Chiropractic Care is Good for your Brain
Most people accept that chiropractors help patients with painful problems, like back pain, headaches and other related disorders. But many patients visit their chiropractor to build wellness, not only to counteract and relieve their symptoms. For many years, this was accepted anecdotally, but now science tells us why chiropractic patients are healthier overall. New research […]
Should I Wait and See?
We had a health scare with my dad a couple of weeks ago. It lead to a trip to the emergency ward and then a subsequent investigative process to find out what was going on. We are now on the search for the most appropriate therapy to sort the health issues out. He had had […]
Stress Relief: A welcome Side Effect of Chiropractic Adjustments
Stress ranks at an all-time high in South Africa and throughout the world. A lack of confidence breeds uncertainty and worry. Emotional stress and depression comprise two of the worst conditions on earth, resulting in a foundation for the most doctor visits and drug prescriptions annually. Stress represents the single biggest contributor to all disease. […]
Do I need to come back?
The truth of the matter is that it can only be answered comprehensively in a conversation. I would need to ask a few questions and perhaps in the end you would tell me whether you need to come back! So why did you come to visit us in the first place? Some ache or pain […]
Do I need to come back?
The truth of the matter is that it can only be answered comprehensively in a conversation. I would need to ask a few questions and perhaps in the end you would tell me whether you need to come back! So why did you come to visit us in the first place? Some ache or pain […]
Lower Back Pain: Prevention and Management
Statistics reveal that 80% of the population will experience lower back pain at some point in their life. With such a high statistic, we decided to create a video series of simple exercises that you can perform on a daily basis to help to prevent and manage lower back pain. We created 4 videos, where […]
The Intimate Relationship Between the Spine and the Nervous System
Your spine has a very close and important relationship with your nervous system. Your nervous system controls everything in your body. If your nervous system is working free from interference, then your body is working as it should (self-healing and self-regulating). Chiropractic works via the spine to affect changes in the nervous system; one of […]
The Spine is like a Windmill Creating Electricity
I came across this beautiful and accurate analogy today when listening to a talk by Dr Russ Rosen, a wellness chiropractor and coach in Hawaii. According to Roger Sperry, a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, when the spine is moving, it is like a windmill […]