Living a less toxic lifestyle has become a big part of my life. The more I learn about toxic chemicals and their use in our food, packaging, household products, personal care products, makeup and cosmetics the more convinced I am that a lot of our sickness and disease can possibly be linked to their increasingly frequent use.
Read MoreWith the ability to boost memory, improve heart health, prevent disease, slow the effects of ageing AND make your skin glow; it’s no wonder antioxidants are known as the wonder nutrient!
Read MoreSo, you’ve woken up and can’t get out of bed. Or, you’ve bent over to pick something up or reached behind you to get something from the back seat of the car and suddenly you feel a sharp stabbing pain in your lower back.
Read MoreWhat’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word magnesium?
I bet it’s got something to do with muscles and cramps, right?
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When we think of lavender oil it can conjure up memories of our very first aromatherapy massage, as lavender oil is one of the most popular oils on the market.
Read MoreApparently one of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing again and again expecting different results.
This can also be said for having the same treatment over and over again with no results but hoping or expecting for different results.
Read MoreAs one of the most used tropical fruits in the world, lemons are loaded with nutrients and have incredibly high concentrations of vitamin C but when the oil is unlocked from this little piece of fruit, its full potential is realised.
The cleansing, purifying and invigorating properties of the lemon make it one of the most versatile of the essential oils and can be used for many applications.
Read MoreIf you’re new to myotherapy and SLM especially, you may notice that we do things a little differently.
One of the biggest differences is that we treat the body as a whole not just an individual muscle on its own.
Read MoreThis is probably the most common mistake I see people making.
You feel a twinge, or a pull in a muscle and it goes away, and you get on with your life.
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I’ve lost count of the number of times a new client has come to see me experiencing some form of chronic muscular pain.
After probing deeper into the history of their pain, it almost always can be traced back to a time when they noticed a slight twinge or spasm somewhere in their body but ignored it.
Read More‘I need to get my priorities right’ is what a client told me the other day.
She had been to see me a year or so ago for neck and shoulder problems and hadn’t been back.
Now, a year later and in more pain than when she first came to see me, she realised how important it was to look after her body.
There was also another year’s worth of tightness that needed to be broken down and released, effectively taking longer to achieve. But, hey, what do I know?
Read MoreHave you heard of BakBalls? Have you used them? If you have, then you'll know why they are so great to use. If you haven't, then you need to :) They are one of the best self help tools you can use!
Light and compact, pop them in your bag, take them with you. It's like having a massage when you're not able to get one.
Read MoreHas this ever happened to you or maybe someone you know? One minute everything is ticking along fine, the next minute you are on the floor or bent in some awkward position, clutching your back crying out in pain something like 'MY BACK' or 'I CAN'T MOVE'. It seems so innocent and so out of the blue. All you did was simply do something that you've done hundreds of times before, except this time it has ended up with a very different outcome. What happened?
Read MoreAlmost every person I treat on a daily basis all have one thing in common, and that is muscle imbalances. We all have an imbalance to some degree, it just depends how long our body has been in an unbalanced state as to how much pain, tightness and discomfort we feel. Our bodies become unbalanced due to a variety of factors; poor posture, sitting or standing for long periods, injury, intense physical activity, etc.
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