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Neuroscience and neuroplasticity
Neuroscience and neuroplasticity. Surely these are the buzz words of the moment. I seem to be seeing articles in the paper or online about the brain's ability to...
Sinus treatment with a chiropractor
Recently I was contacted by a local chiropractor after I treated one of his patients for swelling in her foot. She'd had treatment from him, from a podiatrist and had...
Unexplained swelling and bruising
Three weeks ago I had a new client come to see me. Denise is a 63-year-old woman who had a sore, bruised and swollen thigh. Her upper leg started to swell on Christmas...
The power of determination
I want to introduce you to M. He's not my typical client, not that I really have those but you know what I mean. Until May 2009 he was your typical (there's that word...
Preventative medicine
I suddenly realised it's been a while since I've done a post. The main reason is that I've been busy on a personal level (busy at work too of course, but it's the...
A personal story – the Caresia compression garments
I'm constantly asking my clients to write a post for me and every now and then one obliges and I am very grateful, it's so much more powerful in their own words. After...
Craniosacral therapy for headaches
This is a bit of feedback I received on Friday from a client who sent her daughter-in-law to see me for some craniosacral therapy seven weeks ago. She had been a...
Day 3, ALA Conference
It seems like a lifetime ago already - thank goodness I have my conference handbook to refer to because I wouldn't remember one-tenth of the topics that were covered...
Day 2, ALA Conference, Auckland
The second day was always going to be full ... I was to attend the Smith and Nephew hosted breakfast session - breakfast at 7.30 and a talk at 8, followed by the full...