Get ready for spring! Spring is nearly here, is it time to unwind your body? Its been a cold winter in Melbourne. In winter we hunch from the cold, raising our shoulders up towards our ears. We tend to slouch & contract. This posture leads to neck and back pain, headaches and sometimes tingling in […]
How to help tinnitus.
Can tinnitus be helped? Doctors will tell you, no. Even the Victorian Tinnitus Association will tell you no! It affects around 20% of the population, to varying degrees. So it is a major problem in our society. Tinnitus is often accompanied by insomnia and sleep disturbances. In my Physiotherapy practice over the last 20 years, […]
Cracking sounds in my head
Cracking sounds in my head Recently a client came to me saying she had started having ” cracking sounds in my head”. She pointed to the spot, which happened to be the suture between 2 skull bones. Her occipital bone and the parietal bone. The parietal/ occipital suture. She said the cracking sounds were so […]
The mind – body connection.
For years I have been talking about the mind – body connection. Recently it was my birthday, and my lovely dog walking friends gave me the book Presence, by Amy Cuddy. I explain to my clients how treating the body can release the stuck emotions, without reliving the traumas of the past. The book, Presence […]
What to expect in the first treatment
So you’ve made the first step and booked a consultation, what to expect in the first treatment? In the first treatment I investigate which position you sleep in. If you sleep on your stomach, that’s now a thing of the past! Most of my clients come to me with a stiff neck. Computers have made […]
Sex after childbirth- your pelvic floor.
Getting back to sex after childbirth can be tricky for some! Your body has been through the wringer after 40 weeks of pregnancy and then breastfeeding. The pelvic floor suffers due to the pelvis being out of alignment. So how do you get back to sex? I have been treating mums and bubs for over […]
Pain between the shoulder blades
Do you have pain between your shoulder blades? Recently I’ve been treating many women and men with pain between their shoulder blades. What causes this? Is it the hours we spend on our computers? Is it the time we spend working out at the gym? Is it our poor sleeping posture, or bad choice of […]
Tech neck?
Are you suffering with tech neck? Recently I have been treating 13 y.o girls, for tech neck and anxiety. The problem is, when the neck and the top joint near the head, is tight and out of alignment, this can cause anxiety. Find me a teen without tech neck. Please! It seems like every teen […]
Fibromyalgia
Over the last 15 years I have treated many people with fibromyalgia. Often these clients have been diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome, also. Recently a young, 25 y.o. woman came to see me, complaining of jaw pain and widespread body pain. She had just been diagnosed as having fibromyalgia. She had been having weekly […]
Tennis elbow gone
Everybody knows someone who’s had tennis elbow. Maybe you’ve had it yourself? How does one get tennis elbow if they have never played tennis? More importantly how does one get rid of it for good? Over the years I have seen dozens of cases of tennis elbow, and fixed them all in 90 secs. Each […]