Chiropractic Balance Blog
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…
Perfect Posture Month – Week Four – Sleep and Standing Posture.
Sleep Posture Ideally we spend about a third of our life sleeping and it is where we do the majority of our healing and rejuvenation. Therefore it’s essential to ensure we get our sleeping posture correct. When sleeping we need to aim to keep our spine balanced: Front Sleepers ∙ Avoid this posture as it…
Perfect Posture Month – Week Three – Perfect Posture Desk Set-up
Once upon a time, humans spent most of their day performing low-intensity physical activity in order to survive. Today a growing proportion of the working and studying population spend most of their day sitting at a desk. Statistics show sedentary workers spend an average of 9.3 hours sitting per day and latest research is suggesting…
Perfect Posture Month – Week Two – Lower Limb and Spine Stretches
Lower Limb and Spine Stretches The strengthening of your lower back can help alleviate and prevent back pain. Studies have shown that stretching can be a useful tool to increase the body’s range of motion[1,2].It can also play a key role after injury during a rehabilitation phase to help realign the muscle fibres for optimal…
Perfect Posture Month – Week One – Neck and Upper Limb Stretches
When the neck and upper back muscles become weakened, the head sags forward and increased stress is placed on the cervical spine, which can lead to neck pain. Strengthening these muscles can help improve posture and get the head closer to neutral position (with the ears directly over the shoulders). Like with any other part…
Why most New Year Resolutions don’t work.
Most resolutions fail, however with a few simple tools you can markedly increase your chance of success in 2017 and beyond.