’s a good pillow to buy?

Your body is good at doing what you ask it to do but it also loves some external support from time to time to ease the load.  A contour pillow is what you should be looking for to provide external support for your neck and shoulders, easing the load of your head while you sleep. Contour [...]  [Read more...]

Neck, back and leg pain? Check out the Psoas!

You’ve probably never heard of the Psoas muscle but it could be the key to relieving leg, back and neck pain.  Releasing the Psoas allows your body to comfortably stand upright and relax, relieving pain and tightness from your feet all the way up to your head. Your Psoas runs from your low back, through your [...]  [Read more...]

Headaches and chiropractic care

Hand up if you think it’s normal to have a couple of headaches a week.  Is it normal and healthy to reach for the panadol on a regular basis – regular being more than once every six months? Headaches should not be part of your daily life.  Even headaches once a month for us women is [...]  [Read more...]

40 seconds a day to release neck tension

Let’s face it, keeping good posture in front of a computer screen is quite difficult and requires a high degree of body awareness.  Every day Sarah, Joanne and myself see people who are suffering from neck pain as a result of a long work day in front of a screen. If you don’t do something about [...]  [Read more...]

10 Reasons to Take Your Kids to See a Chiropractor

Here are the 10 reasons to take your kids to see a Chiroprator.  [Read more...]

Can Sleeping on Your Stomach Cause Back pain?

In a word…yes! Stomach sleepers have to turn their head to one side in order to breathe. This creates tension in the muscles of the neck and upper spine. Think about doing this for up to 8 hours a night and you can see why this might cause a problem. Also, sleeping on [...]  [Read more...]