Warm Beetroot Salad
Ingredients 500g fresh beetroot, trimmed and washed 120g baby spinach leaves 180g either soft, crumbled, or, hard goat’s cheese sliced Dressing 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 1 tbs wholegrain mustard 2 tbs olive oil Method Place the beetroot in a saucepan of boiling water and simmer for 20-25 minutes […]
Is Binge Watching Bad For Your Health?
Take it from a bona fide couch potato…YES! And it’s not just the lower back pain or crick in the neck from lying on the couch at an odd angle for hours on end. Nor is it just the headache and dry eyes from lack of sleep, because just one more episode! While these concerns […]
World Spine Day 2018
World Spine Day brings people together from all walks of life – patients, health providers, healthcare organisations, associations and governments – to help ease the global burden of spinal disorders. With an estimated one billion people worldwide suffering from back pain, it affects all age groups, from children to the elderly. World Spine Day is […]
Tips for a Good Nights Sleep
Regular Sleeping Routine Having a regular sleep routine helps your body and mind to wind down in preparation for sleep. We all have an internal body clock that makes us drowsy when it is time for sleep and awake for during the day. Having a regular sleep routine that lines up with this body clock […]
Best Sleeping Positions
We spend up to 1/3 of our lives sleeping. Other than providing rest for our bodies, scientists are still unsure why we need sleep. While it used to be thought that our brains also rest while sleeping, it has now been discovered that certain parts of the brain are more active during sleep. Whatever the […]
How Chiropractic Can Help You Sleep Better
Do you toss and turn at night, unable to find a comfortable position? Are you relying on that first, second, or third coffee to get you through the day? Do you feel that no matter how many hours of sleep you get a night, you’re still exhausted during the day? We’ve all heard the old […]
7 Tips for a Healthy Spine
Having a healthy spine means having a healthy you. Here are a few tips to keep and maintain a healthy spine in your everyday life. Posture Poor posture is one of the leading causes for back pain. Improper work environments from low desks or benches, to incorrect seats, can all play a part in creating […]
6 Healthy Eating Tips
Winter is upon us, which means cold and flu season is here too! The best way to fight off disease is to have a healthy and stable foundation. My tips for good health through the winter season and beyond are: Eat whole foods Whole foods are unprocessed and unrefined. They do not need an ingredient […]
Tips For a Pain Free Winter
Winter is well and truly here. With frost covered mornings and the sun struggling to break through the low clouds, the thermostat is certainly hovering around the single digits. And with the cold weather comes aches and pains. Doctors aren’t sure why, but cold weather tends to aggravate chronic pain conditions like arthritis, fibromyalgia, or […]
Healthy Eating
April 7th is World Health Day and we wanted to celebrate by talking about what health means to us. The dictionary describes health as “the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor” or “soundness of body or mind; freedom from disease or ailment”. We may think we are in […]
