Most of us spend long hours at work, so workplace nutrition habits can have a significant impact on your health. Eating unhealthy food every day in sedentary jobs like office & retail workers or truck drivers can lead to weight gain and health issues, but even physically demanding jobs require nutritious meal choices to provide the right fuel to keep you going through the day. Studies show that productivity is lower for people who binge eat or don’t eat nutritionally balanc

This is how we Roll.......our feet. In this video we want to show you a way to stretch, mobilise and strengthen your feet. This great routine is so simple to do that you will love doing it and your feet will end up loving it too. All you need is a foot and a ball (you can start with a soft squishy ball fist - but a hard rubber ball is my favourite). It may be a little sore at first - and challenging - especially getting the toes to bend upwards and stretch ....... but with ti

Scalenes are three muscles, the anterior, medius and posterior. They begin at the cervical transverse process, two to seven (C2-C7) and insert onto the first and second rib. These muscles are on the side of the neck. What do they do? 1. They flex the head laterally (to the side), and also help rotating the head to the opposite side. 2. Help raise the ribs when we breathe in. So they are considered auxiliary respiratory muscles (If you watch sprinters in a race these muscles w

If you are active anywhere on social media these days, chances are you’ve heard a lot about bone broth and that it’s great for gut health. Well, it’s true. At least for most people. Some people with digestive disorders such as SIBO, or allergies like Histamine Intolerance are best to find a qualified nutritionist or naturopath to help guide their gut healing strategy to suit their specific needs, as some foods that are helpful for gut health, like fermented foods or long co

In the last few years, the notion of functional training has vastly changed the face of health and fitness. CrossFit, Boot Camps, Pilates, Yoga, and even the Ninja Warrior television series which have burst onto the scene using often household instruments to increase the strength and conditioning of us all. Movement: “How We Move” is Just As Important as “How Much We Do” As a Myotherapist I love the way this industry is constantly evolving. Change is great for the most as i

Wry neck, torticollis or simply a neck that cannot move and feels locked in place. There is a torticollis that is present from birth (congenital) but today I will be discussing wry neck that suddenly appears. What is wry neck Wry neck is where your head tilts to one side at an angle or your head is turned to a side and is extremely painful to straighten or turn to opposite side. The neck will feel locked into this position, usually it is not painful to move further into the l

Today we show you how to get your mid back moving. Stiffness in the thoracic spine creates more stress in the neck and in the low back - as well as typically creating the rolled forward shoulder position. With the shoulders rolled forward we end up tighter in the chest and prone to more shoulder and neck aches - so i think this simple exercise is great. Although the video shows how to do this with a foam roller - if you are particularly sensitive or very limited in motion - y