As an Osteopath, I am regularly asked “What causes my problem? “,“Why does it keep recurring?”, “I don’t do anything to trigger it” One reason is related to the repeated exposure to habitual poor postures and ergonomics, that many people are unaware of. We can be regularly spending 6 hours or more sitting at a…
Is sitting giving you pain?
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Ski fit
Every year the team at Elemental health deals with injuries resulting from skiing and snowboarding accidents. This year we would recommend you ensure that you are well-prepared and minimise the risk. In terms of preparation just about all movements in daily life and any given sport can be broken down into basic movement patterns called…
Ergonomics in the home for our kids
Does this look familiar? I can’t tell you how many children I treat that tell me they do their homework lying on their bed!!We want to give our children a good education and we also need to look after their growing musculo – skeletal systems. It terrifies me what the long term effect will be…
The latest information on falls prevention
Exercise is really important at all ages but it is even more important as we age. Did you know that falls are the single biggest reason for injury-related admission to hospital and presentations to the emergency department in people over 65 years? This is about double the rate of admissions from Motor Vehicle Accidents!!! Did…
Feeding your gut bacteria right!
Research shows that on average probiotics last 13 to 17 days in the gastrointestinal tract which means that , whilst its a good strategy in the short term to crowd out problematic bacteria, the reality is that diet is the best way to improve your gut flora. So what do you need to do to…
5 Tips for good gluten free menu’s
Breakfast at The Conservation Hut Australia Day we added a couple of days leave creating a long weekend and headed up to the Blue Mountains. Being strictly gluten free I did some research before I left and came up with an impressive list of options. Unfortunately the definition of gluten free varied widely. So here…
Weight Loss that Lasts
Ditch the word diet and follow these tips for successful and sustainable weight loss. Cartoon cat Garfield once declared that “diet” is “die” with “t” in it. And that’s how we tend to view dieting – if not death, then certainly serious deprivation. Switch it around to something more positive – and these days it’s…
Reversing Alzheimer’s
Recent training at the Buck Institute in San Francisco gave me some major insights into the treatment of Alzheimer’s. The exciting news is that the team at MPI Cognition are making real inroads in developing treatment options for Alzheimer’s and have documented cases where symptoms have not just been halted but reversed. For a full…
Innovation in Healthcare
Last weekend I was at a conference where the topic was Innovation. It was an interesting area to consider as a Director and even more challenging was its application. How do you encourage and develop innovative thinking in your organisation? It’s an even bigger challenge for most of the attendees as the organisations were largely…
Meta analysis – where homeopathy has been shown to work.
Meta analysis – more research jargon I’m sorry but its not really tricky to understand. Basically a meta analysis can be done when you have a number of studies that look at treatment of the same condition. So if you have a group of clinical trials on childhood diarrhea for example you can then conduct...
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