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Staying Healthy Throughout the Winter Sports Season
With the temperatures slowly dropping off across Victoria and pre-season training a distant memory, winter sports leagues are starting up across the state. You've built up your tank, and there's no better feeling than the nerves before those first seconds of action. But the season is long, tiring, and for the unlucky few who pick up injuries, can be heartbreaking.
It's important that those involved in competitive sports - no matter the level - not only build up their cardiovascular capabilities at the start of the year, but also consider best practice when it comes to maintaining health and athletic ability as the year goes on. Personal bests in 2K runs or bench presses mean nothing if you're showing up to every match exhausted and beaten-up.
We've put together some tips on how to prolong your season.
New research again shows drugs are a poor solution to back pain
Low back pain is estimated to affect more than 540 million people worldwide, research published in The Lancet medical journal indicates that an over-reliance on opioid painkillers, surgery, and scans, has led to treatment of back pain too often being ineffective.
The research paper, Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions, calls for more research into back pain and treatment, identifying a global gap between evidence and practice across the health care system.
Chiropractors welcomed the research, which again points to the importance of expanding research into effective treatments for back pain.
Keep Your Kids Entertained and Healthy Over The Easter Holidays
The Easter school holidays are just around the corner, and many parents are worried that their kids will end up indoors all day staring at device screens. Fear not; there are lots of new activities to try across Victoria, and events to take part in!
International Women's Day 2018
Female Chiropractors play a vital role in promoting and advocating for health of Victorians. This
International Women's Day, the Victorian branch of the Chiropractor's Association of Australia
(CAAVIC) encourages all Victorians to recognise and celebrate the contribution that women in
chiropractic make to the health and wellbeing of our community.
Almost half of our Chiropractic Members are women and our female Chiropractors receive pay
equal to their male counterparts. Gender balance is really important, not only to provide
opportunities for professional practice to both women and men, but also to provide chiropractic
services through a range of providers to the community, so that the thousands of Victorians who
seek out chiropractic care each week can choose the chiropractor that best suits them.
For more information about how to find a local Chiropractor visit www.chirosearch.com.au
White Night 2018
Melbourne held its inaugural White Night festival on 23 February 2013. An estimated crowd of more than 300,000 people attended. The second, on 22 February 2014 drew an estimated 500,000 people. The event features music, dance, visual displays, light shows, a variety of buskers, and more.
This year, on Sunday 17th February, White Night promises to bring in even greater crowds – so we have compiled five key tips for a healthy and successful visit.
Non-invasive treatment of acute, subacute and chronic back pain
The Chiropractors' Association of Australia (CAA) welcomes new recommendations published by the American College of Physicians on the non-invasive treatment of acute, subacute and chronic low back pain.
Following a comprehensive update of the systematic review, the ACP has made several recommendations. These include the option of choosing manipulation for management of acute low back pain, with recommendation of non-pharmacological therapies (including manipulation) for relief from chronic low back pain. Rehabilitative interventions are also recommended, where chiropractors may play a leading role.
With many Australians burdened by low back pain, chiropractors are well placed to assist with the management and rehabilitation of this disease.
To read the review and clinical recommendations visit here
‘Text Neck’– new evidence on how tech is ruining posture
Smartphone users looking down at their device spend an average of 700 to 1400 hours each year, with their posture resulting in 27 kg of force on their neck, according to new research from the USA.
