Paws a While
Sunday 30th May 2021
Health Matters
This month’s article was inspired by clients who have tried to stretch their hamstrings, but after years of trying, eventually resigned themselves to the seemingly “inescapable fact” that their muscles are simply unable to be lengthened. These folks all believed that they were just naturally “inflexible”. When reviewing what the clients were doing it […]
Our Next Generation Creators and Innovators
The 400 best inventions, designs, performances, writings, and artworks of 2020 HSC students are on display across five exhibitions for the public to enjoy. Stuart Ayres MP, Member for Penrith is celebrating the achievements of five local students that are on display in creative arts and design exhibition over the coming months. Stuart Ayres said […]
Paws a While
We all know Easter is a fun time spent with family and chocolate…lots and lots of delicious chocolate! Easter is a great time for the human members of the family, but the infamous Easter egg hunt can end in tragedy for our four legged friends. Chocolate contains theobromine and caffeine, which when ingested by a […]
Parents Corner
The very best way to deal with eating difficulties is not to stress about it. Look at the positive. Rather than focusing on what they don’t eat, focus on what they do eat, and expand their range and variety ever so slowly. Look upon it in the spirit of adventure rather than with fear and […]
Health Matters
‘Intervertebral discs’ have a hard outer connective-tissue (anulus fibrosus) and a ‘gelatinous’ interior (nucleus pulposus). At top and bottom are endplates, the transition tissues between disc and bone. Discs have several important functions. They act as: shock absorbers for the vertebral column ligaments that tie the vertebra above & below the disc together spacers between […]
The Walk of Life
A new walking group for women has launched in the local community, with Penrith Women’s Walk and Talk beginning in December last year. Meeting out the front of the Nepean Coffee Club at Tench Reserve every Wednesday from 6:00pm, the group has a coffee and a chat before they head off for the walk at […]
Parents Corner
Do you have a child who is different? A quirky kid? He or she does things differently to other children? When does ‘quirky’ stop being an expression of the individual and an indication that some intervention is required? Those who could, would. So if children in general are able to draw at the age of […]
Health Matters
This article was inspired by a number of recent clients seen at the clinic with back pain that did not respond well to normal muscle elongation therapy. Although scans showed vertebral and discal issues, which may have been the source of these patients’ pain, client history in each case were also positive for inflammatory bowel […]
Paws a While
On 8th January 2021 we had a beautiful stray cat brought in that was pregnant. Unfortunately, she had no microchip. We informed the pound and the other veterinary hospitals in the area of the stray cat, but we could not find an owner. We could have sent her to the pound to be rehomed, but […]