Stretching. Do you remember at primary school when you had to do some kind of sport and attached to whatever the activity was there was this quiet non committed suggestion of a stretch? You would wriggle around a bit, touch your toes and roll your shoulders a couple of times and that was it. [...]
Leave Daisy out of it Dairy alternatives? Why should I? Okay, I have something to tell you but you might need to take a seat. Are you sitting down? Okay. So here it is: dairy is not the only source of calcium. No really, there are other sources. Why is dairy a problem? Many are [...]
What does Glycaemic index mean? The Glycaemic Index (GI) is a measure of how quickly a particular carbohydrate (sugar) based food is absorbed and enters your blood stream. The higher the glycaemic index scare the faster the food is converted to blood sugar. What is the Glycaemic Index? Foods below 55 on the glycaemic [...]
What is Heartburn? Heartburn also known as indigestion is where the acid from the stomach used to help digest the food you eat moves up into the oesophagus, the tube that takes your food to your stomach. The lining of the oesophagus is not designed to cope with high acid levels and so a burning sensation [...]
Isolation, a mask to show the world you are ok or hiding away from the world because inside the pain and suffering are so immense and no one understands. Darkness of mood that descends with the pain. A loss of hope and not knowing where to turn for help. For some women endometriosis is something [...]
Not being completely awake you soon are when the searing pain from your foot touching the floor reaches your brain at the speed of 350 feet per second, that’s way faster than NBN by the way. Just as quickly your foot recoils to your chin running the risk of a second injury. What is [...]
Dry Needling or Acupuncture – What’s the Difference? What is Dry Needling? Dry needling is a term that was derived in the early 1940s by a technique developed by Janet Travell and David Simons. The technique involved the use of hypodermic needles to stimulate and/ or inject trigger points or myofascial trigger points with [...]
It doesn’t really matter whether it is something that is from time to time, acute or something you live with day in and day out. Pain can range from being a tad unpleasant to something that rules your life. Finding the right method for pain relief is an obvious answer According to the National Centre [...]
What is acupuncture? Acupuncture is a modality that falls under the branch of Chinese medicine which also incorporates, Chinese herbal medicine, exercise therapy (tai chi), tui na (massage), gua sha (scraping), cupping, moxibustion, diet, meditation (qi gong) and lifestyle adjustment. Acupuncture is the use of fine needles, much thinner than hypodermic needles, which are [...]
Being diagnosed or having a loved one diagnosed with cancer is a huge shock. Adding to the shock are the many different varieties, locations, prognoses and treatments. And these can cause a significant amount of confusion as to how to handle it. I want to be clear. We are not going to tell you we [...]
