Jake Williams Chiropractic in Collaroy Plateau | Chiropractor

Jake Williams Chiropractic

Locality: Collaroy Plateau

Phone: +61 410 841 193

Address: 35 Lantana Ave 2097 Collaroy Plateau, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.jakewilliamschiro.com/

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25.01.2022 Recovery day with some Normatech boots and an awesome hot infrared sauna session courtesy of the legends @zeroinhealth with the best setup you could ask for and staff that know everything there is to know about recovery. We all need a rest day every now and again! #recovery #sauna #massage

24.01.2022 Your body is always trying to heal you, and when the damage, trauma, irritation, or stress outweighs your rate of healing, that’s when injury can occur and continue to occur. As a practitioner, my goal is to tip that balance in your body’s favour by identifying and removing the facets of your environment that are overwhelming your healing capacity. This usually includes things in your EXTERNAL environment like the way you perform activity, exercise, work, or sleep. The...se issues are also largely due to problems of your INTERNAL environment like mis-aligned or immobile joints, muscles that are over or under-working, mental and emotional stressors, and the way you move as a whole. Tipping that balance back in your favour can take some time when the stressors turning it against you have built up over a long time, but as long as we can get things to a point where your body can take control again, it will do most of the work from there. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep #healing

23.01.2022 Stay safe and sterile everyone! #itscoronatime #chiropractic #chiropractor

22.01.2022 HIP COMPRESSION Hip joints can commonly become compressed, either through impact to the joint, repetitive overloading, tight hip stability muscles, or a combination of any of these. This causes the surfaces of the ball to sit deeper in the hip socket and to rub harder against each other. As a result, the hip can become painful, lose range of motion, weaken muscles around it, and shorten that leg. ... Over many years of compression, this can accelerate the arthritic process and lead to the need for hip replacement. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep

22.01.2022 This is a large disc bulge viewed in a side view slice of the spine . You can see the grey bulge pushing into the spinal canal where it can potentially cause symptoms from acute pain at the lower back to nerve pain or weakness all the way down the legs. The second photo is the same disc after a course of conservative treatment - hands on care with appropriate rest and rehab. Disc injuries are very common.... They can almost always be managed well without needing surgery or injections that don’t address how they got injured in the first place. There can be some serious pain with disc problems, and in most cases there’s an element of time involved in the healing, but finding out you have a scary diagnosis of disc bulge or herniation is not a lifelong sentence. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep

21.01.2022 Sydney has had a sudden cool change just in case we didn’t realise Winter was on its way. During the cool season, it’s common for muscle tightness and aches to worsen with the drop in temperature. This can be worse first thing in the morning before the sun has had a chance to work - unfortunately the time when a lot of stiffness and aches can be at their worst anyway. The simple fix is to limit the amount of exposure your problem areas (e.g lower back, neck) have to cool ...air by covering up appropriately inside and out. Using heat packs, hot water, and heat gels are also even more helpful, but many patients express their worry about heat’s effects on inflammation. The general rule is that unless it’s a recently occurred or freshly irritated injury, there’s unlikely to be new inflammation building. Once the inflammation or swelling is already present, heat actually doesn’t do anything to worsen it, it may actually help reduce it faster by improving blood and lymph flow through area Many tissues that do typically get inflamed such as in the spine, joints, and ligaments, are actually too deep for topical heat or cold to have much effect on them anyway, whereas the tight and painful muscles that guard around them will usually respond well. As always, listen to your body and use common sense when something isn’t working for you (in which case it’s probably time to get yourself checked) #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab

20.01.2022 USE IT OR LOSE IT! After age 30, we all start to lose about 3-5% of our muscle per decade, just as a consequence of ageing. Loss of muscle strength is massively associated with a range of nasties like pain, injury and accidents, and life length This can be massively offset, and somewhat reversed, if you just keep at least some form. of relatively strenuous exercise going regularly throughout your life. It’s way harder to get it back later, so put the time in now to give... yourself the best base possible as early as possible, and the minimum amount of muscle loss later! #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep See more

19.01.2022 Many of my patients know I’m a proponent for minimalist footwear for a lot of reasons, but the effect that conventional footwear with raised heels can have on posture and lower back loading is another one! Small differences aren’t so small when they’re 12+ hours/day for your entire life. Repost from @vivobarefoot Can footwear cause back pain? Back pain has become somewhat of an epidemic, with many people turning to the quick fix of pain medication which can actually mak...e things worse rather than finding ways to alleviate or stop the physical causes of the pain in the first place. But this comes as no surprise, as many of us sit down for countless hours during the day, at home, at work, in our cars or public transport, all hunched over in a position that creates an inward curve in our lower back a position which our bodies were not evolved to be in for long periods of time. This issue is also connected to our footwear. Wearing shoes that have a heel has a knock-on effect across our entire posture. It pushes the hips forward and forces our upper body to compensate for balance, creating that same inward curve in our back, which can over time be the cause of chronic back pain. Shoes with zero lift and zero heel keep our feet flat on the ground, re-aligning the back and allowing us to stand tall with a straight posture. Check out our blog by Ben Mcnutt @wild_human_bushcraft about his experiences with back pain, and how barefoot shoes helped resolve it - you can swipe up in our stories or visit vivobarefoot.com/blog Share your experiences with back pain and the ways you have found to deal with it. #Vivobarefoot #Barefoot #BarefootShoes #HealthyBack #BackPain #chiropractic See more

16.01.2022 WHY NOT STOMACH SLEEPING? Different sleeping positions can suit different people, and while there are ways to optimise each position, stomach sleeping is always going to be one of the hardest on your body. Stomach sleeping: Forces you to have a lot of rotation in your neck for long periods of time... Any pillow that isn’t very thin will also extend your neck and compress your joints for long periods Exaggerates the arch in your lower back and can worsen pain Compresses your pelvic joints in your lower back Transitioning to side sleeping position is the best option for stomach sleepers, but if you’re a bit stubborn and committed to the position, you can minimise stress by: Only using a very thin pillow (or no pillow at all) under your head to keep your spine as neutral as possible Place a normal pillow under your lower stomach/pelvic area to flatten the curve and take pressure off your lower back Stay tuned for the next post on transitioning to side sleeping! #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep

13.01.2022 If you’re a stomach sleeper, fix yourself already. Just kidding, but really, stomach sleeping is the worst way to sleep for both muscular and skeletal discomfort, and for sleep quality. It’s not an easy or quick change, but everyone can do it over time. However, while you are still giving in to your comfy stomach position, one of the biggest things you can do to help yourself if you are going to be face down is to REMOVE YOUR PILLOW! While on your stomach, pillows force yo...ur neck into extension, compressing joints and shortening important muscles for hours at a time. Going pillow-less or at least swapping to a very thin pillow is a must if you are going to be stomach sleeping for any significant time. Just be aware though, thin pillows do not suit side sleeping, so if you’re someone who moves between these positions, be sure to swap between a thicker side sleeping pillow and a thin/no pillow for stomach sleeping. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep See more

13.01.2022 We should always aim to make ergonomics and healthy movement patterns part of all aspects of life, no matter what the job or activity - work, fun, or anything in between (including Netflix and quarantine). Credit: @sirjoancornella #chiropractic #lifting #ergonomics

13.01.2022 DISC INJURY LEG LENGTH DIFFERENCE, AND PELVIC TILT The typical things to aggravate and start the symptoms of disc pain in the lower back are pretty commonly known by those who have experienced it before: Bending forwards Lifting through your lower back... Falls onto your bum Twisting through the lower back while under load What is often under appreciated is the build up of stress to this point that has usually predisposed the disc to injury. One of the most common predisposing factors I see clinically is a leg length difference and accompanying lateral pelvic tilt. The pelvis is the foundation for the spine, and when this is tilted with one side higher or lower left to right, the first place to have to absorb the resulting change in forces is the lower back, particularly the last 2 discs which are conveniently the most commonly injured. Contrary to what most patients initially think, side of the pelvis that is higher, causing compression of the discs on that side, isn’t usually the side predisposed to injury. This is because the disc is like a gel-filled ring, and when one side is compressed, the gel is forced into the other side. This asymmetrical pressure from the gel is what can start to weaken the wall of the disc on that side over time. After years of lopsided stress and weakening, the disc can just be waiting for the straw that breaks the camels back. That’s why most patients that come in with disc problems aren’t from a sudden trauma or fall, but woke up with it, bent to put their socks on, sneezed, or performed some other normal activity that would usually be fine, but wasn’t that time. In cases where there hasn’t been an acute major trauma (most cases), the side most affected by disc bulging, protrusion, slipping etc. is most often the side of the lower side of the pelvis or shorter leg. This makes correcting the leg length difference (most times coming from the hips and pelvic joints) the best longterm solution for a lot of disc problems. #chiropractic #discinjury #discbulge #physicaltherapy #backpain #discinjury #deadlift See more

11.01.2022 3 ADJUSTMENTS FOR ROTATOR CUFFS Rotator cuff muscles and tendons are the most common kind of injuries in the shoulder. But while it might be the muscle and tendon that are damaged, the damage is often set up and made much worse by the bones and joints of your shoulder moving poorly or being poorly positioned. If the bones that the rotator cuff muscles attach to don’t move properly and aren’t in the right position, the muscles are forced to work in inefficient, stressful way...s, and damage occurs. These are some of the adjustments I do most often for people with rotator cuff issues. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab See more

10.01.2022 How good is this case from @thedogjointchiro ? No placebo going on here! Just like with people, I wonder how many dogs are being put through needless surgeries (or even put down ) due to correctable issues. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #dog #dogsofinstagram #dogs

09.01.2022 This is my hip, knee, and ankle mobility/warm up routine. It’s an awesome way to take 5-10 minutes daily to see some huge improvements in range of motion, tightness, hip and lower back pain, and form with lower body exercises. Here I’m doing a 90-90 hip mobilisation, deep squat sit with hip rotations, ankle dorsiflexion mobilisation, and glute activation. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep

08.01.2022 WHY JOINTS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL FOR SPORT AND MOVEMENT NEW ARTICLE UP NOW Anyone who’s familiar with sports and physical activity knows at least a bit about the importance of taking care of your muscles. And of course, they’re the ones responsible for your strength, your speed, and your flexibility, right? So yes, muscular training, conditioning, and recovery are integral to performing well physically. However, to say that the role your joints have in physical p...erformance is under-appreciated by most people, athletes included, is an understatement. If you don’t want to read anything further, just understand this; YOUR MUSCLES WILL ONLY EVER DO WHAT YOUR JOINTS ALLOW THEM TO DO. So spending 100% of your effort on developing your muscular system is ALWAYS going to be some degree of an uphill battle if you’re not including your joints in the picture. To give you a quick overview, having unhealthy joints (immobile, malaligned, irritated): - Decreases muscle strength - Decreases muscle speed - Decreases muscle coordination - Decreases balance - Decreases flexibility - Decreases ability to learn and improve movements Learn how they do this, and how to improve on your joint health by reading the full article at http://jakewilliamschiro.com//joints-in-sport-and-movement/ Here's a cool video demo of how joints immediately impact your nervous system and muscle control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d977d7NmOyQ

08.01.2022 VIBRATION MASSAGE Handheld massagers are more and more popular these days, especially with everyone spending a bit more time at home as of late. Vibration (or percussion) massage doesn’t just feel good, it has a number of proven benefits to go along with it: * Muscle relaxation * Increases in blood flow which continues for over 15 minutes post-massage * Pain reduction by blocking nerve pain signals... * Speed up muscle recovery and reduce post-exercise soreness. * Temporarily increase the strength and coordination of muscles * Help prevent muscle atrophy (loss of size and strength) * Locally increase production of growth hormone * Increase the formation of new blood vessels around injuries To find out how to work out what kind of massager you should be looking for, head to my new article on the topic via the link in my bio. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #massage See more

08.01.2022 FROM STOMACH TO SIDE SLEEPER Now that you know why stomach sleeping is generally a no-no, how do you get yourself out of it? While there are plenty of creative uses for pillows, rolled up towels etc for helping get your spine straight and body happy, the two main steps are simply setting up your upper body and lower body so that they’re less likely to roll you face down. UPPER BODY: keep your bottom shoulder just under you or in front of your head so that your upper body can...’t roll forwards. Get a supportive pillow that perfectly fills the gap between bed and head, keeping your neck in line with the rest of your spine. LOWER BODY: keep your top knee in line with or slightly behind your bottom knee so that your lower body won’t roll forwards. Use a pillow between them to ease pressure on your hips and legs, and create a barrier making it more difficult to automatically roll face down. It takes time but after a while getting used to falling asleep on your side, you’ll find yourself waking up less and less on your stomach, and most people who make the transition start to notice immediately the discomfort when they do go back to lying on their stomach! #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #sleep

06.01.2022 WHAT MAKES A GOOD MASSAGER? I get asked a lot about handheld massage devices, as there’s so many around now that patients struggle to know which one they should be interested in or if they should bother at all. They’ve taken off in recent years after an increasing number of small companies and entrepreneurs realised how good they look in slow-mo and how successfully marketed online they could be. But what’s the difference? Is a $50 massager the same as an $800? At their cor...e, all the main devices are vibration massagers that use a percussion motion (the massage head moving in and out repetitively). Vibration massage is quite well studied for treating pain, tightness, aiding muscle recovery, and more, but the research doesn’t specify much on a few of the differences between machines: SPEED AMPLITUDE (the distance the head vibrates in and out) POWER (the ability for the motor to maintain speed against resistance) SHAPE (typically gun or large head/long handle) To find out which one is likely to suit you, head to my new article on the topic via the link in my bio. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab #massage

05.01.2022 Whether it’s doing your rehab, seeking treatment when you need it, or simply providing yourself a healthy environment to thrive in, the moment an injury occurs your recovery is in your hands and the hands of whoever you bring in to help. No one ever got better any faster by feeling sorry for themselves or playing the blame game! #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #rotatorcuff #rehab

04.01.2022 HIP FLEXOR STRETCHES = BAD? A new patient came in with pain and tightness in the front of her hip and the top of her shin since taking up a lot of new running training for a new job. She hadn’t had any specific trauma but has had bad pain and a limp with walking for a few weeks now and a history of minor symptoms for 6 years. Her left leg was over a centimetre short, and all ranges of motion from her hip were limited and irritating at end ranges. Her hip joint was very comp...ressed, along with a pelvic tilt that was high on the same side, adding to the short leg. After adjusting the hip and pelvis with traction, her leg lengths were even and mobility was much better. Her iliopsoas muscles (hip flexors) were still extremely tight, and applying pressure brought on the same hip pain. She mentioned that she’d been stretching this area regularly to try and help but only with very temporary relief. However, testing of all her hip flexor muscles found them all to be extremely weak, and she struggled to hold some of them against gravity. Her quad was also very tight and had a number of trigger points, but tested strong. Her shin pain was also found to be right where the tight quad attaches. The hip flexors and quads have a close relationship as one of the major hip flexors (the rectus femoris) is also a quad muscle. After doing some dry needling and release work on her quad, all her hip flexors tested as strong as the other side except for her psoas which was still a bit weak but much better, and she could walk without limping or pain. Her stretching has likely been actually creating more weakness and tightness to these already weak hip flexors, so her rehab is to activate her psoas instead and foam roll her quad. #chiropractic #chiropractor #wellness #health #backpain #adjustment #nervepain #fascia #chiropracticadjustment #physicaltherapy #asthma #spine #healthylifestyle #neckpain #physiotherapy #chiro #fitness #lowbackpain #pain #posture #sciatica #painrelief #hipflexors

03.01.2022 Still open and operating! The clinic is clean and sterilised between every patient, but if you’re sick or have been travelling in the last couple of weeks, as per recommendations save your visit for another day.