Brunswick Chiropractic

Tomorrow is R U OK? Day. But honestly, the question is worth asking any day of the week. 💙

Sometimes back pain starts with a stressful period at work. Or a hard season with family. Or just life feeling like a lot all at once.

The body and mind don’t always send separate signals - and you don’t have to figure out which one to address first. That’s exactly why Brunswick Chiropractic and Affordable Generalist Counselling have come together for this one.

Between us, we’ve got the physical and the emotional covered. Hands-on care for the body through chiropractic, osteopathy, myotherapy and remedial massage. Real counselling support through Growth Space Co - Masters-level student counsellors offering affordable sessions, in a supervised setting.

No single therapist can do it all. But between us... we’ve pretty much got you covered.

P.S. Cooper is also available for emotional support. 🐾

Our therapy dog Cooper was out and about recently and discovered freshly painted line markings on a local oval. Channelling his inner Braveheart, he was all about his FREEDOM!

Yes, we used AI to help make this video. Cooper did not. He’s 100% real, 100% unscripted, and apparently 100% committed to the role. 🐾💙

Your leg pain has a name. It just doesn’t have an explanation yet.

“Sciatica” is one of those words that gets handed out a lot - but it describes what you’re feeling, not what’s actually driving it. And that difference matters more than most people realise, because a disc, a joint, a muscle, or a sensitised nervous system can all produce the same travelling leg pain, pins and needles, and numbness. Same symptom pattern, completely different cause.

Which is exactly why the same stretch works brilliantly for one person and does nothing for the next.

The pain is the clue. What’s behind it is the conversation worth having.

Some days you just need someone to help you lift. Even if that elevation comes from standing on a stack of books 😉🫶

Happy Friday from our team - here’s to the people who make the hard weeks survivable.

Your body is smarter than you think. The moment something isn’t working quite right, it finds another way to get the job done.

We put that to the test with a few everyday challenges - one hand, no thumb. Spoiler: everyone completed every task. Just with a lot more creativity, questionable technique, and absolutely zero dignity intact. 😅

Here’s the thing, though - your body does this constantly, without you even noticing. If one area isn’t pulling its weight, something else quietly steps in. That’s compensation. And while it’s genuinely impressive in the short term, those workaround patterns can mean certain muscles and joints end up carrying more load than they were built for.

If you’ve been dealing with a ni**le in one spot but noticing tension or soreness somewhere completely different, that’s often why.

💬 Drop a comment - what’s the most random thing you’ve caught yourself compensating around?

We don’t know much about printers. But we know a thing or two about things that won’t move properly. 🖨️

Dr. Taylah went in with the activator. Alicia tried the deep tissue approach. The printer remains unimpressed.

Turn it off and on again works for printers. Pity it doesn’t work for back pain - if it did, we’d be out of a job. 😅

Happy Friday from the Brunswick Chiro team.

Ever notice how your posture suddenly improves the second you realise someone’s watching? 👀😂

Shoulders back. Sit up straight. Look casual. Nothing to see here.

But the interesting part isn’t how you sit when you’re thinking about it - it’s where your body naturally ends up when you’re not.

Leaning on one hip. Slouching at the desk. Head slowly creeping forward. Sitting twisted without even realising it.

No one needs perfect posture all day. But the positions you spend the most time in do say something about your everyday habits - and sometimes your body starts to reflect them.

So here’s the real test: what does yours look like when no one’s watching? 👀