Optistart Blog
Understanding Care choices
Many people come to us with an initial complaint, looking to find solutions to a problem. Often this presentation in adults is back pain, headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain or knee pain. At our clinic we look after a lot of babies and children, so other presentations relevant to these age groups are common. Regardless […]
OptiStart Financial Policies
So you’ve clarified your values, set some health goals, and understand your care choices. You’re keen for Chiropractic care for you and your family but concerned about affordability. We understand current cost of living pressures are putting the household budget under pressure. Everything seems to be going up! We also understand that discussing these issues […]
Subluxation: An interference to the nerve system
Interference to the nervous system can occur in many ways, such as with habitual thought patterns, emotions, chemical processes or trauma. One type of nerve interference is called “Subluxation.” A Chiropractor’s primary role is to find and correct subluxation, so that your nervous system function’s better. When Subluxation is present, there is a combination of […]
The role of the Chiropractor
In our modern world, the function of a Chiropractor has often been perceived as about back pain, neck pain and headaches. This is partly because Chiropractic is so effective at helping these conditions. But to truly understand and use Chiropractic correctly, a more sophisticated understanding is required. Some basic understanding of the way our body […]
Attention, learning, and brain function.
Attention is a super important component of learning for children, but it is not often discussed or understood.Attention sits alongside other important factors for learning such as memory, language, visual perception.Sustained attention (also known as “vigilance”) refers to the ability to maintain attention over an extended period of time.Attention may be influenced by main factors […]
Brain based Chiropractic – where’s the research at?
In our previous blog post relating to sensory input, we discussed how mechanical issues of the spine (e.g. “Subluxation”), may affect sensory input to the brain. In the post we wanted to summarise where the research is at on this topic. Here’s some highlights of this research…. In 2018 one study looked at whether people […]