What is Plantar Fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis is a unique repetitive strain injury affecting people from all walks of life: runners, walkers, even people who have to stand on hard surfaces at work … [Read more...]
Chiropractic Neck Adjustment, Cracking & Pain Relief
A hands-on approach to relieving neck pain is the most effective method. At MetaMed, we find a combination of massage, acupuncture, cupping and joint manipulations offer the best results. Chiropractic … [Read more...]
How To Prevent Muscle Cramp
Author: Jin Ong - Osteopath at MetaMed Wanaka Cramp develops when you have an involuntary over contraction or sustained muscle contraction. Either way, it's a pain in your life that you don't … [Read more...]
How To Help Your Stress
Leading into the end of the year people often start to feel they have so much to get done before the year is over. Usually, it's just a made-up deadline in our heads as there is still always next … [Read more...]
Diastasis Recti: What Is It And How Do You Repair It?
Author: Anna Burgess - Osteopath What is Diastasis Recti? Diastasis recti is the fancy pants term for abdominal separation. It affects the 'six-pack muscles' (they are under there!) of your … [Read more...]
Chronic Pain and the Brain
No-one really wants to be in pain. Sometimes we don’t understand why we have it, other times we can see it coming. One thing we all have in common is that we can’t wait to get rid of it. … [Read more...]
Tendinopathy Treatment – Overuse injuries and pain reduction
There are two common types of tendon injuries, tears/ruptures and overuse injuries known as tendinopathy. Tendinopathy is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety of reasons for tendon irritation. … [Read more...]
Imaging – Help or Hindrance?
Author: Anna Burgess - Osteopath Modern Day Medical Imaging. Modern imaging techniques such as X-ray, ultrasound, MRI and CT Scans have the ability to show us anatomical structures in great … [Read more...]
Water Purifier Guide: The Benefits of Filtered Water
It makes up between 50-60% of your body and is vital to so many biochemical functions that you simply can’t live without it. What am I talking about? WATER of course. Despite the importance of this … [Read more...]
Do You Need a Gallbladder Flush?
Join Australia's leading Naturopath and Complete Gut Health Cook book co-author Helen Padarin on the guided gallbladder flush + 9v9. Click here to enroll. Two Options Available 9v9 challengeThe … [Read more...]