Tag: Father’s Day
Cancer Doesn’t Discriminate
In the last 12 months cancer has been an unwanted theme in my life, my grandfather had a brush with bowel cancer, a friend of mine beat breast cancer and tragically I lost my brother-in-law to leukaemia. It was a stark reminder that cancer doesn’t discriminate. All of these people in my life were fi
Welcome to the new Feel Amazing Website!
I’m very excited to present our new website to you all! It’s been months in the making and although there are some rough edges to work out and some more content to add, I’m very happy with what we have achieved. I need to shout out a big thank you to Catherine (our receptionist), who…
NOT my surgical team – but got to love their intense concentration!!!
Details about my surgery and what to look out for if you have nerve pain! Next Tuesday I’m having surgery to remove a synovial cyst from the lumbar spine. This has literally been a pain in the bum! As well as causing numbness in my foot and knife-like pain in my groin – fun times! So why…
How to give up coffee!
The biggest thing on my mind this month was my decision to give up on coffee! Coffee has been a personal and close friend for nearly 30 years and although I’ve had periods of less caffeine consumption, or drinking larger amounts, I’ve never given it up! I’m going to outline a successful strategy to
Welcome to the next edition of our Newsletter
Joint and Gut Health In this first section, I’d like to introduce you to an interesting compound I’ve been talking a lot about over the last couple of months. It is called collagen hydrolysate (also called hydrolysed collagen). This product is basically dehydrated gelatine and gained a popularity wi
Good stretching techniques for injury prevention.
With a month to go before the City to Surf many of you are out hitting the streets getting in shape for the big day. To help make sure you get through injury free, the following are tips on correct stretching techniques that have been studied and proven to make a difference – in both…
Welcome to newsletter two on things I’ve been talking to clients about
Acupuncture and pain relief study I’m loving! The following article link explains beautifully a recent study by RMIT University in Melbourne. It was conducted in 4 emergency wards on acute lower back pain, ankle injuries and migraines. The study has finally proven that acupuncture is an effective pa
Welcome to our new monthly newsletter!
Before I get into the new newsletter, I’ll update you all on our long weekend hours and staff availability. We will be closed on Monday but are open both Saturday and Sunday. I’m off for the long weekend. Lior and Yuki are available on Saturday and Mariko and Kevin on Sunday. Elijah is available Sun
Pregnancy and Stress hormones – A quick summary
Pregnancy can be stressful! Most pregnancy’s start with an OMG I’m pregnant!! Woohooo!!!! Followed closely by OMG I’m pregnant!! Farrrrrkkkkk!!!! And this cycle generally continues for the next 9 months. It sometimes continues till they leave home, but that’s a different story for a different post!
The scientific benefits of massage!
I’m often asked about the benefits of massage on health. To answer that question I usually quote one of my favourite studies. It was published by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California. Why I love this study so much is they used blood samp
