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A Cure for Knee Osteoarthritis

It's estimated that roughly 30-40% of people will experience knee osteoarthritis as they age with a higher proportion affected being Women (Felson, 1987). A recent World Health Organisation report on the global burden of disease indicates that knee osteoarthritis is likely to become the fourth most important global cause of disability in women and the [...]

Linking Pain & Depression

There was a time when science & medicine failed to acknowledge the relationship between depression and pain. On a regular basis, clients report suffering from chronic pain. Occasionally people’s pain was accompanied by a diagnosis of depression but that would make up the minority of cases I’ve come across. That’s not to say that people aren’t suffering […]

Handbags & Shoulder Injuries

We are dealing with shoulder injuries and pain regularly in our clinic, and it's natural to wonder what the possible causes might be. Shoulder injuries & pain can often seem to appear out of thin air with no known trigger. After discussion with a few of our female patients suffering with shoulder injuries, it had me wondering [...]

The Handbag Trap

Shoulder injuries and chronic shoulder pain are fast becoming one of the most prominent complaints in our clinic. It’s a natural progression to wonder what the possible causes might be. Shoulder injuries & pain can often seem to appear out of thin air with no known trigger. Through investigation &,

Pain Behind The Knee – Possible Causes

One of the most reported knee complains is pain behind the knee or back of the knee pain. As always, the first warning is to always get your knee pain investigated properly by a physiotherapist or your doctor so that you don't aggravate an existing injury. Anatomy of the Knee There are several structures at the [...]

Nutritional Ketosis and the Ketogenic Diet

After many years of struggling with my weight, I have been searching for strategies to break the lifelong battle. I've always been sports obsessed and have been participating in regular physical activity & exercise for most of my life. However, something wasn't adding up, the fat wasn't budging. I became obsessed with reading and learning as much [...]

From Habits to Back Pain

Studies indicate that 60-70% of individuals are likely to experience non-specific low back pain at some point during their lives. Unfortunately, low back pain symptoms often present after many years of sustained damage and stress to the lumbar spine. Through creation of good habits and rejection of poor ones, lower back pain can largely be [...]

Desk-ercise

Desk Exercises are a terrific way to manage lower back pain. Remember, as each person is unique you should seek exercises specific to your case. Lower back pain is one of the most prominent conditions affecting prolonged sitters. As I’ve discussed before lower back pain often results due to poor muscular endurance in the core and […]