Dr. Leonie Bosch - Chiropractor

14/02/2021

Super spoiled. Thanks HFPA. What a sweet gesture. ♥️

11/02/2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease” - Thomas Edison

10/02/2021

Food for thought

More guidelines for a healthier lifestyle:

Get into nature.
Studies show that just a short, 20-minute nature walk can activate the parasympathetic nervous system, increase the feeling of happiness, and decrease blood pressure.
Head to a local park nearby, or a small plot of grass, take off your shoes and let your feet touch the earth so you can feel more grounded. Other benefits:

1. Improves short term memory
2. Reduces stress
3. Increases levels of vitamin D
4. Improves sleep
5. Strengthens the immune system
6. Increases happiness
7. Reduces inflammation
8. Improves vision

Wake up at the same time every day.
Waking at the same time every day will actually help you to sleep better at night. A fixed wake time helps to build a strong desire for sleep throughout wakefulness. This sleep drive gradually builds, and shortening it by sleeping in will make it harder to fall asleep the next night.

Meditate for 5 minutes every day.
Make a small commitment to meditate for just 5 minutes a day.  Six benefits of meditating 5 minutes per day:

1. Decrease symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression,
2. Enhance self-esteem and self-acceptance
3. Increase feelings of compassion and connection with others
4. Help you overcome craving and addiction
5. Increase gray matter concentration in the brain’s structures of learning and memory
6. Reduce blood pressure

08/02/2021

Finally 🎉

07/02/2021

ProActive collagen now available in practice. What an amazing product.

25/01/2021

MEDICAL MONDAY

Cervicogenic headache:
These headaches originate in the region of the neck and can refer pain into the eye and front of the head (on one side). The most common trigger being movement of the neck, these headaches are often associated with restricted movement in the neck. Speak to your CASA-registered chiropractor about your treatment options for these headaches.

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07/01/2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The preservation of health is easier than the cure of disease”
- B.J. Palmer (Chiropractor)

03/01/2021

🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉Wishing you and you family a happy, healthy, fit 2021!

Both practices, Sunninghill and Senderwood, will reopen tomorrow 4 January 2021. Strict Covid protocols are in place.

Please phone, sms or what’s app me on 0827707172 for appointments.

06/12/2020

THORACIC SPINE - NERVOUS SYSTEM AND VISCERAL INFLUENCE OF A THORACIC FACET JOINT RESTRICTION
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Facet joints are small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion. The facet joints can become painful due to arthritis, a back injury or mechanical stress to the back. The facet joints are paired joints in the back and neck, one pair at each vertebral level (one joint on each side of the vertebrae). These joints have opposing surfaces of cartilage and a surrounding capsule that is filled with synovial fluid, which reduces the friction between bones that rub together.
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A thoracic facet restriction can have a huge influence to the sympathetic nervous system which is located in the thoracic spine. It is one of the two main divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the other being the parasympathetic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system functions to regulate the body's unconscious actions.
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The sympathetic nervous system's primary process is to stimulate the body's fight-or-flight response. It is, however, constantly active at a basic level to maintain homeostasis. It is controlling organs like the heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys and intestines. If there is a subluxation your sympathetic nervous system isn't able to function optimally! Considering your nervous system is the master system of the human body and controls every cell, tissue and organ it is essential to correct that kind of restriction very quickly!
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Most conservative treatments for facet restrictions involves postural correction incl. exercising, soft tissue treatment and osteopathic manipulation of the affected areas. Physical therapists, osteopathic clinicians and chiropractors are adept at restoring restricted and painful facet joints to move and can reestablish normal motion.
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In my next posts I will talk about specific myofascial and chiropractic treatment of thoracic facet joint problems - stay tuned!
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20/10/2020

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as palliative care of this disease.

Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer in women worldwide, both in the developed and developing countries.

Early detection of the disease remains the cornerstone of breast cancer control.

A beautiful poem written by my mom who is a mammographer. 💜

A poem from our very own Elsa Bosch. Each year for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Elsa writes a poem as her contribution.

16/10/2020

Welcome to BACK ON TRACK, World Spine Day’s campaign theme for 2020!

The coronavirus pandemic has affected people around the world, with lockdown restrictions impacting people’s ability to stay active and mobile. BACK ON TRACK celebrates people being able to reactivate and revitalize their bodies by getting out and focusing on effective spine care.

BACK ON TRACK highlights the importance of exercise, posture, movement and good self care to ensure a healthy spine. Looking after your spine can range from taking regular breaks at work to aquarobics for the elderly to doing the Straighten Up exercise routine. Everyone, of all ages, can get BACK ON TRACK

Happy world spine day!