By Stephen Janz BAc BN MPH Clinic Director: Kenmore Centre for Health, Brisbane. Productivity Commission Inquiry into Veterans’ Health Anzac Day and Remembrance Day is a time when the community reflects […]
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A report by Stephen Janz MPH, Clinic Director – Kenmore Centre for Health, Brisbane. Codeine Restricted to Prescription Only The news that painkillers containing codeine will be restricted to prescription […]
Acupuncture, Chronic Pain and the Codeine Restriction
by Stephen Janz, RN BN BAc MPH – Clinic Director Kenmore Centre for Health I wonder how many conversations have started by mentioning an aching back! Low back pain is […]
Treating Back Pain Without Drugs: The role of Acupuncture, Massage ...
What is Sciatica? In its simplest definition Sciatica refers to pain along the course of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body and arises […]
Acupuncture More Effective for Sciatica
Some neck pain has a simple underlying cause that fully resolves either on its own or with treatment. Other cases can be more complex and perhaps related to an underlying […]
Chronic Neck Pain? Acupuncture may be the Answer
By Stephen Janz – Clinic Director, Kenmore Centre for Health, Brisbane I am often asked by patients how to avoid a recurrence of back pain. It’s not helpful to discover […]
Preventing Back Pain: It’s the Thought That Counts
Spring is the season of growth and renewal with some great weather for enjoying the outdoors before the heat of summer hits. However hayfever sufferers don’t look forward to spring […]
Evidence supports Acupuncture for Hayfever
Difficulty getting to sleep, waking during the night or waking too early are the tell-tale signs of insomnia. While everyone can experience brief periods of disturbed sleep, on-going insomnia is […]
10 Tips to Beat Insomnia
Acupuncture is a holistic system of treatment which encourages repair and healing in the body by stimulating specific points on the body called acupuncture points. Acupuncture points can be stimulated […]
What is Acupuncture?
Chinese medicine is a holistic form of medicine originating approximately 3000 years ago in China. Chinese medicine is used to prevent and treat illness, as well as to maintain health […]
What is Chinese medicine?
Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis or epicondylalgia, is the most common type of elbow pain and contrary to its name is not caused just by playing tennis. Any type of […]
No Strain No Pain – Overcoming Tennis Elbow
Winter brings with it the challenge of first avoiding sickness and then if you do catch a bug, recovering as soon as possible. There is much that can be done […]