Healthy Mind, Body & Home

Find out what movement snacks are, how easy they are to implement into day to day life, and how they can elevate your productivity!

What is holistic healthcare & how do you nourish your physical, social and mental health? Learn what it means when we say that osteopathy is a holistic manual therapy!

Stress is a normal human physiological response that occurs in everyone when exposed to new or challenging situations. Stress prepares and allows for your body to handle these challenges. Here’s a few tips on how you can manage your stress…

Have you been feeling better after treatment, and want it to last longer? Maybe you really enjoy the benefits of treatment but feel like you need to keep coming back to feel the same way. This is a big sign that your body likes manual therapy and hands on treatment, but it’s missing another key stimulus - exercise! Read on to learn about the importance of exercise for overall wellbeing!

Headache disorders are amongst the most prevalent neurological disorders worldwide that commonly effect people between 20-40 years of age and have an array of presentations. Understanding why you are experiencing and what type of headaches you are experiencing is important. Headaches rarely need more than a good history and physical examination for a diagnosis however further investigations may be needed in some cases. Written by Osteopath: Dr Larson Paulding

It is important to remember that inflammation is a normal and important process, and most of the time will settle on its own. However, if you feel that chronic inflammation is impacting your health make sure to check in with your health care professionals(including your osteopath) to get some advice and assistance. Written by Osteopath: Dr Jess Mason

This year has been extraordinarily challenging for so many of us around the world. The social, economic and emotional implications of the global pandemic have had a huge impact on our lives. Everyone’s experience of 2020 has been very different, so the way we integrate into the world after lockdown will also vary a lot! Try not to compare yourself with others, and allow yourself all the time you need to step back into the new-normal.

Hypochlorhydria – A bit of a mouthful, but surprisingly common! Symptoms of low stomach acid are related to impaired digestion, increased susceptibility to infection, and reduced absorption of nutrients from food. Many chronic health conditions have been associated with low levels of stomach acid. These include conditions such as allergies, thyroiddys function, acne, psoriasis/eczema and autoimmune disorders. If you have questions or concerns about your symptoms or risk factors for low stomach acid production, speak with a healthcare practitioner. They can help develop a treatment plan that is best for you.

Gluten has become quite the talking point in recent years. Despite only around 1% of the population suffering from Coeliac disease, the consumption of gluten-free products has sky-rocketed over the past 3 decades. With fad diets coming and going constantly, why has the gluten-free movement stuck around for so long? Let’s look into this more closely…

At least 39.2% of the population experience one symptom of jaw pain and it can present itself as clicking, locking or grinding of the joint that joins your jaw bone (mandible) to your head bone (temporal bone in the skull). You may even experience tension and or a dull ache in your jaw below your ear. If this sounds like you, then you may be experiencing a symptom of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD). 

When it comes to heart health and obesity, cholesterol gets a lot of attention. Cholesterol also plays a role in several neural pathways associated with behaviour and mood. Learn more about cholesterol, the different types, and why you need a good balance of HDL and LDL cholesterol.

Many of us have found ourselves more sedentary bound than ever before and working from home due to the current circumstances. Our goal is to provide you with some simple strategies that you can easily implement into your workstation to help improve your comfortability, efficiency, and productivity.