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Do You Bend and Lift Like This?

Gary Kirwan, DC — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:57 +0000

I’m sure most people will have experienced some sort of back pain when trying to bend forward and lift a weight. This could be bending and lifting up your newborn baby out of the cot like I have had to do with our new daughter. Maybe it was bending whilst doing the gardening, lifting that...

Exercises to improve Your Golf Game

Gary Kirwan, DC — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:30:06 +0000

I’m have been a keen golfer since I was 14 years old and have always been looking at ways to improve my golf game. Since Tiger Woods joined the PGA tour he made keeping fit and doing exercises to improve your golf game more normal for many gofers both professional and amateurs. Today I want...

What is Cold Laser Therapy?

Gary Kirwan, DC — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:28:24 +0000

You may have been to the clinic and had one of the chiropractors use the low level laser therapy (LLLT) on you. They told you that low level laser therapy is also commonly known as cold laser therapy & low level light therapy. Today’s post is to tell your bit more about what exactly cold...

Arm Goes Numb While Sleeping

Gary Kirwan, DC — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:25:22 +0000

I’m sure you have had that experience before where your arm or your hand goes numb while sleeping in bed. It can easily happening when cuddling with your loved one in bed. I found a funny but informative video on youtube looking at how to avoid a trapped arm whilst cuddling in bed. How to...

Our Natural Water Birth Experience

Gary Kirwan, DC — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:05:52 +0000

As most of you knew Dr Sam was pregnant with our first child this year. Well our baby daughter decided to arrive in the world on Friday 23 September 2011 at 06:56 Today I want to let you know about our birth experience. We feel blessed that it turned out the way we were hoping...

Watch Your Posture, Because Others Do!

Nicholla Hughes, DC — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:27:14 +0000

What is posture? It starts when you young with your parents constantly reminding you to stand up straight, stop slouching, suck your tummy in (like the girl in the holiday photo) etc… As you get older you the reminders just come from other people including your chiropractor, but what is the big deal about posture?...

Why Does My Back Hurt? I do 100 Sit-Ups a Day!

Sam Westbury, DC — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:32:51 +0000

Do you get lower back pain when you do sit-ups at gym or home? This is a common complaint with low back pain sufferers and seems to go against our everyday understanding of having ‘strong abs’ equals a strong back. Whether it is cosmetic, or to protect the back, we all want better, stronger, flatter...

Healthy Flip Flops | The e-flip™ Footwear

Gary Kirwan, DC — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:49:04 +0000

Summer is upon us and it is that time we get to let our feet breath and we want a pair of flip flops. There has been some discussion about how good or healthy flip flops are for our muscles and joints. So today you can find out about a new range of flip flops...

Rainbow Halo Around Sun in Joburg

Gary Kirwan, DC — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:05:24 +0000

What a day it was today (01 November 2010) to see the perfect rainbow halo effect around the sun today. I pulled into a shopping centre parking lot and thought people were looking at signage on the building, silly me. Then I returned a missed call from my sister telling me there is a massive...

BMI, Waist-Hip Ratio or Waist Circumference Measurements – Which One?

Gary Kirwan, DC — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:52:02 +0000

I recently did my annual Discovery Vitality biokinetist fitness check-up and it got me thinking. In the fitness check there are three measurements used to assess your potential health status, Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) and Waist Circumference. I wanted to know which one was better at predicting potential for metabolic syndrome, which is...