Sleep facts, let's talk: Fact:  Over 70% of Australians now sleep for 7 hours or less with over 33% getting just 5-6 hours. Fact: Sleep disorders cost the Australian economy more than $5.1 billion a year in health care and indirect costs. Fact:  More than 1.5 million Australian adults, 9% of the adult population, now suffer from sleep disorders. Fact:  Poor quality and lack of sleep can affect our mood, and productivity and have been suggested to impact back and neck pain. So

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If you've never seen an osteopath, it's easy to get confused about the differences between osteo/chiro/physio /massage, and think that it's all too complicated - I mean, are you even that tight anyway? Do you even need treatment? But once you've seen your osteopath, here are 9 things that you'll know! Osteopathy is not all about clicking bones The Osteopath uses palpation, a highly developed sense of touch, to assess areas of weakness, tenderness, restriction or strain withi

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There are many misconceptions about back pain, and today I am here to set your mind at ease, by busting some of the most common myths that people believe about back pain! Back pain isn’t common Back problems are common conditions. The most recent statistic from the Australian Bureau of Statistics National Health Survey shows about 3.7 million Australians (16% of the population) have back problems. It is also estimated that 70–90% of people will suffer from lower back pain in

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Should you be getting treatment for my pain? If you answer 'yes' to any of the following, then I would be recommending that you shoot me...

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