We’re Hiring! Are you our next Superstar Receptionist?
Blue Align Chiropractic is a family-run business on Brisbane’s northside, and we are looking for a passionate Admin/Receptionist team member to assist in helping provide amazing client experiences. Why this will be your Best Career Choice yet?! • You’ll enjoy a fun & fast-paced environment with a variety of duties including answering phone calls, greeting […]
Boost your HRV with Salad Greens… RECIPE
We all know that one of the most important things you can do for your health is to eat more leafy greens. But did you know they could boost your heart rate variability (HRV)? If you don’t know what heart rate variability (HRV) is, it’s important that you do. HRV is your most comprehensive biomarker of […]
Join our FREE online Wellbeing Webinar ~ ADAPT-Ability
Join Dr Alan Brown (chiropractor) for our free online Webinar and learn how to improve your body’s ability to adapt to stress through 10 simple lifestyle strategies, including measuring your heart rate variability (HRV). Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) maintains your heart rate, blood glucose, immune function, temperature regulation, and digestion, which can all be disrupted by stress. The better […]
Pregnancy and Pelvic Floor Control
A comfortable pregnancy and pelvic floor control can be largely achieved by maintaining balance in the pelvic joints, as well as good control of the abdominal ‘core’ and pelvic floor muscles. During pregnancy, the ligaments around the pelvis can stretch and become relaxed due to hormonal changes and the extra weight of the baby. While […]
Having Trouble with Core Activation?
(scroll to the bottom of this page for more details) If you are constantly stretching, ‘rolling out’ muscles and doing core exercises without any relief from back, hip, knee and ankle issues, perhaps there is a missing piece to the puzzle. Pelvic misalignment or joint dysfunction is a common problem that can cause these types of problems, […]
What do most Headaches have in Common?
The nerves in the upper neck appear to be a common thread between many types of headaches. How this important area is treated could hold the key to relief from this common complaint. What part does your Neck play in a Headache? Your neck does more than you think. The three top vertebrae enable you […]
5 Things to Consider with Shoulder Pain
Your shoulder is a large, complex ball-and-socket joint that connects your humerus (upper arm) to your shoulder blade. The shoulder has a wide range of motion because your humerus sits fairly loosely in the joint, but that can make it more vulnerable to injury. Tears of the rotator cuff (a collection of muscles and tendons […]
Words matter: Why calling it ‘bone on bone’ can worsen osteoarthritis of the knee
(scroll to the bottom of this page for more details). It happened again last week… A new patient came to see me after having an MRI of his knee because of persistent pain. He’d been told the images showed his knee wasn’t good, that the cartilage was worn down and it was almost ‘bone on […]
Posture Breaks Video PDF
Sitting behaviours have been linked to all-cause mortality rates in many studies. It appears that vigorous exercise will offset some of this problem (1). Nevertheless, a strategy to interrupt prolonged sitting is crucial for wellbeing. This is why we have developed a simple Posture Break strategy that will compliment your chiropractic, and is beneficial even if […]
eBook – The 4 Key Exercises
When it comes to maintaining a healthy spine, there is often a lot of confusion around the basic exercise science. It’s true, we need strength of the muscles around the spine and ligaments, but it depends on what you mean by strength? If an image a body builder with huge muscles turns up in your […]