by dPOW558VHa | Nov 21, 2018 | Health Tips
I am often asked, “What mattress and pillow should I use?” The answer is “whatever feels comfortable”, with a few provisos. Some people spend thousands of dollars on a new mattress in an attempt to alleviate the spinal pain they experience during the night, or after...
by dPOW558VHa | May 21, 2018 | Health Tips
Sacroiliac Joint Subluxations The sacroiliac joints, also known as SI joints, are the joints between the sacrum (the triangular wedge of bone that your spinal column sits on) and the ilia (the large pelvic bones). To locate the joints, feel the bottom of...
by dPOW558VHa | Mar 9, 2018 | Health Tips
Healing Takes Time Often when people present to a chiropractor they do so with longstanding, chronic complaints, sometimes even of a few decades duration. Given that we often only begin to feel bodily symptoms when the problem is quite advanced, the...
by dPOW558VHa | Nov 28, 2017 | Health Tips
A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Andrew Taylor reported on research revealing that millions of Australians are wasting their money on back pain drugs that do more harm than good. This is according to a study by researchers at The George Institute for...
by dPOW558VHa | Oct 16, 2017 | Health Tips
Your facet joints are found at the back of the spine. These two joints on either side of the spine lock each vertebra together with the vertebrae above and below. Their role is to stabilise the spine by controlling excessive movement especially in extension and...
