Intentionally planning your day the night before

July Mindfulness Month Tools: Week Two What you do the evening before matters just as much as what you do each morning. In fact, what you do the night before makes it much more likely that you’ll accomplish what you’re aiming to get done on any given day. I started doing the practice…

What is Fasting?

As its name implies, intermittent fasting involves eating nothing for extended periods of time. Fasting is a natural phenomenon for most animals, because food is not always readily available. In times of hardship, certain metabolic changes occur to allow the body to adapt. As a result, humans evolved to be able to function without…

Spread the Love

Kia Ora! Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to read this message addressing the most important person in the world…YOU. When you imagine someone loving you what do you see? For someone it may be embracing a big hug, hearing ‘‘I appreciate you,’’ spending quality time together at dinner, receiving a new…

Chiropractic and Walking

You would have probably been told a number of times by us to go for a walk around the block after your adjustment. The reason we do this is because when we walk more than 200 individual muscles springing into action which includes all of the muscles in your spine and pelvic area so it is an excellent compliment to the chiropractic…

Do I have to keep seeing the chiropractor?

A common question is how long do I have to keep seeing the chiropractor. In reality there is no right answer to the question because every situation is different. If patient A tweaked her low back picking up a basket of laundry and patient B injured several cervical vertebrae in a car accident, the treatment…

Creating a life you LOVE

Coming to New Zealand has been the easiest and hardest thing I’ve ever done. With no income, no housing, no friends, I packed my belongings and flew to Wellington, New Zealand for an unpaid internship to finish my last requirement of Chiropractic school. I gambled on myself and a dream. My family and friends questioned…

The 30 Day Bar Hanging Challenge!

Recently I have noticed a high number of my patients within my practice have been presenting with numerous shoulder issues. From sprains, to AC joint separations to frozen shoulders, it has really shown how much limited shoulder function can affect your overall quality of life. As such, I have been researching simple ways to improve,…

10 Common Nutrition Myths Debunked

For the last 16 years (since I started studying to be a Chiropractor!) I have been researching and experimenting with the old saying, ‘You are what you eat’. However even in this short period, new research continues to change my thoughts around what is the ideal diet. This has affected what I would recommend to…

Eight ways to maintain strong bones

Skeletal strength is built in our teenage years – but high-calcium foods, vitamin D and exercise help at any age. The health of your bones and muscles are vital as they help you stay upright, strong, and capable of living a happy and productive life. Without the health of either of these, your quality of…

Five Top Tips on Detoxing to Decrease Pain

At Chiropractic Balance we know that to get to the core of your health issues and eliminate pain, we may need to peel back multiple layers. For many of us with nagging aches, one of those layers can be toxicity of our digestive system & liver causing chronic inflammation and pain.