How we perceive pain alters how we feel pain.
When we experience long-term pain, it can cause us to become hypersensitive to future pain.
When we experience long-term pain, it can cause us to become hypersensitive to future pain.🧠It is our brains way of trying to protect us, but those with pain without apparent injury will know that it takes a physical, emotional and mental toll.The good news is that pain can lessen when we feel safe, and changing how we view it can alter how intensely we feel it. 🙌Next time you feel yourself entering a pain spiral, where your thoughts and feelings are contributing to physical pain and your physical pain is contributing to negative thoughts, feelings, beliefs and actions, find yourself a quiet place, take long, deep breathes and try these affirmations to calm your nervous system down.
🌻 "My body is trying to communicate with me. I will listen to it."🌻 "I am healthy and resilient; this is only temporary."
Of course, breathing and affirmations is not the only step in managing pain. It is a beneficial additive to managing pain in conjunction with other modalities including exercise, good nutrition, and manual therapies including chiropractic.[button size='medium' style='' text='Book an Appointment' icon='' icon_color='4f758b' link='http://thechiropracticdomain.com.au/book-now/' target='_self' color='4f758b' hover_color='e2e868' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='4f758b' hover_background_color='e2e868' font_style='normal' font_weight='100' text_align='center' margin='']
Intentions & Consistency ● What can you do in an uncontrollable world to maintain your well-being?
I have two words for you... Intention and consistencyWhat can you do in an uncontrollable world to maintain your well-being?The video goes for under 4 minutes, but as always you can listen to it on Spotify, watch with or without subtitles or read all of the updates on our blog.
January 2022
We hope that you had a fun and restful Christmas and new year. We are back and have started 2022 off with a busy couple of weeks seeing you all again after the short break, so this is a quick update on a few important upcoming events and happenings at The Chiropractic Domain.
We hope that you had a fun and restful Christmas and new year. We are back and have started 2022 off with a busy couple of weeks seeing you all again after the short break, so this is a quick update on a few important upcoming events and happenings at The Chiropractic Domain.
Click here to watch with subtitles, or scroll down past the video to read the updates instead.
Updated Hours from February 2022
From February our opening days will change, and some lunch time adjusting opportunities will be added.
25 Years as a Chiropractor
This week I have been reflecting and celebrating my 25 years of being a registered chiropractor. There’s a reason they call it being in practice; I am constantly gaining experience & wisdom and practising my skills, knowing that the learning never stops! I am very grateful to have found my calling at the tender age of 10 – though it took me until I was 23 to achieve my goal to graduate. Thousands of adjustments later I still have the passion to serve for many more years.
I am so appreciative of the communities I have served in Littlehampton, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, and Goodwood since 1997 and recognise the trust you have placed in me with your health and your families wellbeing.
We're changing practice management software
Across the rest of January, we are upgrading our software to a new system. This may mean we need a few extra seconds while you’re paying and booking, so please be patient and we learn to navigate the new system.
You will also notice a change to the online booking page soon, but we hope that you will come to find it familiar and easy to use with time. If you do have any trouble, please don’t hesitate to call us and book in the old fashioned way!
Please be assured that your personal data will remain safe and secure and backed up, and none of your health data from The Chiropractic Domain or Lisa Scarfo will be affected.
Living with Community Transmission
Since the South Australian borders open and we are now all living with Covid spreading in the community, it has felt like a big shift in attitude, but there has not been a big shift in the public health advice, so we want to assure you that we will continue our Covid-Safe measures until advice changes.
This means that;
- masks are required for all patients over the age of 12 while inside The Chiropractic Domain (unless you have a medical exception)
- QR code check-ins are required upon arrival
- please continue to hand wash or sanitise
- Staff temperature checks are done frequently
- Dr Paula wears a respirator while you’re in the smaller office with her
- All staff wear masks at all times in the building
- Adjusting tables are cleaned between each patient
- Regular sanitising of shared areas, pens and equipment is still occurring.
If you are unwell and have been a close contact of someone with Covid, please do not attend the practice and contact SA Health for guidance on testing and quarantining.
If you are unwell, but have tested negative to Covid-19, and have advice from SA Health that you do not need to isolate, please give us a call to arrange your appointment to be moved to a quiet time of day, away from others who may otherwise be concerned.
We will continue to follow the SA Government advice as it is updated and are grateful to be able to support your health and wellbeing throughout this pandemic.
4 Tips to Avoid End of Year Overwhelm
I have recorded a short (6 minute) video with my top tips on avoiding the end of year crash that occurs when we are dealing with sustained stress.
1 Minute Stretch for Students
This one minute stretch that can be done anywhere with a wall is a simple way to address a hunched over study posture. As well as the exercise that Dr Paula demonstrates in the video below, we are running two special offers through to the end of November 2022.
Step Up to Just One Thing
...we're asking everyone to instead step up to just one thing and in the short video (> 2 minutes) today we look at what that might mean for you.
Gardening Tips for the Chiropractic Conscious Gardener
Let's look at some of the benefits of gardening you can enjoy physically, mentally and emotionally from just a little time in the garden.
Incredible Benefits of Gardening
Let's look at some of the benefits of gardening you can enjoy physically, mentally and emotionally from just a little time in the garden.
Keep moving in lockdown!
Keep moving in lockdown! Dr Paula has a fun and easy workout for the whole family to enjoy together.
Covid Caution at the Chiro Domain
We are being cautious at The Chiropractic Domain following the latest lockdown in Melbourne.Please continue to check in with the QR code, washing your hands and maintaining your distance when possible. If you have symptoms, please get tested and reschedule your appointment to a quiet time after your negative result is returned and wear a mask to prevent transmission of other viruses that may mean we'd have to close.
Celebrating Mums of The Chiropractic Domain
We see a lot of mums at The Chiropractic Domain and we often see them put their families first when it comes to wellbeing. In recognition to the mums of the clinic community, we are offering all mums $20.00 off their next appointment if they are already a registered patients with us.For mums who have not seen us before (or not for 3+ years) you can buy a voucher to have the first two chiropractic appointments with us for just $99 (normally $193 - a 50% saving!)Why for the first two appointments? The first visit is all about collecting mums health history, doing posture assessment, sEMG scans, x-rays (if indicated), neurological and orthopaedic testing. After all that, Dr Paula will write a detailed and personalised report of the findings and present it at the second visit - that's when mum can make an informed choice chiropractic. Treatment will be provided then as well.
🚫COMMON MISTAKES OF FOAM ROLLING🚫
1 - Do NOT leave it unattended around a puppy☠2 - You're too quick. To get the benefits you need to go SLOW🐢 and hold the pressure on those juciy trigger points!3 - You're holding your breathe. When you do you also hold more tension in your muscles! We are trying to relax them right?? Top tip count using your breathes not by seconds!🙃4 - You're trying to roll only the sore areas - remember sometimes the area of pain is not the area of dysfunction. Keep in mind not to foam roll on a fresh injury!🤕5 - You're starting at the wrong end and rolling the wrong direction. Alway roll towards the heart. It allows for better blood flood and waste drainage. Get those toxins out☢Also keep an eye out for upcoming dates for foam roller classes - back by popular demand!🙌
STEPtember 2020
Now STEPtember is a fundraiser for cerebral palsy for those young people who cannot through wish or want to be able to move in the way they would necessarily like to due to their condition. So I thought it was a great excuse for my team to once again get movingand to meet the challenge of 10,000 steps per day.Now we had a competition last year within the team and out CA at Mount Gamber; Sonia absolutely smashed us and did an enormous amount of steps. I was right up her alley not far behind her but she was the step queen. But the message I want to bring to you is it doesn't matter so much how many thousands of steps you managed to achieve over the whole month but consistency of making sure you're moving enough each day is actually part of changing your life because if you can keep that habit up that means that overall you're going to be moving and our body is going to benefit in just so many ways.So dust off your footwear go get yourself some new footwear there's a number of great places you could check that out athlete's foot which is in both clinic locations. You could look at the running company which is on Unley road there's also another great company called Sportitude. People who will actually pay the attention to get you good footwear so that when you do walk you have greater comfort.If there's any issues that you notice that evolve from doing extra walking please come and talk to Dr Ashley and I there may be a few little mechanicaltweaks we can help you make to get going so I'd love you to put your best foot forward. Join us if you want to keep up with the tally of how we're all goingpay attention to the clinic and the Facebook posts and get moving for spring and we might just raise a little bit of money for our lovely young people who suffer with cerebral palsy tooTake care everybody
The REAL New Year
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Avoiding End Of Year Overwhelm
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Cold Laser Special
Add Cold Laser Therapy to your chiropractic appointments for just $15.00 (Usually $30.00)
In a recent Channel 7 News interview Dr Roberta Chow said "we got a minimum of a 50% improvement in 80% of people that we treated"
"We can actually reduce the need for knee replacement... can make the difference between them being able to get out and about...versus not leave the house."
Spring Special:
For existing patients, add cold laser therapy to your appointments during spring for just $15.00 - Half price!
You can book a "Cold laser and Chiropractic Treatment" appointment online, or call 82724555 to book.
If you're not already a patient at The Chiropractic Domain, or it has been over 2 years since we last saw you, don't worry, we have a Spring Special for you too!
FAQ: Neck and Shoulder Pain
What causes neck pain?What causes shoulder pain?VideoCan Chiropractic help neck pain?Can chiropractic help shoulder pain?Dr Paula Stacey-Thomas from The Chiropractic Domain answers your questions.
https://youtu.be/co-TfHM1P5w