A Buyers’ Guide to Mattresses – by Dr Ray Power (Principal Osteopath) As featured in The West Australian’s ‘Habitat’ pull-out, Friday 21 August 2015. Along with good nutrition and exercise, sleep is now recognised as an important contributor to…
Tradesmen’s Health Tradies have among the highest number of injuries, musculoskeletal conditions and other health and safety risks of any profession. Every day 10 tradies are badly injured at work. That is 3650 tradies a year on workers compensation. Nearly…
Groin Strain A groin strain is a relatively common condition characterized by tearing of some of the groin muscles. The muscles at the inner aspect of your thigh are known as the adductor muscles (groin). These muscles originate from the…
Osteopathy & Arthritis Years ago, arthritis was considered an inherent part of the aging process, and a signal to a patient that it’s time to slow down; but not anymore. Recent research and clinical findings show that there is much…
Osteopathy & Shoulder Injuries Life can bring activities and sports that can result in some common injuries involving the shoulder. Sports such as tennis, golf, swimming, soccer, wake-boarding or water skiing, and even home maintenance work, can all cause shoulder…
Dr Ray Power’s Interview on Curtin FM Last year, Dr Ray Power spoke on Curtin FM about Osteopathy. If you’re interested in finding out more about osteopathic treatment and care, have a listen below!
Me and my pregnancy-induced Osteitis Pubis: a novel By Zoë Foster Blake www.zotheysay.com You’ll hear women start many a sentence like this when they’re pregnant: “No one tells you that….” Could be the fact you will snore. You will get fat…
De-stress your life naturally! Our lives are busy – work, study, family, and so much more so in the lead up to Christmas. Naturopaths see many clients suffering the effects of stress. You may be worried, anxious, depressed, irritable, exhausted,…
Acute Low Back Pain The lumbar spine is the bottom section of the spine and consists of five vertebrae. Between these vertebrae are structures called discs which act as shock absorbers. There are countless muscles acting on the lumbar spine…
Sporting Injuries in Children, Teens & Adolescents Did you know that almost 40% of all children, teenager and adolescent injuries are sports-related? Injuries in the young athlete are often trivialised. They are usually asked or encouraged to “toughen up and…