Odds are that you know someone who has been diagnosed with a scoliosis, or maybe you are someone who’s had a diagnosis of scoliosis. What does scoliosis actually mean? Is scoliosis something you can expect to improve as time goes on or should you seek treatment for...
Can Cracking My Own Neck Cause Harm? “Can cracking my own neck cause harm?” This is a question I hear all too often in practice. The short answer is yes, it can. While the immediate sensation might feel like relief, the long-term odds of compounding the underlying...
“Love is the synergy and synchronicity of complementary opposites” – Dr John Demartini With February being the month of love I thought it appropriate to discuss this subject which Hollywood and social media has distorted to such an extent that it has become...
In humans, regeneration is the replacement of old and damaged cells by new and healthy ones. It is a vital part of the healing process but it also occurs in undamaged tissue. Different tissues regenerate at varying speeds. A bone is completely regenerated roughly...
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...
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...
Misconceptions About Pain: Why the "Alarm Bell" Isn't the Whole Story Every person on this planet has experienced pain. It can be dull, sharp, burning, or aching, and its origins are just as varied. Pain isn't always about physical tissue damage; psychosomatic pain...
We as a society are probably more obsessed with movement than any other in the history of the world. I believe this is largely because we are also the generation who does the least amount of it in comparison to any other before us. Most of us are also bombarded day in...
Why Posture Is Not About Effort Hands up if you’ve ever been told to “stop slouching” or to “stand up straight”. What if posture isn’t about trying harder? What if it’s not your job to hold your body up - but your body’s job to hold you up? Where Posture Really Begins...
It is widely accepted that athletes are constantly in search of ways to improve and increase levels of performance. With the war on doping raging on, finding ways to optimise performance without turning to chemicals is important. The spine is susceptible to joint...
