How common is Chronic Pain?
What is Chronic Pain? Chronic pain is when you have pain every day for at least 3 months. How many people experience Chronic Pain? Almost 20% of Australians surveyed had chronic pain. That's over 5 million Australians! Highest number: 31% of females aged 80-84, 27% of...
How does Acupuncture work for Chronic Pain?
Acupuncture is a branch of Chinese medicine that aims to create balance and harmony of the energy in the body, which is called qi. This balance in Western medicine is known as homeostasis. There is a famous saying in Chinese medicine that guides all treatments for...
How’s laser different from needle Acupuncture?
Lots of people wonder why I use lasers in my Acupuncture treatment instead of the traditional needles. Acupuncture treatments in Australia typically use single-use sterilised stainless steel needles. These are the same needles that are used in dry needling treatments....
Why Vitamin D is important for your health
Why is Vitamin D important? Many Australians assume that their level of Vitamin D is not an issue, because we are lucky to have so much sunlight in the land down under. However, effective education of the risks of skin cancer has caused most Australians to properly...