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What is plantar fasciitis, and how is it caused? Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the plantar fascia. This is a thick band of tissue that connects your heel to your ...
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What is Yin Yoga? If you have never tried yoga, you may have the idea in your mind that yoga is all difficult poses that are hard to get into ...
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What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition you may acquire when one of nerves that runs through your wrist (the median nerve) becomes compressed. The carpal ...
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Stretching is an excellent practice to incorporate in our everyday lives. This is due to the many benefits it has, such as keeping your muscles flexible and able to work ...
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Iliopsoas bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa located under the iliopsoas muscle, which is directly in front of the hip. A bursa is a fluid filled sac that provides ...
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A big question people often have is, do babies understand what we are saying? The answer to this, is yes! Reading to babies contributes to their development of their growing ...
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What do we do at Revolution Chiropractic and how is this revolutionary? The primary objective for us at Revolution Chiropractic unlike any other Chiropractic Office is to make sure we ...
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Introduction A week or 2 ago we mentioned diabetes and ways we could help prevent it. The best and most effective way is to cut sugar out. The recommended amount ...
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Introduction Who’s a big chocolate fan?? I know I am. And when I mean chocolate, I mean dark chocolate. Like at least 40% Cacao. Anything underneath that isn’t really classified ...
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Introduction There are so many supplements and nutrients out there up for grabs nowadays. From Vitamin A to Zinc, there are just so many. Each of them has its own ...
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Introduction Fruits come in all shapes and sizes and colors. Some are sour, some are sweet and some just smell terribly bad. Now they are full of sugar in the ...
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Introduction Covid-19 is all around the place. However, just because it’s a new virus we shouldn’t be afraid of it. It’s a new virus and it’s going to stay just ...
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Introduction The cervical spine is a very delicate part of the body however it carries plenty of loads. As a result, there are many issues that can come with it ...
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Introduction You’ve probably heard many times that your spine degenerates and that you’ve got degenerative disc disease (DDD). Usually by your chiropractor, but do you really know what it means ...
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Introduction Our spines are very flexible yet it’s a very important part of our body. It serves as an attachment point for muscles in our body as well as protecting ...
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Introduction The spine goes through plenty of stress in most human beings. Whether it’s from recreational activities such as sports to work all activities will place some sort of stress ...
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Introduction Chiropractors adjust your spine. We pride ourselves on ‘Locating, analyzing, and correcting vertebral subluxations’. So you’ve probably heard your chiropractor say ‘you are subluxated’ or ‘you have subluxations here ...
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Introduction I’m not sure when this will be published. While I’m writing this, we are in Level 4 lockdown. This just means it’s hard for us to go outdoor and ...
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Introduction I can’t believe that after nearly 40 blogs I have not talked about the importance of a healthy spine. That is kind of strange for a chiropractor. Our spines ...
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Introduction Human aging is inevitable. While we are aging, many things start to deteriorate. It is an outcome that cannot be avoided. Our hair starts falling out, we start to ...
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Paediatric Chiropractic Chiropractic is all about looking after the spine and the nervous system. This means that anyone with a spine and nervous system can benefit from chiropractic, and this ...
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Children’s Posture and Wellbeing While adults may be aware of their own posture and how it affects them, they may not be aware that it is also very important to ...
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Breech Babies and Chiropractic Care Chiropractic care is amazing for expecting mothers for many reasons. A common complication of pregnancy/birth is when the baby ends up in the breech position, ...
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Injury Prevention and Chiropractic More and more people are becoming aware of how beneficial chiropractic care is when they have sustained an injury. However, what people may not be aware ...
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What is the runner’s knee? Runner’s knee is a general term that covers several conditions that cause pain at the knee. These conditions include:

• Patellofemoral pain syndrome – generalised ...
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What is tendinitis? Tendinitis (also called tendinosis or tendinopathy) is the inflammation of a tendon. Tendons are the connective tissue that attaches our muscles to our bones. They help our ...
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Are you looking for a Chiropractor in Auckland and would like to know more about what Chiropractors do? Here is a short video to watch: Contact Revolution Chiropractic – Leading  ...
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What is a disc/inter-verterbal disc? Our spines are made up of bones called vertebrae. In between each of these bones, we have discs that cushion our vertebrae and act as ...
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The birthing process is a very complicated process that puts a lot of stress on both the mother and the baby. Because birth is so complicated, numerous things can go ...
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What are the benefits of good posture? “Sit up straight” or “don’t slump” is advice we have all probably heard at sometime during our lives, as someone is trying to ...
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Introduction Chiropractic can benefit anyone at any age, as we all have spines and nervous systems that need to be looked after. Chiropractic can provide many benefits to people in ...
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What is the immune system? The immune system is our natural defense against outside pathogens such as bacteria or viruses. It is constantly working to prevent us from getting sick ...
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We live in such a fast paced society today that being stressed just seems normal. We are always busy and have so much input coming at us from everywhere. Stress ...
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Mental health in New Zealand: Mental health disorders are an extremely common issue in New Zealand. With 17% of our adult population receiving a mood or anxiety disorder. Estimates show ...
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What is health? What is perfect health? Is it possible to achieve perfect health? If so, how long does it take? Are these all expectations that social media has set ...
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Perspective and Health Once again another Covid-19 is dominating the news again. But did you know this is not the first time a deadly virus, flu, bacteria, or disease that ...
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The modern era is beautiful, full of technology, plenty of food and some of us may be able to afford luxuries that were only accessible to maybe 0.5% of the ...
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A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the importance of warming up and how it was crucial before we jump into our workout. So today we are going to ...
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High cholesterol levels is something that effects around 31% of the human population. Having a cholesterol levels can lead to high blood pressure, angina and kidney diseases. In more serious ...
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We have mentioned many times about the importance of consistent exercise. However, most of us just exercise whenever we want and do not have a set routine. But for results ...
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Whether exercise is done first thing in the morning, in the middle of the day or late in the evening, it should be a staple in your daily routine. We ...
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This era has unlimited food on the supermarket shelves. We’ve got plenty of meats, vegetables, grains, oats, dairy products etc. However, not everything on the shelves is safe to eat ...
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BRIEFING: Food is now in abundance for many of us. In fact, we have so much food that many of the unnecessary products are becoming staples. I’m sure there is ...
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In the last blog we discussed the physiology of diabetes what happens to insulin and some of the symptoms of diabetes. Quick recap, insulin is the hormone that regulates blood ...
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Every living animal on this planet has muscle fibers. There are some animals who can move for long distances like birds migrating through different seasons and there are some animals ...
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Every sort of screen emits blue light and how many hours do we spend sitting in front of a screen every day? We are looking at screens every day whether ...
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Sleep Quality and Bed Mattress… Are They Linked? And what is the best Chiropractic Bed Mattress out there? Sleep is the most vital way for humans to recover. That’s why ...
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The importance of good quality sleep and what we can do to improve our sleep quality We all know the importance of good quality sleep. It can help us with ...
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What changes does the body go through during pregnancy and how can chiropractic care help? Pregnancy is a beautiful thing as you are growing a brand new human inside of ...
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Are you a parent and want to know how a child Chiropractor can improve your child’s posture, overall health and well being? No parent wants to see their children in ...
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What are Migraines? Can a Chiropractor Help? Migraines are a neurological condition that affects up to 15% of the population. They are categorised as a severe headache that usually only ...
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Chiropractic Care, is it just about back and neck pain or is there more to it? Chiropractic care can help with many things other than your back and neck pain ...
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What is Frozen Shoulder and Can a Chiropractor Help? Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, is a condition in which the shoulder becomes very painful and stiff. This typically ...
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Chiropractic Treatment, is it a lifelong commitment? The answer to that question is really up to your preference and how you prioritise your overall health. Is Chiropractic treatment and keeping ...
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Coronavirus Covid-19 and Chiropractic Health Care We are in interesting and uncertain times with Covid-19 hanging around and as chiropractic Drs, we are concerned. This is a new virus, with ...
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Can Chiropractic Adjustments increase back strength? Yes. Absolutely. When you visit a Chiropractor, you are training and strengthening your spine. How amazing is that! A Chiropractic adjustment is not just ...
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Chiropractic is so much more than ‘cracking’ backs! Contrary to what most people think, Chiropractic care is not just for neck and back pain. I suppose when we become sick, ...
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As a chiropractor, I have seen many back injuries. Injuries can be acute or chronic. Many people ask me the same question, Which is better for back pain, Ice or ...
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There two different forms of stretching; Static Stretching vs Dynamic Stretching. Both of them have their benefits but which one is for you? Check out the advice from Dr Samineh ...
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Poor sitting posture and effects on spine health Have a desk job and worried about your sitting posture? You are right to! Over time, poor posture from bad habits during ...
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The Chin Tuck: An Excellent Exercise for Neck and upper back pain After visiting your Chiropractor, one of the most effective postural exercises for combating neck and upper back pain ...
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Are Adjustments painful? Myth! One of the most common mistruths about seeing a chiropractor is that adjustments are painful. Ok, let’s bust this Myth! The truth is – getting adjusted ...
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Stress And the Common Cold Stress has a major influence on the function of your immune system. For instance, have you noticed you’re more likely to catch a cold when ...
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Research has shown us not to let children use mobile phones, either as a toy or to talk on. Their skulls are thinner and smaller than an adults and they ...
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Chiropractic care for headaches & migraines Frequent head and neck pain can be extremely debilitating. Especially for people who work long hours, or have ongoing responsibilities. For many of us, ...
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The connection between Chiropractic Care And Sleep Getting a good night’s sleep is one of the most important things you can do to improve your health. If you are having ...
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Warming up before a workout is even more important than you think! How many times have we just jumped into exercising without warming up properly? How many times have we ...
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Coronavirus preventation  Now that school is about to start, parents getting their kids ready for this new year and people gradually returning back to work, holiday season is now truly ...
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There are 4 types of fitness; strength, endurance, balance and flexibility. Previously we have discussed the first three. Our final type of exercise and fitness is flexibility. Flexibility is the ...
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9 Exercises to Relieve Neck and Shoulder Pain Open Book | 5 reps per side
Start by lying on your side with your knees bent in front of your ...
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There are 4 types of exercise; strength, cardio (aka endurance), balance and flexibility. We have previously touched on strength and cardio training. The main topic this time is balance. Balance ...
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Overview You can use turmeric to reduce inflammation and pain related to inflammation. Making a tea from it is one of the easiest ways to consume turmeric. In fact, learned ...
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Chiropractic care overview Chiropractic care is an amazing healthcare modality. We have previously covered that chiropractic is not a treatment. In fact, I believe that chiropractic should be a lifestyle ...
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So often when something in our bodies feels tense or uncomfortable, our immediate response is to try to stretch, stretch, stretch the pain away. However, stretching alone often isn’t the ...
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a standard class of drugs. They are used chronically for persistent pain due to osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders in older adults. Specifically, an estimated ...
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Painkillers Painkillers, are they bad, or are they good? Yes, they are great for masking pain, but do they do anything? Long term use of painkillers can cause many problems ...
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Happy New Year Everyone! Welcome to 2020! 2019 is in the past now so let’s forget all the negative and continue with the positives! As the New Year is here, ...
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Posture. Good, bad, and the bendy. Our bodies want to move. However, with our ever-sedentary lifestyle, we have to find a way to cope – proper posture is one of ...
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Pregnancy is such a wonderful, exciting time! There are so many changes that happen – physically, emotionally, and hormonally.  It can sometimes feel like a rollercoaster ride. One of the ...
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The human brain is the organ that controls everything in our body. It acts as our engine and provides vital messages to different parts of our body to keep everything ...
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In our blog ‘Strength Training’, we talked about the importance of strength training and as a recommendation, 40-60 minutes of strength/weight training every week is needed. These exercises could be ...
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In our blog ‘8 Benefits of Exercising’ we talked about the importance of exercise and as a recommendation, 30 minutes of exercise every day is needed. These exercises could be ...
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By Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani: Tip # 5 Sleep Sleep Poor sleep habits can also contribute to unnecessary stress in the household… If a child does not wake up easily and ...
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By Dr. Jennifer Barham-Floreani: Tip # 4: GET DIRTY – Benefits to the Immune System Many of us have been led to believe that germs are the root of all ...
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By Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani: Tip # 3: TOUGH LOVE Many parents lament that they can’t get their children to eat certain foods or meals that they prepare… Despite their best ...
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By Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani: How? Take an audit. Whenever we want to set ourselves a new goal we have to know where we are starting. This allows us to look ...
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By Dr. Jennifer Barham-Floreani: My number one tip or proactive step for raising the health status of your children is to FIND AN INSPIRING, RECOMMENDED WELLNESS CHIROPRACTORs and have your ...
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In the next five blogs, I will reveal the top 5 tips on raising the wellness of children! But first, I want to address an important question. When it comes ...
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We all have an extremely busy lifestyle and quite a few of us may not have the time to exercise. Additionally, summer is coming up and most of us would ...
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Posture Tech neck is the term used to describe the neck pain and damage sustained from looking down at your cell phone, tablet, or other wireless devices too frequently and ...
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Eat to Live – Dr Joel Furhman Do YOU want to change your life? Would you like to get rid of your pain? Do YOU want to become healthier? Would ...
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It seems like every few years we have to unlearn some health advice that experts have come up with. “Fats are bad… No, they’re good!” “Carbs are the enemy! No ...
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Here’s something that may come as a surprise to you – your body wasn’t designed to be in one position for more than 15 minutes. With many people working office ...
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You have experienced a decrease in focus, memory, and clear thoughts. This is a sign of what’s known as mental fatigue or burnout. It can be linked to many things ...
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If you’re sitting in front of a computer or desk for most of the day then you’ve probably run into the problem of annoying neck pain. Throw in a bunch ...
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Mindfulness and stress are on the tips of everyone’s tongue nowadays. Large corporations are investing millions on mindfulness rooms and practices for their employees to reap the benefits and increase ...
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Last week I talked about the deadlift stance. This week I want to cover another significant error I see in deadlift technique that can lead to injury and give this ...
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