Weekly Wellness

Living in the biggest and busiest city in Australia pushes our sensors into overdrive. A report I read many years ago stated that the sensory stimulation we get in one day living in the 21st century is equivalent to what someone 100yrs ago got in one year. This means we are being bombarded with 365 time the sensory stimuli that needs to be processed by the brain than they did. So what might have changed in that time? !00yrs ago electricity was a relatively new thing. Now at the flick of a switch we can make midnight appear […]

Can you embrace the art of rest? Our modern world is a continual stimulation experience both consciously and subconsciously. Our sensors are constantly being bombarded by stimuli whether we realise it or not. Partly this is due to the pace of life and partly influenced by technology.  Technology that can fill a five minute spot with a distracting video or a 10 minute walk with music or a favourite podcast. We have technology now that can made midnight as bright as midday allowing us to cram more into our waking hours. Yet the body requires rest, sleep and […]

In our modern technological age we have the ability to find distractions the tip of our fingers. The consequence of this is we are loosing touch with being comfortable with ourselves. Many people can no longer sit or lay quietly without having music playing, listening to a podcast or watching YouTube or scrolling through social media. This loss of quiet, restful time, never allows for the small still voice from within you to be heard. The constant need for distraction via technology doesn’t allow for the time and space the mind and body needs to hear this inner […]

Are you a “fix it” only when it breaks or hurts? What about preventative maintenance  or even wellness care? How you utilise chiropractic care reveals the value you place on your health and quality of life. For some, they will only pay attention to their health when it hurts or doesn’t work properly. Often they ignore early warning signals and even mask or numb the symptoms through taking drugs and then push on doing the very lifestyle choices that created the problem. There are those who understand the importance of maintenance care. Where they do enough to keep […]