Blog and Education
Education is a large part of our care.
We want to share our health tips and tricks with you to compliment your care.
The Principles Of Sitting Correctly
In the video Dr Ben Coupe demonstrates how to sit correctly. Most people don’t understand the fundamental principles of sitting ergonomics that when performe...
How to Get the Right Sleep Position Using Only Towels
This video is about sleeping better and waking with less aches and pains. We demonstrate how using towels as a replacement pillow can create a great sleep se...
Is Poor Posture Related to Osteoarthritis?
I’m sure that some of you think we harp on about posture. It’s not just because we’re chiropractic nerds who really love this stuff (although that is a big p...
Bulletproof Your Posture
Sitting at an office desk for hours a day is the work reality for many of us. Unfortunately this often leads to some muscles being overused leading to excess...
How to Minimise Injury When Gardening
One of my favourite times of the year is the start of spring. Melbournians all seem to come out of hibernation when spring hits and for many that means lots ...
Do You Look After All Aspects of Your Health?
If you have been reading our articles over the last few years you will have noticed how varied the topics are. We include articles on nutrition, exercises an...
What Does Your Typical Morning Look Like?
What does your typical morning look like? I know for me that I have had plenty of days that feel like you start on the back foot and spend the rest of the da...
Is Posture the Reason Behind Your Knee Pain?
As a chiropractor, one of the most common complaints I hear about is knee pain. This is especially true as I adjust a lot of CrossFitters in my practice and ...
Sit Better and Sit Less
It seems every time I write a post for this e-zine I return to issues around SSS. Sitting, Sleeping and Standing. They represent the home care rules for gett...
Turmeric – the latest wonder spice?
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been used in India for at least 2500 years and is known to have antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying and carminative (gas ...
Habits – how to form good habits and make them stick
Every day in our clinics we’re talking about habits – exercise, sitting, sleeping, diet, alcohol intake – and how these habits have an impact on how that bod...
Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue
The modern life has a lot of advantages, things that were once laborious and complicated have become quick and easy. But there is a cost, everyday we are bom...
Stress, Movement & Anti-Fragility
“You are as old as your spine.” – Chinese proverb
If you are reading this, then by default you are spending most of your life in a technology-based society. ...
Why We Don’t Recommend Orthotics
I’m sure most people are familiar with orthotics. They are the plastic moulds that go on the inside of your shoe. They are often prescribed by podiatrists bu...
Do You CrossFit? This is Why You Need Regular Treatment
If you have been a regular client of ours you will inevitably know that most of our chiropractors do CrossFit. Sam, Richard and I have been consistently Cros...
The Purpose of Proper Movement Preparation
What does the term “functional movement” really mean?
How I Got Bounding Energy & Crystal Clear Mental Clarity in Days
If you haven’t heard of fasting then you need to. There is an important impressive and constantly growing body of research demonstrating how fasting can have huge heal…
Hypnobabies
For those of you who haven’t chatted to me or don’t frequent the city clinic you’d likely be unaware that as I write this, my partner and I will soon be welc...
Two Exercises to Improve Your Core
Most people are aware that good core strength is important to hir body. Whilst this is true our opinion takes into account other factors when measuring co…
Do Slumped vs Upright Postures affect the Stress Response?
It’s quite common for clients report positive changes in mood as a consequence of care in our office. People don’t always know how to describe it so they usu...