Chiropractic Balance Blog

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.

Are You Drinking Enough Water?

As Chiropractors, we often tell people they should be drinking more water. This isn’t just because it’s important to stay hydrated – water intake plays a massive role in a wide variety of bodily functions, and is one of the keys to living a healthy life.

Is this the Bottom Line of Your Back Pain?

Chiropractors have long been aware of the link between neglected weak buttock muscles and lower back pain. Weak glute muscles are also a contributing factor in knee pain, hip pain, hamstring strains, poor posture, balance problems and being prone to injuries. Many people may not even be aware that their glutes, which are some of our most important pelvic stabilising muscles, are not as strong as they should be or that these imbalances now go by the name of “dead butt syndrome” or “gluteus amnesia”. Read more to see if these problems may be affecting you.

5 NEAT WAYS TO BURN MORE CALORIES AT WORK

The “Sitting Epidemic” has swept across the western world, and people are growing sicker and sicker for it everyday. Learn 5 Ways to decrease the Impact of Sitting and Burn More Calories at Work. 

Yoga and Chiropractic – a perfect combination!

The ancient principles of yoga recognise that optimal alignment of the body creates maximum energy. At Chiropractic Balance we understand that maximum energy to be the optimal functioning of your nervous system. We work with the ideal alignment and movement of your joints to ensure correct stimulation and feedback from your body to your brain so that your nervous system can be working at its best. Read more to find out how yoga may be able to enhance your chiropractic results!

WINTER BONE BROTH

Your grandma was not wrong about chicken soup! Being this time of year again in the windy capital I thought it would be perfect to introduce to you a favourite winter super food of mine-bone broth!

Bone broths contain high amounts of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and amino acids.  

Why would I need bone broth in my life?