Years ago I suffered a nasty bout of wrist pain. The symptoms could have derived from any of repetitive motions that my daily routine entailed: typing, playing air hockey, waving at pensioners, feeding grain to pigeons etc. In search of a cure, I underwent a medical tour of Melbourne, visiting a variety of medical practitioners, who, puzzlingly, all diagnosed me with a different condition. After being encouraged to undergo an aggressive operation that would see my arm recalib

February 16th, 2018 was the start of the Chinese Year of the Yellow Dog. From a Chinese medical perspective, the colour Yellow relates to Earth, and the organs that relate to Earth are the stomach and spleen. Mother Earth has a very important role in gathering and absorbing all that falls on its soil and transforms it into nutrients. In Chinese medicine the stomach and spleen have a role, much like Mother Earth, taking in the external, assimilating it so that it becomes part

We are born with sufficient energy to last the length of the life given to us. We are constantly consuming and renewing our energy in daily life. So why do we sometimes feel exhausted? Life is a delicate balance, an intricate dance between work and family, finances, relationships, and personal commitments. Life’s pressure can be positive, creating expansion and growth from our experience or negative leaving us tired and depleted. Often there is little thought given to health