Health Tips
Mobility March - Are you as mobile as you think?
A recent survey by the Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA) found that one in ten Australians claim their pain hindered their ability to play with their children; one in ten indicated this pain impacted their intimate relationships, and one in 20 affirmed their persistent pain resulted in increased friction with their partner.
What is Bowen Therapy, and how can it help you stay healthy?
Bowen Therapy can help alleviate pain and discomfort associated with various physical issues such as back pain, neck pain, headaches, and joint pain. By working on the muscles, tendons and fascia, Bowen Therapy helps restore body balance and relieve tension, which in turn helps reduce pain and discomfort
How to create an ergonomic study area for your kids
Setting your child up for back-to-school success includes packing healthy lunches and encouraging school sports, but there are ways you can support your child’s health at home too. One of these includes creating an ergonomic study area
7 Ways to be healthier over Christmas
During this period, your regular gym may be closed, but you can still continue to exercise without working out. Take advantage of the weather and get outdoors with family members and friends.
5 Reasons why you need a Remedial Massage
Massage therapy assists by targeting the specific muscles and connective tissues causing pain. The therapist will use techniques such as effleurage, petrissage, and trigger point therapy to release tension and knots in the muscle. This can help reduce inflammation and ease discomfort.
Movement & Function, Why It’s Imperative to Health
One of my biggest learning experiences over the years has been that getting older doesn’t have to mean pain and reduced mobility. Quite the opposite, in fact, it’s never too late to get optimal function back into your body.
5 Immune Boosting Ways To Stay Healthy Over Winter
Here are 5 simple (and 100% natural) immune boosting strategies for winter. With these immune-boosting staples and 5 simple steps let’s nourish, replenish and restore, as we're designed to in the cooler months.
A Camera Which Can Locate The Root of Your Pain...
We now have technology at Health Shack using digital infrared thermal imaging, able to accurately, reliably and safely capture clear images of dysfunction at the root cause of pain syndromes and other symptoms you experience.
Staying Healthy This Christmas
Create an island of clarity in a sea of confusion around what is truly healthy nutrition and how food supports your ability to thrive rather than just to survive throughout Christmas and all year round! Where’re going to start with how to do this SIMPLY with easy steps and a new perspective in understanding your health and food, with a drive so strong, you become one of those people who enjoy eating nutritiously and look to food for nourishment, as well as part of socialising and appreciating the experience.
6 Steps to Naturally Conquer Your Allergies This Spring
Somewhere along the skewed road of ‘take a pill to ‘fix’ this’ medicine, our society started believing that seasonal allergies were normal, and those all consuming itchy eyes, running nose and incessant sneezing, are just something an individual needs to deal with. Seasonal allergies are far from normal and from how your body is innately designed to function. The fact allergies are so common shows how many have inflammation and body’s which are not functioning as their optimally designed to. If you are an allergy sufferer, here are six steps to naturally conquer your allergies and help lower your body’s inflammation, providing relief from symptoms...
Grow Resilient Children with Self-Esteem With These 5 Things
We want to help our kind, empathic children spread their wings and achieve their dreams. With these five steps you can aim to guide your little ones to become the resilient, confident people they are designed to be.
4 Reasons You’re Getting Headaches & How to Relieve Them Naturally
If you’re finding headaches taking over and controlling your life, just as mine were, avoid masking the important feedback from your body with pain medication and look to address the underlying cause. Here’s just a few contributing factors to headaches I’ve learned through my ongoing chiropractic care, and how to find natural relief with each...
From Itchy to Inspired! Eczema; An Itchy Little World
Completely frustrated, heartbroken and lost, it was time to delve into science and unveil the hidden truths of eczema...
Atopic dermatitis—commonly known as eczema—is an inflammatory skin disorder that affects one out of every five children and between 5- 10% of the adult population. It's more than just itchy skin...
How to Kick Your Reliance on Pain Medication ... and a Better Alternative
Let’s face it – it’s easy to pop a little pill and forget the pain ever existed! It’s more of an effort to make changes to prevent chronic pain for the future and then even more difficult figuring out how. Once I realized I had been ignoring my body’s cries for help, numbing the signals that something wasn’t right, it was time for change. I started researching...