Whether your pain is the result of an injury, lifting, gardening, playing sport, poor posture or an unknown cause, you need to decide how you want to deal with your pain? Do you want to mask it or resolve it? If you want to get rid of your pain and start feeling better, you need to try the Sports & Spinal Group. If other therapies have not worked for you, then you need to give us a try. Many “impossible” cases respond to our treatment. Our treatment differs from other therapies because it combines massage and manipulation to help you [...]

The second most commonly asked question by patients is… “Do you do knees?” The first is of course, “What’s the difference between an Osteopath, Physio & a Chiropractor?” I wouldn’t insult you by explaining the difference, because of course you know the difference & that’s why you continue to come to our clinic. So let’s go back to the knee question. The answer is YES! We do “do” knees. Osteos not only treat knees but also treat ankle, elbows, hips & wrists. If the problem involves a muscle, joint, tendon, ligament or cartilage we can help. In this article we’re [...]

Do you suffer from a burning feeling in your chest? Do you have pain in your upper abdomen? Are you constantly taking antacid medication? You may be suffering from heartburn or reflux. Heartburn is a very common condition, which is the feeling of discomfort in the area behind the breast bone or upper abdominal area and is often described as a burning sensation. Patients may describe regurgitation of acid and food into the oesophagus or throat. Because the stomach contents are acidic they irritate the lining of the oesophagus and throat, causing a feeling of burning. This is a common [...]

It could be as easy as changing your pillow. Do you suffer from neck pain? Do you wake up in the morning feeling like you’ve got a knot of muscles in your shoulders? Do you wake up with neck stiffness & headaches that go away after you’ve had a hot shower and breakfast?   If you do, your pillow could be the cause your pain. We ask every patient that complains of neck pain about his or her pillow. How old is your pillow? How many pillows do you sleep on? What size is your pillow? What’s your pillow made [...]

To answer that question I should first explain what Cosmetic Acupuncture is, where it began & how it works. You’ ve heard of Acupuncture but you’ve probably not heard of the Cosmetic application of this ancient treatment. Acupuncture treatment began more than 3500 years ago and is used to treat many common conditions including sinus congestion, headache, fatigue, period pain, the common cold, infertility, insomnia & much more. Cosmetic Acupuncture or Mai Zen, which means “beautiful person”, has been used for thousands of years by China’s powerful and wealthy. Women of the Royal Court used it to improve skin texture softness, [...]

Sports Injury Bulletin By Chris Mallac I was in my back yard a few weeks ago running through the routine spring clean of collecting deadwood and leaves to be burnt off in a rather impressive bonfire. There was a substantial 2m log that I had to move which I have done on previous occasions with no ill effects. I ensured I had a straight (neutral) spine, activated the pelvic floor and inner abdominals and then lifted the log on its end in a manner similar to how one would perform a deadlift. And to my dismay I felt a slight [...]

Andrew has a passion for sport and exercise after competing in APS first grade Water Polo, Rowing and University Representative Football along with having experience playing Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Rugby and Cycling. Over the last few weeks I’ve been treating a lot of patients in preparation for this year’s Melbourne Marathon trying to get them ready for the race. It’s a goal that has taken a lot of time and planning to get ready for, in some cases an entire year. So if you’re thinking about starting to put the kilometres into the legs to get ready for next year’s [...]

Get a group of new parents together and it won’t take long before they start talking about sleep. Or more likely, the lack of it. The advice to ‘sleep when your baby sleeps’ is all well and good, but if your little one likes to party all night, every night, you are soon functioning like a zombie if you can’t catch up during the day. So when one of my friends suggested taking my four-week-old to a cranial osteopath to reduce her stress levels (and hopefully help us both rest) I was intrigued. Cranial osteopathy encourages the release of tension [...]

Being overweight as a child and adolescent can lead to poor postures linked to back pain, according to new research by Curtin University’s School of Physiotherapy, the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. The research team compared the Body Mass Index (BMI, a common benchmark for obesity), of 1,373 children from the long-term Raine Study over a period of 12 years (from the age of three to 14) with specific standing postures measured at age 14. Results showed there was a clear relationship between BMI and posture. Four main posture groups were defined – neutral, flat, [...]