​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)

​It's that time of the year where the cold weather settles in and everyone's feeling run down and got the sniffles. You start counting down the days until the start of school holidays but why not count down the days until your next adjustment?

A chiropractic adjustment ensures our nervous system is free of interferences caused by a vertebral subluxation, so our body can respond appropriately to any environment it is provided. (Chiropractors.asn.au, 2018)

​What’s happening to your joints as you age?

As we get older, we start to find that we get stiff and have decreased range of motion in our joints compared to when we were younger.

This makes it harder for us to get up and moving as quickly as we used to, especially on those cold mornings.

​As a chiropractor, I often get asked questions like ‘Do people really bring their children in for chiropractic care?’ or ‘Is chiropractic really safe for kids?’.

I tell them the same answer every time…

that chiropractic is just as important for children as it is fully grown adults, and has one of the highest safety records in health care.

We all know it’s important to drink water every day, but did you know it’s even more important to drink water post your massage? We don’t just say it for fun.

Water is the major component of the human body, accounting for approximately 73% of lean body mass. (1). When you ask how much water you should drink, commonly the answer is 8 glasses or 2 litres a day. ​

​Massage has been associated with rehabilitation and sports performance for many years (2). Sports massage has been suggested as a means to help prepare an athlete for competition, as a tool to enhance performance, as a treatment approach to help the athlete recover, and as a manual therapy intervention for sports-related injuries (1). In sport performance benefits can be divided into four categories Biomechanical, Physiological, Neurological and Psychological.

Our feet do a lot of work yet they are an area of the body that is often neglected. Foot massage is a relaxing way to pamper your feet however there are also many unexpected benefits of foot massage. These can benefit your overall health as well as the health of your feet.

Reflexology is a specialised form of foot massage which is based on the theory that different points and areas on the feet correspond to the glands, organs and other parts of the body (2).​