Chiropractic News

By Lloyed Clarke: Chiropractor at Victoria Point Chiropractic The festive season is an excellent opportunity for relaxation, being with family, friends and is a time many people plan holidays that include travel. Having time off work can help lower stress levels and assist recovery after a busy year. However, even holidays can have some obstacles. Travelling is a common reason for reports of neck, mid back and lower back pain due to extended periods of sitting. When travelling, a routine […]

The festive season is with us. Our Chiropractors, Massage Therapists and Receptionists appreciate and thank you for your patronage, support, and cooperation throughout 2023. We wish you, family, and friends a safe enjoyable festive season and a healthy prosperous 2024.

By Bethany Higgins: Chiropractor at Victoria Point Chiropractic Posture is the position in which you hold your body while standing, sitting, or lying down. Good posture involves training your body to stand, walk, sit, and lie in positions where the least strain is placed on supporting muscles and ligaments during movement or weight-bearing activities. Many factors can cause poor posture, but bad habits such as slouching and inactivity cause muscle fatigue and tension that ultimately lead to poor posture. The […]

By Nathan Reynolds: Chiropractor at Victoria Point Chiropractic Restricted joints manually adjusted by a chiropractor may or may not produce a ‘popping’ or ‘cracking’ sound. When chiropractors use their hands to apply a gentle but rapid impulse that separates the surfaces of a restricted joint, any associated ‘popping’ or ‘cracking’ sound is known as cavitation. Cavitation is not from your bones or cartilage snapping against each other but is considered to be from healthy gasses being released into the joint. […]

By Philippa Wordsworth: Chiropractor at Victoria Point Chiropractic Do you participate in competitive sport or are you simply wanting to enhance movement and function during regular walks or everyday activity. Chiropractic can help prevent and manage injuries, increase range of motion, flexibility, balance and stimulate your nervous system to activate muscles to achieve the most out of your activity. One way to visualise our nervous system is as a garden hose, free flowing without interruption. However, if there is a […]

Submitted by: Victoria Point Chiropractic Overuse or repetitive strain injuries are the result of cumulative tissue damage from repetitive use and can affect any part of the musculoskeletal system. We are all at risk as most occupational or recreational activity requires repetitive movement. Age, gender and anatomical make up may also play a role in the onset of overuse injury. Overuse injury refers to an array of diagnosis which can affect a variety of joints, for example: wrist – carpal […]

We wish you and your family a happy and healthy 2023   Family Spinal Health in 2023 By Bethany Higgins: Chiropractor Victoria Point Chiropractic It is important to have our children’s spinal health checked. Many pains and symptoms that present in teenage years and adulthood initiate from abnormal muscular and joint stress in our younger years. This is often due to poor posture and/or previous injury. Poor posture is not simply age-related. As a chiropractor, I am seeing many young […]

The festive season has commenced signalling the end of a year and a new beginning. Our Chiropractors, Massage Therapists and Receptionists appreciate and thank you for your patronage, support, and cooperation throughout 2022. We hope you and your family has a safe, enjoyable festive season and a healthy, prosperous 2023, inclusive of adequate rest and recreation. The festive season is an excellent opportunity for relaxation, being with family, friends and is a time many people plan holidays that include travel. […]

By Leonie Schooling: Chiropractor at Victoria Point Chiropractic Ice and heat therapy have long been used as a means of treating acute and chronic muscular and joint conditions. Ice therapy: Ice is used in acute injuries for the first 72 hours or longer when swelling is a problem. In chronic conditions such as overuse injuries, ice helps with the inflammation and swelling. Note for athletes or injuries due to activity or gym: ice should only be used after an activity […]

By Bethany Higgins: Chiropractor at Victoria Point Chiropractic During the latter part of 2022, let’s consider some of the most important aspects of our lives. Physical health and mental health tend to go hand in hand. I want to challenge you to strengthen your health and happiness. Being well and healthy is an enjoyable lifestyle and certainly doesn’t mean you need to give up things you love. For your body to be healthy it needs: Good posture: Good posture requires […]