Degeneration And Osteoporosis, Are They The Same?
Degeneration and osteoporosis are terms often thrown at people without explanation and are often misunderstood. Degeneration is a general term that describes the process of something breaking down or declining. It can be used to describe many things; degeneration of muscle, degeneration of bone or degenerative disc disease. During spinal degeneration many conditions can result […]
Should You See A Chiropractor For Low Back Pain?
If you’ve ever seen a doctor for back pain, you’re not alone. An estimated 85% of people experience back pain severe enough to see a doctor for at some point in their life. Yet despite how common it is, the precise cause of pain is often unclear. And a single, best treatment for most low […]
Active Aging: How To Stay 20 Years Old
How to ‘age’ while maintaining an active lifestyle and a healthy spine Imagine a young person and imagine an elderly, what did you see? Now imagine a healthy person and an unhealthy person, what do you see now? Was the elderly and unhealthy person the same? Throughout my life and probably yours, we have both […]
Top 8 Myths About Chiropractic
Myth 1: Chiropractors are not real doctors Chiropractors in Australia receive their title of ‘Dr’ through national registration with their professional body, similar to other health care professionals. Just like medical doctors, chiropractors are professionals that are subject to the same type of testing procedures, licensing and monitoring by national peer-reviewed boards. Chiropractors receive their […]
Sexual Organs And Our Spinal Health
“I have not been having menses for 3months, and I am having this nagging, constant dull achy pain around my lower back for the longest time..” CJ, one of our staff at Macquarie Chiropractic, has not been having her normal period for couple of months prior to her application to work at our clinic. CJ […]
Confessions Of A Spine
The Confessions of a Spine: Day in day out, I work for you until I’m about to pass out You work 9 to five, I get sore, and tense and I’m about to cry, And even when I get inflamed, I will still get the blame. You would rather seek pain killers as your only […]
The Water Bucket: An Analogy
We can picture our body system with a Water Bucket Analogy. Stress is like water going into the bucket. Without proper bio-mechanic release of the stress, we will experience severe aches, pains and soreness. We can liken the various different sources of stress in life, such as from work or family or other areas, to […]
Massage And Chiropractic, What’s The Difference?
Some of us may believe that massage and chiropractic are the same. So just to break it down first, starting off from massage, Intentionally what we are trying to do is release muscle knots, muscle achiness, muscle tensions, soreness, from the buildup of the lactic acid from all our day-in-day-out activities. When we talk about […]
What Is That Cracking Or Popping Sound From Chiropractic Adjustments?
The clicking and the popping sound from a chiropractic adjustment is the release of air pressure in the joints. If you were to look into the spine, you would find that we all have 25 movable spinal segments. This is considered a segment. We have the disc, and the facet joint. From a 9 to […]
A Better Life For Our Children
Today’s Generation, we love them so much, they hold their iPads and iPhones, and receive early training for slouching and hunching. Just like many of us today, working in a desk-bound environment, day in… day out. We rarely hear our little ones tell us – Mom… Dad… my neck aches; my back hurts. But how […]
