Chiropractic Balance Blog
Paleo Double Layer Chocolate Cake – Plus FREE Birthday Cake e-cookbook.
Due to the imminent due date of my second baby, yesterday Franklin (our 2 year old) and I decided to bake ‘it’ a birthday cake. As we are what we eat, we wanted to make sure that this cake was as full of as many nutrients as possible. That’s when I came across my friend Leandra’s (the ‘Cosmopolitan Hippy’) Paleo chocolate cake recipe.
Cortisol and Adrenal Fatigue
Cortisol is one of those “good/bad” hormones. Too much in the evening and you won’t fall asleep. Too little in the morning and you can’t get out of bed. How can you regulate the production of this hormone to have good energy levels and avoid fatiguing your adrenal glands?
DESIGNER BAGS, SMARTPHONES AND HIGH HEELS COULD AFFECT YOUR HEALTH SAY NZ CHIROPRACTORS
Women beware!! Regularly carrying a large, heavy bag, texting and looking down can cause an alteration in your natural posture. When you add the combination of high heels it becomes a recipe for accelerated symptoms.
The Rise of Turmeric
Turmeric has long been known throughout Asia for its palliative and medicinal benefits. But only relatively recently have we come to understand the health benefits associated with this prince of spices, known in some circles as “the golden spice of life”.
Is Chiropractic Care Safe for my Child?
In my experience as a Chiropractor and in our practice (working on babies and children), we have seen amazing changes in conditions such as as colic, headaches, injuries, growing pains, feeding difficulties, clumsiness, reflux, misshapen skulls, recurrent ear infections and more. If you ask the majority of the children, they can’t wait to come for their adjustment and the most common feedback we get from parents is that their child is so relaxed afterwards and sleeps very well.
What Causes Headaches and How Can Chiropractic Help?
In a study conducted by the New Zealand government, the majority of those suffering recurrent headaches from spinal misalignment found that their headaches were relieved by chiropractic manipulation, and many were found to still be pain-free in the two-year follow-up.