HealthWise

Complementary Health Care

Recent media attention to alternative medicine highlights the philosophically different approaches to orthodox and alternative/complementary health care. More...

How is Your Highway?

You visit your practitioner to obtain pain relief when your back or neck aches. But why do you feel so much better all over? Why does your asthma improve, your digestion work more efficiently and why do you have more energy? More...

Ice or Heat

Many people are unsure when to use ice or when to use heat on a problem. Always check with your practitioner, before using either ice or heat. More...

Keep Back Pain Away

Up to 70% of all back pain is posture related, the following are some simple preventative strategies. More...

Manipulation

When an osteopath or chiropractor manipulates a joint with a high velocity, low amplitude thrust, the practitioner is not putting your joints or vertebra back in place. More...

Minerals for muscles

Injuries and movement problems are characterised by inflammation. This problem can be compounded by tight muscles. More...

Osteoarthritis

One of the most common forms of arthritis is osteoarthritis, which is wear and tear of the joints. Wear and tear of our joints may occur due to ageing, injury, prolonged poor posture, overuse of joints, or excess weight. More...

Is Pain a Problem?

Many of us decide that the time to act on a problem is when it causes pain. This is reasonable as pain is, on many occasions, the first signal to us that there is a problem. More...

Australia is the leading nation of skin cancer sufferers in the world, not an enviable statistic. Here are some simple tests to help spot them. More...

The 24 vertebrae of your spine are separated by cartilage called discs. These discs have a fairly tough outer layer with a soft interior to cushion against the shocks and strains experienced as you move and put various stresses on your spine. The discs are subject to injury, disease, and degeneration with use over time. Certain activities and types of work increase the risk of discs being damaged or deteriorating. When the soft interior material of a disc pushes out through a tear or weakening in the outer covering, the disc is said to be herniated. More...

What's the Risk?

We often note the concern on our patients' faces when they come in and tell us that their GP or friend told them that manipulation is dangerous. More...

What's your body worth?

It is estimated that to replace every part of your body (that can presently be replaced) with artificial parts would cost approximately $50 million! More...