Renew Osteopathy Mornington is pleased to announce we are expanding our services to include remedial massage therapy. We are delighted to welcome Amy Mathiesen to our team!

Our experienced remedial massage therapist, Amy will give you a massage unique to your needs, whether you like to have a relaxation, deep tissue or sports massage.

If you are recovering from an injury or simply training for the next event,  Amy will work closely with your osteopath, and can provide a massage treatment to complement your osteopathic management.

Amy has been working as a massage...

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has reported that the amount of time spent sitting in front of the computer is now the cause of many work related muscle and joint problems and may also be encouraging lifestyle related health conditions.

“Workers who compensate for spending hours in front of a computer by...

Renew Osteopathy Mornington osteopaths, Alison and Simon, recently attended a continuing education evening on the topic of treating jaw pain.  The guest speaker was a dentist and he discussed the treatment of dysfunction of the jaw (temperomandibular joint or TMJ) from the dental perspective.  While dentists will make sure your teeth are protected from...

Waking up with a stiff, sore neck?  Renew Osteopathy Mornington is now stocking Dentons Contoured range of pillows. 

The Low Profile Contoured Pillow is ideal for small to medium framed people who sleep...

“Fulltime workers who used a traditional ’silent’ form of meditation became much less stressed and depressed compared to more conventional approaches to relaxation or even placebo” according to a paper recently published in the online journal Evidence Based Complementary Medicine. 

A team of researchers,...

Whilst there is not only one way to to keep a correct posture, any more than there is one way to say hello, it can be seen that some people are much better at it than others.  If you look at the way children sit, stand, and walk compared to many adults, its not difficult to accept that on the journey to maturity many paths are taken.

To a large degree the posture we adopt is influenced by the body architecture we inherit.  Some of us are able to make the best of these basic building blocks.  Unfortunately lots of us just lose the control of our soft tissues (muscles, tendons an ligaments) and...

Sitting for long periods at a desk can challenge the posture of even the most well balanced person and may lead to tight, sore muscles.  Back pain and neck pain are common complaints that can be influenced by poor posture when sitting at your desk.

Performing Brügger’s exercise is a simple way to help remind your body of which muscles should be doing the work of holding you up when you are sitting.  Brügger’s exercise can be done at your desk sitting on your office chair, just push your chair away from your desk, and do the following: 

• Sit on the edge of...
  
  

Those who suffer from headache and migraine are usually aware of some of the things that seem to lead up to or ‘trigger’ their headache or migraine.  Being aware of what triggers your headache and migraine can help you to minimise your symptoms by avoiding the identified triggers.

Here is a list of some of the common triggers for headache and...