Firstly, since our last newsletter there have been a number of changes at Coomera Wellness Centre:

CHIROPRACTIC We have an additional Chiropractor Kate Oliver who has now joined our team, her hours are :

Tuesday 1pm -7pm; Wednesday 10am - 7pm; Thursday 1pm - 7pm; and Saturday 8am - 1pm. We welcome her warmly to our centre. Kate is an amazing chiropractor with 13 years experience. She has treated people all over the world and is highly respected by both her colleagues and patients. Kate is fantastic with all age groups and her treatment is very similar to Luke's. So if you are considering trying chiropractic treatment, you can be sure you will get great quality care no matter which of our chiropractors you see.
Dr Luke Stubbs has also changed his times, he will still be here all day Mondays 8am -4pm, Tuesdays 7am -6pm , Thursdays 9am-7pm, and Fridays 8am until 6pm.


MASSAGE

Starting August 10th, our massage therapist Tara will be available on Saturday only, from 8am.
Tracy has recently taken on a few new hours, which were made available because she has reduced her teaching schedule. Her new hours are as follows:
Mon 9am - 1pm 2pm - 6pm Tue 10am - 1pm 2pm - 7pm Wed 9am-1pm 2pm - 6pm Thu 8am -noon Fri 9am - 1pm 2pm-5pm

PODIATRY

Our podiatrist Catherine James is becoming very popular! If you suffer from heel or foot pain, plantar fasciitis or heel spur,flat feet,high arches,hip, knee or lower back pain, ankle pain, bunions corns or callouses among other things, you need to see our podiatrist! Catherine James, our Podiatrist is available Mondays from 1pm - 6pm and Saturdays 8am - 1pm. Catherine graduated from Queensland University of Technology in 1996. She has been working as a podiatrist for 12 years both in private practice and for Queensland Health and uses world leading technology to ensure the most accurate diagnosis of your feet and footprint. Catherine is becoming well known for her high quality orthotics. If you wish to see her, you will have to book in, appointments are becoming highly sort after.

RECEPTION

We have recently updated our computer and changed our entire booking system. We have had some teething problems as expected, and we do apologise for any minor inconvenience that has been caused and hope you understand the situation. By now some of you will have received a rogue SMS or not received a reminder when you did expect to. Please be patient, we do appreciate you telling us if something is not correct as this helps us with the "de-bugging" process. As we move forward, we truly believe we will be able to offer better service to you, which runs more efficiently than ever.

NATUROPATHY

Now is the time when everyone needs to see the naturopath. Dagmar is working overtime to keep everyone flu free using completely natural treatments. Somehow she has found time to write an article for the month.


Article of the Month
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Food for Thought: An old view to a young concern
Dagmar Ganser, BHSc ND(Adv)

Chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, dementia, obesity and cancer have a long latency onset and may be termed "diseases of ageing" due to their increased prevalence in the ageing population. These "diseases of ageing" are often assumed to be the inevitable consequence of a physiological decline with age, but we should ask the question: is this assumption deterministic? Furthermore if we take better care of ourselves can we impact our disease burden and live healthy lives well into old age?
While the modern pharmacological approach to disease management has a valuable place in health care it is arguably ill suited to the management of chronic disease. This is because:
1. chronic disease requires long term management and drugs are not without unwanted side effects, and 2. the best management approach is lifestyle modification.
Chronic disease processes start largely as a result of poor dietary practices. Most importantly, these processes are preventable and can be changed along with dietary habits. There is now a large body of scientific evidence demonstrating very clearly that simple dietary changes have the power to prevent, slow or even reverse the major chronic diseases.
Perhaps the greatest perceivable threat to human longevity is a diet related disease unique to the modern world, a disease of over-consumption - obesity. On 17 March 2005 a harrowing report was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The report, of which the lead author was Dr Olshansky, an acclaimed expert on human longevity, stated that "the steady rise in life expectancy during the past two centuries may soon come to an end." The report pointed out that for the first time in a thousand years our life expectancy, rather than steadily increasing, may soon witness a sharp decline. The reason is the dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity. Obesity has been shown to have a substantial negative effect on longevity, reducing the length of life of people who are severely obese by an estimated 5 to 20 years.
Redirecting the focus to "healthy ageing" through dietary weight maintenance is a rational, safe and relevant focus for optimising quality of life.
As a qualified nutritionist and naturopath, Dagmar is able to provide you with guidance and support required for effective lifestyle modification while ensuring healthy nutritional supplementation for optimum health and vitality.


Kind regards, Coomera Wellness Team