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The importance of a multi-modal approach to falls prevention
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. DID YOU KNOW? One in three people over the age of 65 fall each year, increasing to one in two people over the age of 80.Falls can have serious...
Taking Control: 6 Steps to Falls Prevention
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. DID YOU KNOW? Every 11 seconds, an older adult is seen in an emergency department for a fall-related injury (1). Many falls are preventable, and we are...
How Chiropractic Can Help Prevent Falls in an Aging Population
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Fall injuries are common, particularly among those over the age of 65. Falls are now considered the leading cause of unintentional injury and death in...
Pregnancy and Cox® Technic – safe, gentle, and effective!
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Pregnancy-Related Back Pain is a common condition frequently experienced by expectant mothers. This condition can be uncomfortable and painful - The...
Latest Cox® Technic Research- Falls Risks and Prevention
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. As we age, there is often associated deterioration in our balance, strength and coordination, putting older adults at more significant risk of falls,...
Conservative Management for Neck Pain Patients
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Patients attending clinics with neck pain often present with several different conditions and symptoms, such as localised neck pain, radicular...
Low Back and Spinal Disc Pain – Latest Cox® Technic Research
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Low Back Pain or Lumbar spinal disc pain is all too often the cause of numerous patients presenting to health physicians. DID YOU KNOW: 1 in 6...
Spotlight on Spinal Stenosis – updating our understanding from the research
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis is a complex, painful, and sometimes debilitating condition. A chronic disorder, it is a progressive spinal condition quite...
Chiropractic Care, Balance, and Falls Prevention in an Ageing Population
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. As a nation, Australia is ageing. As of June 30 2020, 4.2 million people (16% of Australia's total population) are 65 and older(1). Ageing comes with...
Spinal and Physical Health Management in a Post- COVID World
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. As we begin to adapt to our new normal in the post-COVID world, now is an ideal time to kickstart your journey back to maintaining good spinal and...
Exercise Effective at Improving Low Back Pain Outcomes and Balance
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Low Back Pain (LBP) is one of the most common spinal complaints presented to Chiropractors and the costliest musculoskeletal condition in our society....
Cervicothoracic Syndromes, “Tech-Neck” and Poor Postures
What is poor posture doing to your spine? By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. With many Victorians still working and schooling from home, neck and shoulder pain has become a recurring...
Spinal Stenosis and the effects of Flexion-Distraction Therapy
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the central spinal canal and/or exiting nerve spaces in the spinal column, resulting in compression of critical...
Scoliosis and Core Exercises – Latest Cox® Technic Research
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. What is Scoliosis? Derived from the Greek word ‘skoliosis’, meaning bent or curved, is a musculoskeletal condition of the spine where the spine bends...
Benefits of Low-Force Traction on Regeneration and Repair of Intervertebral Discs.
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Recent research results confirm that low-force traction not only helps relieve pain, but can also assist in the regeneration and repair of spinal...
Spinal Health Week
It's Spinal Health Week and the Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA) have released a number of articles about the state of health of Australians. Does Neck Pain Stop You From Being Your Best Self? Between looking at screens all day, to mobile phones and even...
What is the best exercise for the treatment of chronic low back pain?
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. We all know that exercise is important, and we should be doing it, but what is the best exercise for chronic low back pain management? ...
Low Back Pain & Physical Activity in the time of COVID-19
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. With so many of us working from home (WFH) at this time, we are seeing an influx of patients presenting with spinal conditions exacerbated by makeshift...
Does Disc Bulge Size Matter?
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. Routinely, patients are surprised by the pain and the discomfort they are suffering as a result of spinal disc bulges. What surprises them more is that...
Bulging Disc, Cox® Technic and Spinal Disc Decompression
By Dr Danica Newbold, B.HSci (Chiro), M.ClinChiro, Ad.Dip Myo. Certified Cox® Technic Chiropractor and Myotherapist. How Do Chiropractors treat Disc Bulge? Back and neck pain associated with bulging disc (disk), herniated disc (disk) is a common condition, but what...