Limits on food shopping trips. Needing to prepare three meals every single day (goodbye cafe, lunch boxes and dining out). All-day access to the fridge. Boredom or craving comfort. If these lockdown-related factors have thrown your healthy eating for a…
If you’re a parent in Melbourne, lockdown can be a daily battle of trying to keep the kids entertained while curbing screen time and ensuring that they’re learning and developing critical skills. Suddenly you’re expected to be a teacher, a…
If you’re feeling dissatisfied with your body after weeks of eating more and moving less, good news! You may not need to spend months on the treadmill and off the pizza to feel more positive about your body. Instead? Just.…
Are you already feeling the effects of returning to days at a desk or hours spent driving to client appointments? If you can’t avoid being deskbound in the workplace, the next best thing is learning to sit in a…
Imagine your entire life changed overnight. Your usual routines were stopped in their tracks. Life, financial and career plans were put on hold indefinitely (maybe you even lost your job). You were separated from friends and loved ones. If you…
Oh-oh, it’s slump day! After another week craning to fit in the webcam (or leaning on one elbow on the couch to answer emails), it wouldn’t be surprising if you noticed your shoulders rounding and head poking forward — with…
If your chiropractor pulls out one of these, should you run? It looks scary and sort of sci-fi, but the ‘activator adjusting instrument’ is a common tool used by chiropractors to target specific points quickly and with low force. By…
With or without COVID, getting knocked down is inevitable. Life will continue to throw curveballs. What’s important is getting back up and keeping on going. In other words, perseverance (also known as ‘grit’). The good news is that there are…
Playground chasey. Music lessons. Sports training. Many activities children undertake in a non-lockdown day develop important skills and abilities. But with out-of-home activities on hold, it is largely up to parents to replace them. One way to engage children in…
Have you noticed that you’ve stopped moving over the past few months? Between loss of incidental activity (say taking the office stairs or walking from the car) and the shutdown of gyms and sports schedules, it’s logical that many of…
A chiropractor can’t possibly help with that oppressive, constricting, crippling stress you’re feeling. Surely? Actually, maybe they can! While it’s true that they can’t wave a magic wand and relieve you of life’s stressors or stop you from worrying, a…
As COVID-19 restrictions force us to alter our health and wellbeing practices, Splash and Soaring Health have compiled a video guide to staying fit, strong, and healthy at home. The Splash digital program and Soaring Health chiropractors and physios are…
We all know change is inevitable, but ordinarily, many changes are experienced as evolutions, not revolutions. We have time to adjust. This year’s events, however, have forced many of us to suddenly and dramatically reimagine parts of our lives and…
In the panic to curb the COVID pandemic, it makes sense that there has been some hype around foods with disease-fighting properties (case in point, garlic, which contains allicin, with its antibacterial and anti-cancer properties). But can you really eat…
Prevent workplace back and neck pain with these expert sitting tips.