What to do if you sustain a whiplash injury? Well initially it is important to get some appropriate pain relief which you can discuss with your GP. Hot and cold packs can also minimise swelling and help with the pain. In the past you will remember the foam neck braces were given. However now these […]
Whiplash This is a well-known term for an injury occurring to the neck due to acceleration with rapid deceleration. This can occur commonly with rear end and side car motor vehicle accidents. It is not isolated to car accidents, similar forces can occur during diving injuries or other sporting injuries, and physical abuse, which have […]
Your body in a Car Accident What happens to your body during a car accident is completely dependent on the dynamics of the accident. The speeds, directions, types of vehicles involved, truck, motor bike where you were positioned and where you and your car ended up. Too many variations for me to describe them all. […]
Car Accidents – What’s the Impact? ACC receives about 40,000 new injury claims a year from motor vehicle crashes in New Zealand. We have hundreds of fatalities per year and many seriously injured. Car accidents happen at different speeds, involving different sized vehicles, and your location in the car as well as its safety features […]
Telehealth Consultations, What are they? Stillpoint Osteopaths have decided to become creative during the lock down period. Osteopathy is much more than just hands-on treatment. As you know, osteopaths take the time to take an extensive case history, listen to your health concerns whether physical, emotional, nutritional or environmental. We try to get the full […]
Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman, is a Dutch extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures. This is a method he developed, that has some evidence that it may help our immune system. It involves three aspects, a breathing technique, meditation process and gradual exposure to cold. The breathing technique appears […]
Patients often seek osteopathic health care in preparation for the cold and flu season. You might ask how osteopathy could possibly help? Well let’s look at our lungs first. The COVID19 virus seems to impact our lungs more than our sinuses, ears or nose, potentially resulting in pneumonia. Assessing your breathing mechanics, the chest, and […]
This is a time when we should be pulling together as families, work families and communities. New Zealanders are always the first to help others, to get behind our people and achieve what is needed when the occasions arise. I want to acknowledge everyone who is taking the advice of the Ministry of Health and […]
Farewell Ricard! Our wonderful osteopath, Ricard Canavate is off to do some more travelling. Ricard has been with us since 2018. He came in with incredible passion for osteopathy and a strong drive to learn osteopathy in the cranial field (OCF) as practiced at Stillpoint Osteopaths. We will miss his humour and great intensity for […]
It looks like when we breath through our nose and we are exposed to something foreign like viruses, the cells in the front of the nose go wow we have an unwanted guest. Once the unwanted guest is detected then these cells release exosomes little fluid filled sacs. These fluids filled sacs are our first […]
