How to get through Christmas on a Healthier Note

While Christmas is known as “the season to be jolly,” it can be a significant source of stress and pressure for many of us. Some people can feel overwhelmed by the excess, expectations, and exchanging of gifts at this time of year. Furthermore, Christmas is notoriously a time to indulge, but we have some great…

Massage and Chiropractic – The Benefits

At Chiropractic Balance we are excited to be able to offer Massage as a service to our wonderful client base. Massage has numerous benefits which we will touch on in this article. Many of you may have met Bruno Reis already who joined the team at the beginning of 2020 as a Massage Therapist, as…

Movement During Lockdown

While I have been in lockdown I have found it very helpful to establish some sort of morning routine that involves movement to energise and uplift me for the day ahead. Yoga does more than burn calories and tone muscles. It’s a total mind-body workout that combines strengthening and stretching poses with deep breathing and meditation. There are more…

Do’s & Don’ts for a Healthy Immune System

With the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many people are concerned about staying healthy and maintaining a healthy immune system. Doing so can benefit your body and boost your defenses against viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. In this article we outline the “Don’t” and “Do’s” of boasting your immune system to help your body stay strong…

4 Simple Breathing Practices To Relieve Stress & Tension

Shoulder pumping (Five minutes) This dynamic relaxation exercise is great for stress-busting and can give you a lot of energy. Give it a go, moving your shoulders gently or with a lot of energy, depending on what feels right and paying attention to any pain you may have. Always be respectful of how you feel…

How Meditation Can Help You Thrive In Today’s Busy World

In today’s world of deadlines, demands and a general desperation to create more time in our days, in order to get more done, it can be very easy to believe that there is no time to stop and meditate. However, if that’s how you feel than you’re the very person who needs to consider meditation or mindfulness. We understand that for physical fitness, we need to train our body – we can’t just get up one day and run a marathon. The same is true for for our mind – it requires a daily practice of ‘training’ and meditation can be part of that.

How to Deal with Stress: 33 Tips That Work

Stress. It affects all of us at different times in our life, and in differing degrees. For some it’s just another obstacle that we conquer on our way to achieving our goals. For others it’s debilitating, crippling, and the root of more serious physical, mental and emotional problems such as headaches, insomnia and anxiety. Here are 33 suggestions to help manage stress and our response to it.

Women’s posture: Reduce pain and improve quality of life

Media Release – Wednesday 3rd February 2016 A SIDEWAYS GLANCE MIGHT HELP WOMEN AVOID PAIN AND IMPROVE LIFE SAY NEW ZEALAND CHIROPRACTORS Paying attention to their side profile could help women avoid neck and back problems and improve their quality of life in many other areas according to the New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association (NZCA). New…

Stress related to 95% of Diseases

What is Stress doing to your health? Stress is a real life issue for us all as the latest research proves STRESS is related to 95% of all diseases. We all ask the question ‘how do I get rid of stress in my life?’ to which the answer seems impossible in today’s fast paced society.…