Acupuncture
What is Acupuncture?Acupuncture is just one aspect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Other modalities include: - Diet Exercise i.e. Qi Gong and Tai Chi ...
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Acupressure
What is acupressure?Acupressure, based in Chinese medicine, is an ancient healing practice that uses the fingers and thumbs to press key energy points on the surface of the skin to stimulate the body’s ability to heal itself. Acupressure and acupuncture are similar in that the same points are ...
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Bowen Technique
What is Bowen technique?Bowen technique (BT) was developed by Tom Bowen in Australia. This self-taught healer devoted a lifetime to developing this original system of gentle but powerful soft tissue mobilizations. This technique affects the body both structurally and energetically to restore i...
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Chiropractic
What is chiropractic?Chiropractic is a form of medicine that deals with the relationship between the nervous system and the spinal column in the restoration and maintenance of health. A healthy, vital body depends on a normal functioning nervous system. Trauma can irritate the nervous sy...
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Craniosacral Therapy
What is Craniosacral therapy?Craniosacral therapy is a gentle therapy, which corrects imbalances in the body centered around the skull, vertebral column and sacrum. The craniosacral system refers to the fluid and compartments found in and around the brain and spinal cord as well as to the bone...
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Hellerwork
What is Hellerwork?Whilst Rolfing is a system of working on the connective tissues of the body in order to correct imbalances, Hellerwork takes this one step further. Joseph Heller trained as a Rolfer (first President of the Rolf Institute in1975), but became disillusioned when he saw people r...
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Myofascial Release
What is myofascial release?Myofascial release is a mild and gentle hands-on form of stretching and massage that evaluates and treats the fascial system of the body. The fascial system is the connective tissue that spreads head to toe in the body without interruption. It is made up of col...
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Myopractic
Published in Australian Vital (Issue 05 - May 2003)Myopractic is the latest new bodywork therapy, developed in Australia by Osteopath and Chiropractor Dr Neil Skilbeck and featuring techniques derived from the works of the late Tom Bowen, Osteopathy, Chiropractic and Chinese organ massage.In a nutsh...
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Myotherapy
Institute of Registered Myotherapists of Australia (IRMA) Myotherapy: The provision of optimal care and management for muscle dysfunction.IRMA Myotherapists are registered with their association and are bound by a code of practice and a code of ethics. All IRMA Myothera...
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Osteopathy
What is Osteopathy?The 1864 outbreak of spinal meningitis, which claimed the lives of three of Dr Andrew Taylor Stills children was the impetus for the development of Osteopathy. He spoke out against popular medical opinion and criticised the inappropriate use of patent medicines and advocated...
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Physiotherapy
What is Physiotherapy?Physiotherapy is designed to enhance body functioning by using a hand’s on approach to deliver the most suitable treatment for an injury or condition. Generally, the treatment is designed for the aid of skeletal and muscle conditions and to help improve flexibility and motion. ...
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Podiatry
What is podiatry?Podiatry is a field of healthcare devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot and ankle. Many conditions such as pain, infection, or chronic diseases such as Diabetes and Arthritis can affect peoples general health, foot-health and mobility.How does podiatry work?The...
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Reflexology
What is reflexology?Reflexology is a system of using various touch techniques on specific points on the hands, feet or ears to affect the functioning of the body. The premise of this therapy is that different reflex zones or points exist in the hands, feet and ears that correspond to the physi...
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Rolfing
What is Rolfing?Over a fifty year period Dr Ida P Rolf created an holistic system of soft tissue manipulation and movement education that she called “Structural Integration.” “Rolfing” is the nickname many clients and practitioners have given this style of treatment. She discovered that ...
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