Pain and stress – how it affects your body in lockdown
Mental Health Pain and stress in lockdown (and tsunami evacuations!) Here, André offers his professional explanation of how stressful situations can bring on body pain. André teaches Pain Science on the osteopathy course in New Zealand. He shares some hints and understanding of how...
Google Scholar. The better version of Google.
Adult Learning Photo credit: Image by Wolfgang Claussen from Pixabay Here’s how it plays out in the clinic. Patient: I have sciatica. Ben: Let’s see if it is sciatica and we can do some testing. Patient: Google told me that it’s ‘sciatica’ because the...
The Shakti Acupressure Mat – find your health through plastic nails!
Ben's Blogs The Shakti Acupressure Mat. A question I get a lot is ‘are the Shakti mats any good?’ Firstly, for people who haven’t heard of the now pretty popular Shakti Mat. It as an acupressure mat that simulates lying on a bed of nails. A method used in eastern medicine for...
Ice is out! No more icing your sprained ankle.
Health I am an endurance athlete. Most of you know that. I loved icing my muscles after training, racing and whenever I sprained a joint. I LOVED IT!!!! When I came to New Zealand six years ago I was confronted with the idea, from a wise student of mine while I was teaching...