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Chiropractic Treatments at Chirocure Clinic in St Kilda East – your path to better health!

**Chiropractic Treatments at Chirocure Clinic in St Kilda East: Your Path to Better Health**

Located in the heart of St Kilda East, Chirocure Clinic is dedicated to providing effective and holistic chiropractic care to help you achieve optimal health. Whether you are dealing with chronic pain, recovering from an injury, or simply seeking better mobility, chiropractic treatments at Chirocure are designed to address a wide range of health issues with a personalized approach.

**What is Chiropractic Care?**

Chiropractic care focuses on diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal disorders, particularly those affecting the spine. The core philosophy is that the body’s structure, especially the spine, plays a crucial role in overall health. Chiropractors use hands-on techniques, like spinal adjustments, to restore alignment, reduce pain, and enhance the body’s ability to heal itself naturally.

**Services Offered at Chirocure Clinic**

1. **Spinal Adjustments and Manipulation**
One of the most common and effective treatments at Chirocure Clinic is spinal manipulation. This technique involves applying controlled force to specific joints in the spine to restore alignment and alleviate pressure on the nervous system. This can help reduce pain and improve function, particularly for conditions like back pain, neck pain, and headaches.

2. **Posture Correction**
Poor posture can lead to a variety of musculoskeletal issues, including back pain, shoulder strain, and tension headaches. The chiropractors at Chirocure assess your posture and work with you to correct imbalances, improving spinal alignment and reducing strain on the muscles and ligaments. Better posture can also enhance your overall energy levels and productivity.

3. **Sports Injuries Treatment**
If you’re an athlete or enjoy an active lifestyle, Chirocure Clinic offers treatments specifically for sports-related injuries. Chiropractic adjustments help address joint misalignments and muscle imbalances caused by physical activity, promoting faster recovery and preventing future injuries. Whether it’s a sprain, strain, or repetitive use injury, chiropractic care can provide relief and aid in rehabilitation.

4. **Massage Therapy**
Massage therapy is an integral part of many treatment plans at Chirocure Clinic. By targeting specific muscles, massage therapy helps alleviate muscle tension, improve circulation, and promote relaxation. It’s often used in conjunction with chiropractic care to enhance healing and reduce stress.

5. **Pregnancy Chiropractic Care**
Pregnant women often experience back pain, pelvic discomfort, and other musculoskeletal issues. Chiropractors at Chirocure Clinic offer gentle, safe treatments to alleviate discomfort and support the body through this important time. Techniques are tailored to ensure the comfort and safety of both the mother and the baby.

6. **Lifestyle Advice**
Chirocure’s holistic approach doesn’t just involve spinal adjustments. The team provides advice on posture, ergonomics, exercise, and nutrition to help improve your overall quality of life. They aim to empower patients to take control of their health by making positive changes in their daily routines.

Book appointments online today @ www.chirocure.net

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Managing Menstrual Migraines

For many women, migraines are more than just occasional headaches.
They can be debilitating episodes of intense pain, especially when linked to the menstrual cycle.

Menstrual migraines, also known as hormone-related migraines, occur around the time of a woman’s period and are triggered by hormonal fluctuations.

These migraines can significantly impact daily life, causing severe pain, nausea, sensitivity to light, and fatigue.

Common Symptoms of Menstrual Migraines include:
● Throbbing or pulsing pain, typically on one side of the head
● Sensitivity to light, sound, or smells
● Nausea or vomiting
● Aura (visual disturbances such as flashing lights or blind spots)
● Fatigue or irritability
● Neck stiffness or pain

Here’s A Quick Guide To Help Manage Menstrual Migraines

1. Stay Hydrated – Dehydration is a common migraine trigger. Drink plenty of water throughout the day and aim for at least 8 glasses daily, especially leading up to your period.

2. Incorporate Regular Exercise – Engaging in regular, low-impact exercise, like walking or yoga, can improve circulation and help regulate hormones. Aim for at least 30 minutes of activity most days.

3. Track Your Menstrual Cycle – Keeping a record of your menstrual cycle can help you predict when migraines may occur, allowing you to take preventive measures.

4. Regular Chiropractic Adjustments

– Chiropractic adjustments can help alleviate menstrual migraines by improving spinal alignment and reducing nerve interference. Misalignments in the spine can contribute to increased tension in the neck and upper back, which may trigger or exacerbate migraines.

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How to Stay Healthy While Travelling This Holiday Season

As the holiday season approaches, many of us are eagerly planning trips to unwind and enjoy time with family and friends.

However, holidays often mean disrupting our usual health routines. Between festive meals, holiday stress, and lengthy travel, we might end up feeling stiff, fatigued, or even facing back pain instead of returning refreshed.

Here are some chiropractic tips to keep you in peak condition while travelling, so you come back feeling better than ever!

1. Prep Your Body Before the Trip

Your spine and muscles take on a lot of stress while travelling, especially with extended periods of sitting. Before your trip, consider visiting your chiropractor for an adjustment to ensure your body is in alignment. A quick pre-trip visit can also help identify any areas of tightness or misalignment, making it easier to stay comfortable on long flights or drives.

2. Avoid Long Periods of Sitting When Possible

Extended sitting, particularly in cramped plane or car seats, can lead to poor posture and stiffness. Aim to get up and stretch every hour or so to encourage blood flow and reduce strain on your lower back and neck.

For flights, take a short walk down the aisle, and if driving, plan stops to stretch. Moving around regularly can help you avoid the “travel slump” that leaves your back stiff and uncomfortable.

3. Be Mindful of Your Carry-On Bags

Carrying heavy bags or suitcases can put a lot of strain on your back and shoulders, especially when lifting them into overhead bins or navigating busy terminals.

Pack light and try to distribute weight evenly if you have multiple bags. Consider a rolling suitcase with good back support to minimise the load on your body. Remember to bend with your knees when lifting, and avoid twisting motions, which can strain your lower back.

4. Stay Active Even While Sightseeing

While holiday travel is often about relaxation, don’t miss out on opportunities to stay active. Walking is one of the best forms of exercise for your body, and sightseeing provides plenty of opportunities to stay on your feet.

Opt for walking tours, and skip the taxi if your destination is close enough to reach by foot. Even simple exercises like calf raises or shoulder rolls can help relieve tension during the day.

5. Prioritise Restful Sleep

Travel often disrupts our usual sleep routines, but sleep is essential for your body to recover and heal. Try to get quality rest by packing items like a travel pillow, eye mask, and earplugs to block out noise and light. If you’re travelling across time zones, consider adjusting your sleep schedule slightly a few days before departure to help your body adjust.

6. Stretch and Strengthen Regularly

Basic stretches can help reduce tension and increase flexibility, which is especially important after long periods of sitting. Simple stretches for your neck, back, and legs can make a world of difference in how you feel after a long day of travel or touring.

Consider incorporating a few simple yoga poses, like a child’s pose or downward-facing dog, which are easy to do even in a small hotel room.

7. Plan a Post-Trip Chiropractic Visit

After a fun and active trip, scheduling a post-travel chiropractic visit can help re-align any imbalances from all that walking, lifting, and unusual sleep setups. A good adjustment can ease post-travel stiffness and help you return to your routine with renewed energy.

Travelling over the holidays doesn’t have to mean putting your health on hold. With a little planning and some mindful habits, you can enjoy every moment of your vacation while keeping your body and mind in optimal health.

Safe travels, and may your holiday season be filled with health, joy, and wonderful memories!

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What are the affects of prolonged sitting?

Prolonged Sitting – the whole story.

Today we live a very sedentary life style which includes a lot of sitting, either in the home or at the office.

Prolonged sitting can lead to many health risks including; cardiovascular disease, diabetes and musculoskeletal issues like chronic low back and neck pain.

As the trend for prolonged sitting seems to continue to increase it makes it very important to understand and act to protect your spinal health.

To protect your spinal health the best strategy is to prevent it and the best way to do that it to maintain good posture.

Some great tips to help maintain good posture and reduce the risk of musculoskeletal issues includes:
– Keep you feet flat on the ground/foot rest.
– Choose an ergonomic chair.
– Your hips shoulder be slightly higher than you knees.
– Sit upright and ensure you are not slouching.
– Stay relaxed.
– Your hands shoulder be lower than your elbows.
– Your computer screen should ensure you are looking straight ahead, not head down.

Other techniques that can ben incorporated includes:
– Take regular breaks, every 45 minutes to stretch and move around.
– Use sit-stand desks when able.
– Use your lunch breaks to enjoy some walking or outdoor time.
– Encourage movement.

These are some great strategies to help combat low back and neck pain due to prolonged sitting posture.

If you do however experience these issues, our experienced chiropractors at ChiroCure Clinic will be here to help assess, treat and prevent this pain going forward.

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Electrotherapy specialised Myotherapy treatments.

We can offer Electrotherapy treatment during our Myotherapy and Massage appointments.

This specialised therapeutic technique called ‘Electrotherapy’ uses an electrical current that is applied directly into the muscles, tendons, ligaments or nerves, to correct dysfunction and pain within the musculoskeletal system.

The application of an electrical current into a dry needling that is running through the affected tissue, is a direct communication with the brain, which causes the nervous system to reset the dysfunction or chronic pain pattern.

The combination electrotherapy with dry needling allows for a deeper and more accurate application than a typical TENs machines.

We can treat the following conditions using these techniques:

– Chronic pain
– Back pain (Upper, mid & lower)
– Neck pain
– Hip pain.
– Shoulder pain
– Scoliosis
– Spinal disc injuries
– Bulging discs
– Numbness, burning and tingling sensations.
– Carpal tunnel
– Post surgery weakness
– Tendonitis
– Sciatica
– Muscle spasms
– Locked joints
– Osteitis pubis

Come and experience the benefits at ChiroCure Clinic with our qualified and experienced Myotherapist’s and Massage therapists.
We look forward to treating you!

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IBS and Osteopathy Treatment

Irritable bowel syndrome and osteopathy treatment at chirocure clinic in StKilda and Dromana, Melbourne.

Have you ever had stomach pains after a discussion, after an important call or after an unexpected event?
How many times have you had diarrhoea before an exam, an interview or a particularly busy working day?

This condition is called IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), and it is much more common than you might think.

Symptoms are stomach aches, cramps, diarrhoea and/or constipation (often alternating), bloating and flatulence.

It is usually triggered by an increasingly common and present element in. all our lives, and which unfortunately can come in many forms: stress.

Stress is also responsible for low back pain, headaches, jaw pain and heartburn.

What can the osteopath do about it?
Osteopathic treatment is effective in relieving inflamed and pain-causing structures, particularly visceral treatment for IBS to contain pain and possibly regularise evacuation.

Furthermore, removing the causes of musculoskeletal and visceral pain allows the body to better absorb the stress loads that come with daily challenges.

The healthier and better prepared the body is, the easier it will be to maintain the benefits of the treatment and better cope with tomorrow.

What can you do?

Many things, including the most obvious, relax!

Find a hobby or an outlet to help you de-stress and distract yourself.
Yoga and Pilates are great for keeping fit, relaxing the body and de-stressing.

In addition, you can resort to some supplements such as magnesium to help relax your muscles, improve sleep quality and regulate the frequency with you go to the bathroom.

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Breathing techniques to prevent back pain – our osteopath explains!

Breathing is possibly the most basic action of our existence, everyone can do it without even thinking, right? Well technically yes, but most of us do it ineffectively.

Let’s do a quick challenge: take a deep breath in.

Done?

Let me guess, you did it through your mouth, inflating as first thing your chest, lifting your collar bones and your shoulders almost to the jaw level.

This is the most common mistake everyone does and that can lead further in time to annoying neck pain, as you are using for most the neck muscles which are lifting a load they are not meant to: the rib cage with the organs inside and in case of women, the breast as well.

Fortunately, there is an exercise you can do to prevent this from happening.

– Lie down, with your feet slightly apart, one hand on your abdomen and the other hand on your chest.

– Gently exhale the air in your lungs through your mouth, then inhale slowly through your nose, pushing out your abdomen slightly and concentrating on your breath. “Listen” to your abdomen expanding. Once you think it cannot hold any more air, start expanding your chest as well.

– Slowly exhale through your mouth. Start emptying your abdomen at first and your chest after the abdomen empty. Gently contract your abdominal muscles to completely release the remaining air in the lungs.

– Repeat until for 4-5 cycles. You may be able to do only 1 or 2 cycles at first as you might feel buzzy and exhausted at the end, it’s perfectly normal.

– Once you feel comfortable with your ability to breathe into the abdomen, it is not necessary to use your hands on your abdomen and chest.

After a few days of exercising, you will find out that it’s becoming easier and easier, and you feel less tired when doing the exercise.

After a few weeks you will realize that you’ll have changed the pattern of breathing at unconscious level: you no longer to think about it, but your abdominal breathing will come in automatically.

You now breath in a way more effective way than a few weeks ago.

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Treating tech-neck with chiropractic at chirocure clinic St Kilda Melbourne

ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM TECH-NECK?

These days technology is a big part of our lives and it’s likely to increasingly be that way.

During the rise in use of technology we are noticing increasing cases of neck pain which we refer to as ‘tech-neck’. Whether it’s spending time on the phone, computer or gaming Australians are are increasingly looking down at devices for extended periods of time causing postural strain on our necks.

There are simple strategies to help combat tech-neck. For example, making sure that you are at eye level with your screen will make it less likely that you will be in a slouching position with your head forward.

Here at ChiroCure Clinic, our experienced chiropractor’s can do a thorough assessment into your neck pain and use a variety of different treatments and advice to improve your tech-neck.

We are looking forward to helping you at ChiroCure Clinic in St Kilda Melbourne!

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Should we be sitting or standing at work to prevent back pain?

Have you ever stopped to think about how many hours per day we spend sit at our desks and how our body reacts to it?

Sitting for several hours in a row generally leads us to slump in the chair with the result of compressing the spine and stretching the supporting spinal muscles.

Low back and neck pain can onset because of this reason, and if preexisting, could be aggravated.

Nowadays is very common to hear about standing desks, are they worth it? Should I sit or stand while working?

The answer stands in the middle, as variability is the way to go.
The aim is to not maintain for too long the same position: standing avoids slumping and compressing the spine but gets tiring on leg muscles; sitting gives us the chance to rest and reload those muscles.
By alternating, the muscles throughout your body evenly take the load.

Standing, asides improving your back and neck pain, may also improve your cardiovascular health and blood flow, allowing you to think more clearly and it keeps you alert.

How long should I be standing or sitting?

Ideally a range between 2 and 4 hours before changing position again would be the go to, especially at the beginning since could be hard standing for 4 hours without some sort of training. Going forward, it should become much easier.

If you want to start exploring the standing desk at work, then you should probably also check your footwear and considering what you will be standing on for a few hours.

If the flooring is too hard, using rubber matting where you stand could be a good advice as it allows you to have a more comfortable time when standing.

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Backpack advise for kids going to school

Why is it so important for backpacks to be worn correctly when going to school?

Poorly fitting back or overloaded backpacks can lead to sore shoulders and sore back as a result of overloaded and fatigued muscles.

Constant overloading to the spine can cause strain on muscles, ligaments and the spine. This increases your child’s likelihood of experiencing back pain as an adult.

Backpacks that are not worn correctly can cause alterations to a child’s posture and/or gait. Poor posture and gait can lead to other musculoskeletal conditions that affect the extremities in particular the hips and the knees and other levels of the spine.

Some of these conditions include tendinopathies, excessive pronation and tension type headaches. These can all cause interference in a child’s active lifestyle. On some occasions these conditions may mean a child has to miss out on playing sports because they are in too much pain.

Prevention is the best form of treatment in cases of back pain. Below are a few tips on how to protect your child’s spine and reduce the likelihood of back pain.

How should a backpack be worn?

– Use both of the shoulder straps

– Ensure the backpack sits close to your body by tightening the straps.

– Ensure the backpack sits in the middle of the back and doesn’t sag down to the buttock area.

– Load the heaviest items close to your back.

– Don’t load the back pack up over 10-20% past the child’s weight.

If you have concerns that your backpack is the cause of your child’s back pain book online for an assessment with our chiropractors today.