Health & Wellness

Holidays often mean a fair amount of travelling and when you are sitting still for long periods of time, the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

There is no doubt that flying adversely affects our bodies in a number of ways. This is what Boeing has to say in the "Improved Passenger Comfort Guide".

If you have a balance problem that is not tied to illness, medication or some other specific cause, simple exercises can help preserve, and perhaps improve, your balance.

One of the most common injuries that we see in our clinic is shoulder impingement syndrome, which is characterized by a pinching sharp pain in the shoulder and upper arm region.

Avocados are great brain food, in moderation! What you eat does affect how well you think and remember.

Consider the animals with the largest bones - cows, elephants. What do they eat? Leafy plants.

Most of us were taught that the brain deteriorates as it ages... yes? We were even given statistics. But hold on... we knew a few people who were old but great, didn't we?

Intuition is "knowing" something without being able to explain how you came to that conclusion rationally. It's that mysterious "gut feeling" or "instinct" that often turns out to be right, in retrospect.

We are all individuals and our bodies may and often require a slightly different treatment approach. There are many options but correct diagnosis is critical to finding the solution that best suits you.

Damage through Stroke and TBI are the leading cause of death and disability in NZ. These two events are not only common; our outdoor life and sporting focus encourages accidents.