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Integrative Chiropractor | Applied Kinesiology Nurturing you, one adjustment at a time

18/11/2025

This time of year can feel like a lot - busier schedules, end-of-year pressure, social fatigue, and that last push before the holidays. It’s usually around now that our bodies start to whisper (or shout) that they’re feeling it too.

Burnout, overwhelm and exhaustion don’t just live in the mind - they show up in your muscles, posture, sleep, digestion, and overall energy. Your brain and body need to communicate clearly for you to function at your best, and when stress piles up, that communication can get a little scrambled.

That’s where an adjustment can help your system switch out of “survival mode” and back into balance, allowing the brain and body to talk to each other efficiently again.

Alongside regular care, here are some simple ways to calm your nervous system and support your body through this busy season:

✨ Diaphragmatic breathing – slow belly breaths help switch on your parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) system.
✨ Low-frequency / calming music – slower frequency, steady-rhythm music can help down-regulate the nervous system.
✨ Gargling or humming – stimulates the vagus nerve and helps tone the relaxation response.
✨ Cold exposure – even 10–15 seconds of cool water on your face or neck can cue a calming reflex.
✨ Grounding – placing your feet on the floor. This brings awareness back into your body.
✨ Gentle stretching or mobility work – reduces stored tension and helps reset your system.
✨ Mindful mini-breaks – 60 seconds of slowing down between tasks can stop stress from accumulating.
✨ Hydration + whole foods – your nervous system functions better when your body is fuelled well.
✨ Limit multi-tasking – focusing on one thing at a time reduces cognitive overload.

04/07/2025

When it comes to chiropractic care for children, it’s not just about treating symptoms. Instead, it’s about supporting something much deeper: the nervous system — the master control system of the body so that they can thrive.

👶 From birth through adolescence, a child’s nervous system is undergoing massive and rapid development. Every milestone — from lifting their head to crawling, walking, and beyond — is a reflection of this system adapting, learning, and growing.

🧠 As kids grow, their brain and spinal cord are wiring up at an incredible rate. The communication between brain and body must be clear, coordinated, and efficient. But stressors — whether physical (like birth trauma or tumbles), chemical (like diet), or emotional — can interfere with this communication.

That’s where chiropractic comes in. Gentle, specific adjustments help clear interference in the spine and nervous system so that a child’s body can better regulate, adapt, and grow the way it was designed to.

A well-tuned nervous system sets the foundation for:
💤 Better sleep
🧘‍♂️ Improved emotional regulation
🏃‍♀️ Coordinated movement
🧠 Healthy brain development
💪 Strong immunity

Chiropractic isn’t a treatment for conditions. It’s care that supports the body’s natural ability to thrive — especially during the most critical years of growth. 🌱

16/02/2025

It’s such a privilege to share what I do with the community. The Manly Health and Wellness Day was an absolute hit and you bet these hands got a great workout!! 👐🏽

Can’t wait to see you all in practice!

14/02/2025

The fight or flight response is your body’s alarm system, and its purpose is to keep you safe! When our body’s remain in “fight or flight” for extended periods of time, it can wreak havoc on the body. Think headaches, migraines, tight jaw, stiff or achy joints, digestive issues or trouble sleeping. All point to a dysregulated nervous system and one that needs some TLC. Two things you can do for FREE:✅ diaphragmatic breathing - 8 slow breaths morning and night will activate the calm side of the nervous system and promote healing ✅ Get outside - nature is one of the best ways to activate the parasympathetic nervous system. Listening to the waves and sounds of the ocean or walking barefoot in grass or sand is a great way to ground the body.

06/02/2025

Your nervous system is designed to protect you in times of stress, but when it stays stuck in fight or flight mode (sympathetic dominance) for too long, it can take a massive toll on your health. Here are some signs that your body might be stuck in survival mode.

The last one may surprise you.

17/11/2024

I am (oh so) passionate about helping women feel their best.

Women are everything to all people; mothers, sisters, daughters, busy raising families, chasing dreams, passions and careers. Busy keeping the house in order, catching up with friends, checking off that never ending to-do list….and then they wonder why they’re so exhausted.

Women are AMAZING! But they often run themselves ragged trying to DO and BE everything to everyone.

And women are often the last to prioritise their own health. I see women with ongoing health issues; anxiety, burnout, digestive issues, recurrent sickness, fatigue, dizziness, hormonal imbalances etc.

And I often ask them, how bad does your health need to get to start prioritising YOU.

Because you cannot be a good wife, daughter, mother, business owner, or employee when you are not caring for yourself first.

Start prioritising you.

Hannah

11/11/2024

Chiropractic isn’t just ‘cracking’ the spine.

There is a common belief that chiropractors only ‘crack’ backs. This is far from the truth of chiropractic.

Chiropractic is about;
💫 Regulating the nervous system
💫 Ensuring the brain can communicate to every cell, tissue and organ so that it can function at its BEST!
💫 Ensuring optimal joint movement so that you can live well and move freely
💫 Allowing your body to be adaptive and resilient to stress

05/11/2024

I want better outcomes for YOU.

This starts with taking a proactive approach to our health — focusing on prevention so we don’t have to rely on the medical system later in life.

The medical system is vital for treating disease and saving lives, but what if we could avoid needing it in the first place?

By being proactive, you could avoid prescription drugs, surgeries, and chronic conditions like high blood pressure or insulin resistance before they become a problem.

Chiropractic care offers a non-invasive way to support your body’s healing from the inside out. Since the brain controls every cell, tissue, and organ, proper communication is key. Chiropractic helps restore that communication, allowing your body to function at its best.

29/10/2024

Kids need chiropractic too.

Here’s how chiropractic can help your child;

1️⃣ Not reaching developmental milestones (i.e crawling, walking)
2️⃣ Teeth clenching / grinding
3️⃣ Colic/reflux in bubs
4️⃣ A poorly functioning digestive system (upset tummy)
5️⃣ Bedwetting
6️⃣ In constant fight or flight - irritated, highly emotional, unable to regulate.

22/10/2024

I am sure you have heard of the fight or flight response but WHAT is it?

Our fight, flight or freeze response is the body’s automatic, physiological reaction to a perceived threat or stressful situation. This response prepares you to either confront the danger, or flee.

This results in physical changes to the body - release of adrenaline and cortisol, increased heart rate and blood pressure, rapid chest breathing, heightened alertness, and muscle tension.

The deep muscles of the spine also switch off if our body remains in fight or flight for a long time. This affects the messages that our brain sends down to the body and the body up to the brain. Therefore, your body’s ability to perceive where it is in space is reduced. This overtime, can lead to headaches, neck pain, low back pain, stiffness in the body, fatigue, gut issues, brain fog, hip pain and jaw pain. All symptoms of a dysregulated nervous system.

Chiropractic enhances this communication pathway and allows the brain to communicate to every body system, ie your heart, lungs, liver, digestive system etc. Because if your brain cannot communicate effectively to your heart or digestive system (or any internal organ), how can it function at its BEST?

It can’t!

16/10/2024

Adjusting the spine is more than getting a good ‘crack’. It’s feedback to the brain to let your body know where it is in space (proprioception). By addressing dysfunction in the spine, a signal is sent through the spinal cord to the brain to let it know that the joint needs to MOVE.

So what causes misalignments in the spine?

STRESS.

This can be any stressor on the body, albeit physical, biochemical or emotional stress (this one in particular mustn’t be overlooked).

When we are chronically stressed, the prefrontal cortex of the brain is switched off and we use more of our limbic (or emotional brain). Therefore, perception of pain is heightened, and we reduce our ability to perceive sensory and visual information.

As a result of chronic stress, deep muscles of the spine also switch off which impacts how our brain knows where our body is in space, which inevitably and eventually leads to injury and pain.

How your spine functions and moves is so important. I encourage you to get adjusted before you’re in pain, because dysfunction in the spine can occur weeks, months, if not YEARS before pain arises.

04/09/2024

As an Integrative chiropractor I believe optimal health is determined by three things; physical, biochemical and emotional health.

I take a holistic approach, blending chiropractic with applied kinesiology. I assess the body as a whole which allows me to discover where your body is holding onto stress. There are obvious signs of stress; headaches, neck pain, low back pain, jaw pain, a niggly hip, or a recent injury. However, pain is often the last symptom to come about and there is dysfunction well before you start experiencing pain.

Some other signs of stress include; gut issues, vertigo, brain fog, feeling uncoordinated or off centre, difficulty sleeping and fatigue.

Applied kinesiology delves into imbalances in the body and gives me a well rounded depiction of what’s happening in your nervous system. It’s a root cause approach, which is fundamental to treating the issue and ensuring it doesn’t return.

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Suite 1, 357 Sydney Road
Balgowlah, NSW
2093

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 7pm
Tuesday	12:30pm - 6:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Friday	12:30pm - 6:30pm
Saturday	8am - 1pm

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http://www.luminancehealth.com.au/

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