Seeing a chiropractor during winter can be beneficial for several reasons: Winter Activities and Injuries and improved performance: Winter often brings along activities like skiing, snowboarding, football, soccer, and netball. These activities can put a strain on your body, leading to muscle tension, joint stiffness, and even injuries. Our Chiropractor Dr Matthew can help address…
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Pregnancy and Postpartum Pregnancy is an exciting time as you prepare to welcome your new baby. With pregnancy comes lots of changes, both physically and hormonally. These physical changes can cause pain and discomfort as your body adjusts to the increase in weight and the fluctuation of your hormones. During pregnancy taking pain medication is…
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We want all our patients to get the most out of every Chiropractic appointment. What you do after your appointment and between visits is just as vital as the adjustments and treatment itself. It’s normal to feel amazing after your adjustment and feel like you are back to your old self. It’s equally as normal…
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In our Geelong Chiropractic clinic, back pain is something that we see every single day. Patients present with upper, middle and lower back pain for many different reasons including the following: Poor posture or prolonged positions due to work Heavy lifting. Pregnancy or Breastfeeding Sedentary lifestyle Daily activities Sports or Gym routine. Stress Underlying health…
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Let us help you achieve your goals for 2023! Often we start a new year with new goals or “New Year’s resolutions”. Common goals are usually around weight loss or fitness but often become too difficult or unachievable as we don’t look at the bigger picture as well as the smaller steps it to to…
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Have you been experiencing the effects of poor posture? Our Geelong Chiropractor Dr Matthew treats many patients in our clinic who experience the effects and pain associated with poor posture. We treat the symptoms of poor posture with a range of different treatment techniques in our Geelong West clinic including Manual Adjustment Soft tissue therapies…
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WHAT IS SCIATICA or SCIATIC NERVE PAIN Sciatica is a common condition that we see in our Geelong Clinic. Most patients who come to us with Sciatica will be experiencing an irritating pain that can start in their lower back, refer pain into the buttocks and even run down the leg into the feet and…
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5 SURPRISING REASONS FOR YOUR BACK PAIN? 💥 In our Geelong clinic, many of our patients come to us experiencing back pain that they can’t explain. They haven’t experienced any trauma or injured themselves in an accident or during exercise. When you look at your spinal health in a holistic way many factors can contribute…
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What is a disc bulge? A disc bulge is when the soft inner portion of the disc (nucleus pulposus) bulges or balloons outside of the hard outer layer of the disc (annulus fibrosis) See the image below for reference. This “disc bulge” if severe enough can cause compression of the spinal nerve causing pain and…
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With many of our Geelong patients recovering from Covid19, we are seeing a trend in common complaints. Both middle back pain and lower back pain are common side effects post-Covid. During the isolation period, it is obviously impossible to seek in-person treatment. We want to ensure that during this time our patients have the ability…
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