What are the changes to private health insurance? Do they affect me? As of 1stApril 2019 the federal government has legislated changes to private health fund rebates for Complimentary therapies. Some of these therapies will no longer attract a rebate from private health insurance. Chinese medicine and acupuncture however will still continue to [...]
What is Autoimmune Disease? Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system identifies a particular tissue of the body incorrectly as an invader. The immune systems function is to protect the body from external invaders that might cause disease. As a result the immune system attacks the body tissue in question causing inflammation, and damage to [...]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome- more than a gut feeling. You may have heard the term ‘IBS’ thrown around, and it is often associated with certain diets such as ‘gluten-free’, ‘dairy-free’ and ‘low-FODMAP’. But what is IBS, and how do you know if you have it? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder, that [...]
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 [...]
