This year Core is focusing on a better understanding of investing in your health. Once upon a time we all would have said “at least I have my health”, in times of hardship & difficulty. No matter what you had to go through you would know that you had made a conscious effort to invest … Continue reading
Research tells us that around 80% of weight loss depends on the diet we consume. This is such an essential piece of information for anyone trying to lose weight as it highlights the importance of looking closely at your current dietary habits and making changes that are significant enough to promote weight loss. However, there … Continue reading
Please note that as from 31st June 2014, due to TGA regulations, a number of tests previously used in clinic to assist in formulating a treatment plan for you are no longer available. Tests that are no longer available include: Urinary indican test for adverse bacteria in the digestive system Candia5 blood test for candida … Continue reading
We discuss recovery a lot at Core. It has been amazing how many of your concerns we see that are directly related to an inability to recover effectively. Stress comes from work, from the family, from illness and injury, from exercising, from studying. There are heaps of benefits to a human being stressed and it’s … Continue reading
It’s a scary statistic when more people in a nation are overweight than within their healthy weight range, but unfortunately this is the picture in many developed nations, including Australia, with a reported 61.2% of our population overweight or obese. That’s well over half of us! Even traditionally ‘thin’ nations like China and France are … Continue reading
They say one in five Australians lives with pain – whether you are personally suffering from pain yourself or you know someone living with it, you can understand how much it can affect one’s quality of life. We see many clients in our clinic feeling fed up, helpless and frustrated as a result of pain. … Continue reading
by Ingrid Masi Defined as ‘pain that extends beyond expected healing time’, chronic pain affects approximately 3 out of 10 Australians or 29% of the population, according to a 2011 health report. Even if we don’t experience pain, 61% of the population know someone who lives with the condition, and it is women who suffer … Continue reading
by Ingrid Masi Neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, menstrual pain………Pain, especially chronic pain, can be particularly debilitating. It can affect our moods, our social interactions, our relationships, our ability to work and even our ability to perform ordinary daily tasks. Acupuncture is one therapy that has been repeatedly proven to be effective in the … Continue reading
by Ingrid Masi A patient of mine who had been on holidays recently stopped me in the street – “You know, that bladder treatment you gave me really worked!” While acupuncture is known for the excellent pain relief it can deliver, what people generally don’t know is that it is fantastic at strengthening and regulating … Continue reading
Acupuncture is an ancient method of treating the body and mind (yes actually they are not as separate as you might think….) by accessing well-defined energy points that are located along the 12 major channels. You can think of the channels like river systems and of the points as accessing the ground water through a … Continue reading