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7 Backpack Posture Tips
Research confirms that heavy backpacks can be a burden on children’s posture. Wearing backpacks that are too heavy can cause serious strain on the body, compromising structural stability. According to the National Safety Council (2018), over loaded backpacks can cause...
Restart
We innately fear it. Society shuns it. Yet, it is one of the things the masters of all forms embrace and seek out. This month, we’re talking about failure and the gift it brings. Firstly, let's orientate ourselves to the idea of failure. You did something that didn’t...
2019 in a Nutshell
What a year 2019 has been. In January, Dr Greg and Dr Donne attended another two paediatric seminars (Joburg and Durban) with Dr Steve Williams on Pregnancy and Birth Trauma and Neonatal Examination, Spinal and Cranial Correction, Plagiocephaly and Neurobehavioral...
Are your children living life to their full potential?
Your children don’t have any back pain, neck pain, headaches or injuries so they don’t need Chiropractic, right? Or is it? Your nervous system is the master control system of your body, controlling everything from breathing to growth to concentration to your skin and...
Are We Broken
24% of Kids on Prescription Drugs! A quarter of all the kids in the US are on prescription drugs? My first reaction was to think that this has to be wrong but in September 2011 the US National Centre for Health Statistics published a study that said exactly that....
How to be healthy
As a Chiropractor, I spend my days engaging with people who are seeking health. Health for themselves, for a loved one, for an employee. But are they really seeking health? For some, I would say an emphatic yes. The lack of health or perhaps more accurately, the...
Why, What, How, What Next
I recently watched a series about Bill Gates and it ends with a quote from his mother that says, “Ultimately, it’s not what you get or even what you give. It’s what you become” I think we’ve all thought at one point or another about what or who we want to become. When...
Pain
There’s not a soul on this planet that hasn’t experienced pain at some point. Now pain may come in many different forms. It can be dull, sharp, burning, aching, etc. It can have many different causes. For example, not all pain is caused by physical damage....
Holiday Travel Tips
Holiday Travel Tips: Holidays are an exciting time of the year however, it can be a time that some of us dread. Not only are you stuck in a car or aeroplane for hours, but the stress of organising, packing and getting out the door can be huge and have an impact on our...
Fever, Friend or Foe?
Fever is one of the main reasons that parents seek out help from a doctor. While it is important for infants younger than 3 months old to be checked out as soon as possible if they have a fever, in otherwise healthy children older than 3 months it is a positive sign...