​ Do you want to be healthy or just not sick? This is one of the first questions I ask my patients when they are considering starting Chiropractic care.

It is very important to establish someone’s health objectives and intended outcomes from the outset. For some patients, all they want is to ‘feel better’, in other words, to be ‘less sick’, whilst for others, they want to achieve greater levels of well-being, beyond the resolution of their aches and pains.
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For some of you reading this, you might be thinking, ‘what is the difference between being healthy and just being ‘not sick’?

What is a muscle strain?
Injuries that occur to tendons or the muscles themselves are called a strain. Common sites for strains include the calf, groin and hamstring. 
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Symptoms may include:

• Sudden onset of pain 
• swelling 
• stiffness 
• soreness
• Reduced range of movement
• bruising or discoloration
• a “knotted-up” feeling
• muscle spasms
• Weakness

​The school year can be daunting for some children and even for parents as well. The simplest things such as not having your best friend from last year in your class, to juggling all the different after school sports can lead to an individual becoming stressed without even realising.

Studies have show that there is a significant relationship between the amount of daily stress you experience and your general well being. Those experiencing higher levels of stress are more prone  to health problems such as flu, sore throat, headaches, and backaches (1). Therefore it is important to manage stress levels to ensure that you and your child are getting the best out of yourselves! 

Technology plays a vital role in our everyday lives.

We are now in an age where working on digital devices is part of earning our income, learning at school or studying at uni, even reading the news has gone digital. And don’t forget our addictions to social media. I am definitely guilty of over-scrolling in the search for a life changing article or a funny cat video! It’s the era we are in. But what are the impacts?

​For many years, many health professionals and patients alike, have thought that the bones of the skull were fused together and were immovable.

Chiropractors however, have long known that not only are these bones capable of movement, but that jarring of their alignment and movement (called a cranial lesion or subluxation), can sometimes have a profound effect on how you feel and function.

​Spring is finally here!

After a long, cold and dark winter, many of us Ballarat folk are welcoming the warmer weather.

Yet unfortunately for some people, spring time also brings about the dreaded seasonal allergies….

​As the end of winter approaches most sportspeople are also preparing for finals in their chosen codes. As the season draws to an end fatigue can play a big part in increasing your risk of injury and impairing performance during the finals.

Studies have shown that massage may help reduce fatigue and aid in muscle recovery by improving your quality of sleep as most of your muscle recovery is done while counting sheep.( 1)