The short answer, yes, pain is all in your head. To be more specific it’s in your brain but let’s dive deeper into this as pain is something that we all experience from time to time and having a greater understanding of this sensation can lead to less of it.

As chiropractors, our role is to ensure an optimal brain-body communication for optimal fetal growth and development, a more comfortable pregnancy, empowered birth and facilitate postpartum recovery.

We introduced a new piece of equipment called the Insight Adaptation Station or as we simply call it, the neuro scans. These are performed on every new client we start with and retaken at progress reviews and reactivation appointments to objectively track and monitor a person’s health. We have always been and will always be focused on the health and function of your body’s nervous system and we now have the tools to look deeper to get to the root cause of underlying health complaints.

The only constant in life is change. Change can cause stress and an inability of your mind and body to adapt accordingly. What we know as chiropractors is that the lack of adaption to our environment can have a profound impact on your health and quality of life.

They say the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result. As chiropractors, we’re proud to offer you and your family something different, particularly at a time when being healthy has never been so important.

So why do we do what we do?

As a chiropractor a large number of people start under care for one or two reasons which generally involve back pain, neck pain or headaches. And chiropractic has great success here but nine times out of ten these same people will notice other improvements in their health and quality of life. This all comes down to a better-functioning spine therefore better functioning nerve system and better functioning body! So, how can this help you get active?

Have you ever been really excited about something new, only to quit shortly after starting because you weren’t getting good enough or seeing the fruits of your effort as fast as you had thought you would? I certainly have. 

In a modern digital era, everything is at the end of our fingertips. With the click of a button, you can call someone on the other side of the world, buy new clothes, order your favorite food, all without any hassle or need for any real effort. Could this be detrimental to our growth? 

It’s that time of year again. The majority of schools have started back up and your daily routine can finally return to normal during this often-stressful period of the year!

New teachers, friends, stationary and uniforms are just some of the changes that many children are currently facing in these first few weeks back and the question I am asking today is how can we make this year better than the last? And how can we better their schooling year?

Imagine you’re an Olympic sprinter. You’re chasing your first ever gold medal and you feel you have a very good chance at winning this time around. Your training went perfectly, your body feels in top form and you’re the most confident you’ve ever been for a race.

Now imagine, that as the gun signals the start of the race, you slip just ever so slightly, your perfect start is ruined and the rest of the sprinters now have a head start of a few hundredths of a second. Will you still win the race?

It’s common knowledge that we are living longer and longer and a quick Google search tells me that there are anywhere from 150 to 600 people that are currently 110+ years old. On top of this the aging population in New Zealand continues to grow; the 2013 Census showing 73,000 people above the age of 85, this was a 29.4% increase in this age group compared to the 2006 Census (Yes, I love a good stat.)

 I am going somewhere with the points above and that is the conversation around ‘quality of life’, which has been coming up A LOT in practice lately

Have you ever had car trouble? I sure have and it is certainly not something you can plan for. When I was a student driving an absolute bomb of a car, not long before the summer break my engine light started to come on. At first it was intermittent but then it became constant and this is when I started to notice that something just wasn’t running quite right.

Everyone loves a good sleep, whether it’s sleeping for a solid 12 hours or a simple half hour nap in the afternoon, we’ve all been there. But why do we sleep? Do we understand just how much our sleep really affects us?

With the kids going back to school and the rest of us back at work I want to bring posture to your attention. With those heavy school bags and long days in the office, posture is something to be aware of, even during our downtime.

We are always being told to sit up straight, stop slouching and stand tall. But why is good posture important and how do we achieve it?

ollowing on from our blog ‘Why should I take my infant to a chiropractor’ I wanted to write about the benefits of children being seen by a chiropractor, so I started researching and writing and writing and writing. Only to realise that I cannot cover all the benefits children can experience when receiving chiropractic care in one blog! So instead I have decided to break it down and focus on a different benefit each blog;