Stuck at home and can’t get to your regular practitioner? Or if you’re simply experiencing pain and prefer natural alternatives to medications, our illustrious neighbour Naturopath Tania Flack from Bondi Health and Wellness put this guide together. Of those Australians reporting back pain, nearly half experience difficulty with mobility, daily activities and self-care, which significantly […]
Then check this out. The team at Medical news Today just posted an article with 21 tips and tricks for improving your sleep quality. Poor sleep has been linked to mental health conditions like depression, to reduced immune function, to weight gain, and to reduced healing capacity. The thing I have done lately that’s made […]
With a global pandemic running around, there’s never been a better time to work on your immune system. You want it functioning at its absolute peak right now. As we age, our immune system ages too. This means it doesn’t quite function as well as it used to. Luckily there is something we can do […]
Maybe not Shakespeare’s most famous question…..but an important question nonetheless. HPH Osteopath Jerome Smith has extensive experience working with professional sportspeople – after completing the FIFA Sports Medicine Diploma he worked with premier league footballers in the UK before moving to Sydney. Here are his thoughts on whether to use heat or ice. A lot […]
HPH Physiotherapist Kenny Merlevede knows a thing or two about rehabilitation and returning to exercise after a break. Literally! He was cycling in Centennial Park recently and while trying to avoid hitting a wayward child on a bike he came off and broke his collarbone. The surgery involved 5 pins being inserted into the collarbone. […]
Our Osteopath Dr Jerome Smith put together a daily schedule to help people incorporate more movement into their day. Working from an office, or anywhere that is not your home, requires a certain amount of incidental exercise. You might have to walk to a bus stop, or from a train station to your workplace. You […]
Hello, With a couple of Eastern Suburbs beaches reopening this week, are we allowed to start feeling cautiously optimistic? We hope you and yours are all safe and well. Our Osteopath Jerome has very generously offered to give FREE online ergonomic assessments to those of you working from home. He can skype/zoom etc you to see what […]
Looking after your health at a time like this takes on greater importance than ever, and we take your health very seriously. As such we will be staying open and operating normal business hours for you. With the current concerns we would like to reassure you that we are following WHO and Australian Government updates […]
We wanted to talk you through some basic strategies you can employ to boost your immune function so that if it does get to you, its impact will be far less. Immunity is strongly linked to the autonomic nervous system (stress response). When we are stressed and our sympathetic nervous system is in full swing […]
The working year is now well underway and people are back spending long hours in front of computer screens. One of the common conditions we see is something called Upper Cross Syndrome, and yes, even this early in the year we are already having people coming in for osteopathic treatment for this. This “syndrome” refers […]
