Sadly MarionCC farewelled Elaine in early October, after more than three years at the helm of the front desk. While Elaine has enjoyed working part time over the past few years it was time to return to full time employment and no sooner than she made this decision she was offered an opportunity that was too good to refuse!

Elaine will be mostly working from home during the day, leaving her free to attend dancing in the evenings and still able to enjoy her weekends. There were many tears (both hers and ours) when Elaine said goodbye but like most of the previous staff at MarionCC she’ll be dropping in for a spinal tune up and we’ll be keeping in touch. We wish her all the best in her new position and look forward to her visits to MarionCC.

We all look forward to this time of year as the days become longer and we start to see maximum temperatures starting with a 2! It becomes easier to remember to put ice on when we’ve hurt ourselves or overdone it or even after an adjustment if necessary.

There are many theories and discussion around the use of ice so it’s not a simple recommendation. Ice should be used in early stages of injury when the swelling is active. The ice will decrease the blood flow, provide pain relief and reduce compression of the surrounding healthy tissue as long as it’s used correctly.

In conjunction with Spinal Health Week in May, MarionCC has been offering a free spinal screening for children under the age of 12. Dr Lydia has been busy assessing children of all ages from as young as 7 months old, and providing education, advice and treatment as indicated. She even saw a young lady who remembered that she first came in as a child when Tracey was offering her own free spinal screening 20 years ago!

On their way home Dr Tracey and her partner will be visiting Dr Kit-Li Khaw in Kuala Lumpur to see how his new clinic is going and no doubt they will have their spines checked and adjusted after their adventures. Lydia, Elaine and Isla will be holding the fort and Isla will also be busy with the end of semester and exams. We wish her the best of luck!

After attending a local chiropractic paediatric seminar here in Adelaide in February, Dr Lydia will be heading to Melbourne in early March for the first Australian Gonstead Paediatric seminar, a whole weekend focussed on the specifics of checking and adjusting babies and children. Dr Lydia has been very busy since the start of the year working in three practices! She has been filling in for a chiropractor who is on maternity leave, so she has been learning other chiropractic techniques as well as being exposed to how another practice runs. Luckily she had a break over Chinese New Year and returned refreshed, eager to keep learning and working longer hours.

As Chiropractors we're always interested in learning more about how our body works and how we can stay healthy. Tracey recently came across some interesting research about breathing. Most people are aware that it's better to inhale through your nose and breathe out through your mouth.

Interestingly, by inhaling through your nose your sinuses produce nitrous oxide which is delivered to the upper lung causing dilation of the blood vessels and thus increasing your ability to absorb oxygen. The more oxygen in our body the better we function, especially our brain. Research compared nose breathing to mouth breathing in a series of difficult tasks to come to this conclusion.

Gonstead Chiropractors Dr Lydia Tan and Dr Tracey Kavanagh with staff members Isla and Elaine sharing christmas lunch in Adelaide.

Gonstead Chiropractors Dr Lydia Tan and Dr Tracey Kavanagh at the recent Australian Gonstead seminar in Melbourne in August 2023.

Gonstead Fellow, Dr Les Carroll and Gonstead Diplomate, Dr John Trowse outside the Alex Cox lecture theatre at the Australian Chiropractic College in Adelaide during a recent Gonstead seminar.

As the weather becomes cooler and the seasons change it's always a great time to assess how we're caring for our health so we're prepared to fight off the bugs. Tracey has put together an advice sheet to help our patients arm themselves with some simple tips for staying well. Be sure to pick one up and share the advice with your family and friends

We’ve had great reports from our Archie’s thongs wearers over the Summer.

We decided to stock these so that instead of “barefooting about” in the warmer weather there was a comfortable and supportive alternative that is less likely to upset your feet, knees and back than ordinary thongs or nothing at all. We’ve all been converted and are enjoying thongs that don’t fall off and are reasonably supportive.

At Marion Chiropractic we are focussed on your health and wellbeing. We care for your spine and nervous system but we are also concerned with your overall health. After the indulgences of the festive season it’s important to return to good health routines as soon as possible.

Gonstead Chiropractors Dr Andrew Stevenson from Sydney, Dr Tim Free from Warrnambool, Dr John Trowse and Dr Tracey Kavanagh from Adelaide catch up after years of Covid separation.

Dr's Tracey, Lydia and Kit after the opening address of the Gonstead Chiropractors conference in Melbourne.

Dr Kit participating in the Advanced Gonstead class at the August Seminar in 2022.

As Tracey was still on leave when our MarionCC news was due, we (Lydia and Kit) thought we'd put together a few words of our own

By now you should have all met Dr Lydia Tan (or know she’s here!) who has joined us from Victoria, finally reuniting

Happy New Year and welcome to 2022.

MarionCC welcomed Teagan in late November