As soon as possible! Many of our families stop in to our practice on their way home from hospital to have their newborn’s spine and nervous system assessed. Even ‘normal’ births can cause trauma to the spine, especially to the neck and skull of a newborn. If forceps, vacuum extraction, manual pulling/twisting or caesarean section is used during birth, the chance of trauma increases.

Concentration, co-ordination, learning and behaviour are all closely linked with the function of your nervous system. How you perceive the world around you, how your nervous system reacts to certain situations, and how your nervous system is communicating with the rest of your body is determined by the health and performance of your central nervous system as a whole.

The Australian Association of Massage Therapy have recently released their report of the effectiveness of Massage therapy and here are some of their findings:

The Australian Association of Massage Therapy have recently released their report of the effectiveness of Massage therapy and here are some of their findings:

Here are some helpful holiday hints from the Australian Chiropractic Association:

The co-ordination of body movement is controlled by the brain, via the spinal cord and nerves- the nervous system. Muscles and joints move where and when the brain tells them to do so.

Having regular reflexology as maintenance, helps to keep your body strong and healthy.

As the weather turns colder and we notice the people around us are sneezing and coughing we often instinctively move away or protector ourselves by covering our own mouth and nose. Imagine what it must be like for a baby in a pram? Have you ever noticed a newborn baby in a shopping centre? What protection do they have from the germs that are everywhere?

Chiropractic Care helps to make sure your spine and nervous system are functioning optimally. Regular adjustments to your spine and nervous system improve function of both your digestive and immune systems. This will help you to fight infections more efficiently, and will often result in cold and flu symptoms being less severe and of shorter duration.

Well it's on us again....the dreaded cold and flu season.  Prevention is obviously the way to go - here are some good tips:

Your immune system is one of the most complex systems on the planet! It is highly evolved and able to cope with an amazing diversity of challenges. The problem is, however, that the amount of stuff your immune system has to deal with is increasing.

Colds are the body’s way of ridding itself of viruses, bacteria and toxins. Our Respiratory system is the first line of defense in fighting colds and flu. If we have a strong respiratory system the time spent fighting colds and flu’s is lessened.