Working From Home Guide: How To Make Working From Home, Work For You Many Australians currently find themselves adjusting to working from home in order to help protect themselves and those in their community. But this doesn’t mean we have to let our spinal health and overall wellbeing lapse. In these difficult times, it is important to remember to put … Read More

Stay Healthy at Home During Lockdown: Remote Work Ergonomics With so many people working from home for the past four or more weeks, I’m noticing patients coming to my chiropractic clinic with issues related to their new working environment as well as their stay at home lifestyle. I have seen a trend of patients presenting for treatment with a range … Read More

Ergonomics at Home: Improving Your WFH Posture One of the big changes we’ve immediately seen since the COVID-19 outbreak is the mass movement of people leaving their nice ergonomic office spaces to instead work from home. This has no doubt made massive changes to everyone’s workday but also to their posture. An ergonomic workstation setup will prevent you from suffering … Read More

COVID-19 Update: We’re Open! As we continue to learn more about the constantly changing COVID-19 environment, the safety of our patients and staff remains our highest priority. We understand our communities concerns and are doing everything possible to continue providing you with our necessary services. The government has deemed allied health care providers including chiropractors as an essential healthcare service … Read More

TMJD: How to Recognise and Treat Jaw Pain Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJD) or more simply put, jaw pain, is a common condition that is estimated to affect approximately 12% of the population at some point in their life. Learn the causes and symptoms of TMJD as well as the best actions to take to treat jaw pain. What is TMJD? … Read More

Ergonomics for Kids: Part 2 – Chiropractic Approved Tips to Prevent Tech Neck ‘Tech neck’, also known as text neck, is a new term used to describe neck pain or injuries caused from looking at computer screens, smartphones or tablets for extended periods of time. With children spending a significant amount of time on screens from a young age, health … Read More

Stretches to Relieve Back Pain and Strengthen the Spine Stretching is essential for maintaining a strong and stable spine. These are some of my favourite stretches to relieve back pain by releasing tension in muscles that are prone to getting short and tight. When muscle imbalances occur this puts a lot of pressure on the spine and pelvis. Adding these … Read More

How to Strengthen Your Core the Right Way Reduce back pain and injury using my simple tips to strengthen your core! Good abdominal strength is a vital part of creating a bulletproof back. The deep layer of your core or transverse abdominals (TA) is a very strong muscle and directly supports your lumbar spine. If the TA isn’t strong or … Read More

5 Lifting Techniques to Prevent Lumbar Strain Injury As a chiropractor I have many of my patients coming into the practice with lower back and lumbar strain injury. These are commonly caused from poor lifting techniques or lifting something that someone simply didn’t have the strength to lift. Back pain is a common indicator behind a lower back injury. The … Read More

With half of Australians not being physically active and back problems reported as number one globally, Australians of all ages are putting their spinal health and wellbeing at risk.  To combat this epidemic, people of all ages are encouraged to keep their spines active. This initiative aims to highlight the importance of physical activity, movement and exercise for maintaining spinal … Read More