The Buteyko breathing technique was introduced to Australia from Russia in the early 1990s. Early on the method was popular with adults and children suffering from asthma. More recently the Buteyko Method has shown to be efficacious in helping improve a number of breathing related health problems such as: • Respiratory: asthma, rhinitis, hay fever…
Health benefits of breathing re-training
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Easy protein balls (no blender needed)
These delicious protein balls are so simple your kids will love making them and eating them. They make a great after school snack or a handy breakfast on the run. I put them in the kids’ lunch boxes for a quick morning snack after sports training on their way to class. Protein is essential to…
10 ways to improve your immune health and reduce illness this winter
If you are falling ill with a number of colds and flus each year, your immune system may not be functioning optimally. There can be a number of factors that influence the efficiency of our immune health and assessing your diet and lifestyle is a great place to start. Eat a whole food diet. Eating…
Food as medicine – thyroid disorders
The food we eat has a significant impact on our health and wellbeing. When we are diagnosed with a health condition, whether we choose to manage the condition with medication, natural therapies, or a combination of both, food can be a powerful tool for healing. This is particularly true for thyroid disorders. While there is…
REIKI HEALING ENERGY
What is Reiki? Reiki is a therapy often described as palm healing or hands-on-body healing in which a practitioner places hands lightly on or over a patient’s body to facilitate the patient’s process of healing. It unleashes a profound spiritual energy. It is a very powerful, natural system that unlocks the inner flow of vital energy…
Strategies to manage anxiety and depression
Living in Sydney is stressful, many people are juggling jobs and caring responsibilities, whether its for children or elderly parents. Over time these responsibilities can become overwhelming and one in five people will suffer from mental health problems at some time. This often manifests as either anxiety or depression. There are a number of…
Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction
There’s no Need to Suffer in Silence Part 1 Do you suffer from: incontinence (urinary or bowel) urinary frequency; urgency bowel or bladder irritation (with or without pain; can feel like a full sensation) pain (electric shock like, shooting, aching, itching or a raw feeling) of your clitoris, vagina, labia (or penis, scrotum), urethra or…
What is Chronic Pain?
The definition of chronic pain is any pain that extends beyond the expected healing time for an injury. Generally, it’s accepted that most tissues have healed by 12 weeks. So, any pain that has continued for longer than 3 months is chronic pain. Conversely, acute pain is any pain condition that has resulted from a…
Is sitting giving you pain?
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…
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…