Chiropractors, pediatricians and orthopedic surgeons alike agree that backpacks are a problem for a child’s spine. While a backpack alone may not cause major problems, overloading and improper carrying of a backpack can lead to headaches, neck, shoulder, and lower back pain. According to an article published in Spine, “Of the 1,122 backpack users, 74% […]
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Top 10 Free Health Apps
Whether you have a Smartphone or tablet, there’s an amazing range of food, fitness and fat loss apps for you to download. After consulting friends, app reviews, practice members and my own mobile phone, I have developed a list of the 10 best free apps that can assist in boosting your health and well being. […]
Staying Healthy This Winter
It’s cold, wet and miserable outside. The fire place is roaring. You haven’t seen the sun for a few weeks. You try and find the gloves and scarves you put in the box that lives in the bottom of the wardrobe. Yep, you have guessed it, its winter time! The season where runny noses, coughs […]
What is Wellness?
“Wellness” has become a buzzword among the public and health care practitioners alike. But what exactly does it mean, and how can people benefit from it? Wellness is defined as a proactive process of making healthy lifestyle choices that lead toward a greater quality of life. Dr James Chestnut (B.Ed., M.Sc., D.C., C.C.W.P) describes it […]
Dr Marc’s Chiropractic Story
Let me ask you a question, what does it take to be truly healthy? Is it having no symptoms, or is it something much more? My Chiropractic story began in 1997 while studying the health sciences at Adelaide University, majoring in Cell Physiology, Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry. Through my research I began to see the […]
Drugs not the answer for that pain in the neck
Neck pain affects three out of every four people at one stage in their lives. In a recently published study, research showed that for those with neck pain, chiropractic care had significantly more pain relief benefit than medication. Year 12 students swatting for their final exams should think twice about taking drugs for that pain […]