Dr Alison Holden Chiropractor

08/03/2026

Here’s to strong women the world over…

May we know them,
May we be them,
And May we raise them.

Happy International Women’s Day!

04/03/2026

Yes! Why chewing tongue strength and the ability to swallow are so important! Myomunchee can be of great value in the elderly. Even if the teeth are no longer present the periodontal nerves are still there giving feedback… if they get stimulated!

Celebrating new research from Getachew Yitbarek and colleagues in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics: “Tongue strength and cognitive decline in older adults: A scoping review.”

The review highlights growing evidence that reduced tongue strength is linked to cognitive decline, frailty, sarcopenia, and poor nutritional health.
Early measurement of tongue strength may offer a valuable way to identify cognitive decline sooner.

🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016749432600018X?via%3Dihub

22/02/2026

Phew! What a weekend! I got the Canadian MOOC on Concussion Prevention Recognition and Management finished... AND my very own Minimising Concussions page is now LIVE on my alisonholden.com website...

Check it out here!
https://alisonholden.com/concussions/

Breathe well, Breathing well, Sleeping well, Daily stretches, Eye exercises, Hula Hooping, Being well, Growing well

21/02/2026

Women aren’t the only people to have issues with pelvic floors, but they tend to affect our lives in
more obvious, embarrassing, inconveniencing and debilitating ways than they do men.

Kegels used to be the only exercises available… but not any more.

Relatively unknown here in Australia, Hypopressive Breathing Exercises, created by gynaecologist Marcel Caufriez in Belgium have been helping both women and men with pelvic floor issues since the late 1980’s.

As a Breathing Focussed Chiropractor I came across them at the end of 2024… and found them so incredible for all aspects of breathing issues that I spent last year becoming an Hypopressive Breathing Instructor.

In honour of International Women’s Day I would like to invite you to a free live online presentation where I discuss The mechanics of breathing,
How your pelvic floor is involved,
Why hypopressive breathing exercises should become a part of your weekly exercise program,
And ( for those of us who are practitioners) why you would want to include them in your recommendations for your patients.

Join me on Monday the 9th of March at 6.30 pm Brisbane time to learn more.

Register via this link https://tinyurl.com/iwomenday

Hypopressive breathing exercises can help
Tone your core,
Regain trust in your pelvic floor,
Breathe better,
Sleep better,
Enhance your posture,
And, surprisingly our jaws and floors are reflexively connected, so a pelvic floor issue can be the underlying cause of jaw pain.

26/01/2026

The next Live Online Hypopressive Class series is starting THIS Wednesday 28th January!

Whether you have come looking for help with a breathing, pelvic floor or continence issue, prolapse, diastases, urine leakage, improving your performance, an alternative to try before resorting to CPAP, or just optimising your body’s core tone and working on being healthier I look forward to having you in the class.

To join this live online series make sure to sign up at hypopressivesbrisbane.com by lunch time Tuesday at the latest.

If you miss the beginning of this one however, you no longer have to wait for the beginning of the next school term to join a class series!

I now have a Pre Recorded Class series you can join at any time. The links for that can also be found on hypopressivesbrisbane.com

PS, You don't have to be a patient in my practice to join the classes. Please feel free to share the link to anyone you know who might find them helpful

19/01/2026

A fantastic demonstration of the tongue! https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DaqVtEmQJ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas!!!

09/11/2025

We're getting ready for Christmas! A great present for yourself or someone you care about who wants to try hypopressives without a full 10 week commitment to classes. Our 6 week prerecorded class series is now available to purchase. Access to the classes will be released weekly from December 17... Who doesn't like an early present???

09/11/2025

We're getting ready for Christmas! A great present for yourself or someone you care about who wants to try hypopressives without a full 10 week commitment to classes. Our 6 week prerecorded class series is now available to purchase. Access to the classes will be released weekly from December 17... Who doesn't like an early present???

04/11/2025

This Friday our time I will be presenting Airway Circle’s Thursday Night Live webinar. I’m looking forward to sharing how integral our pelvic floor is to our breathing, and how hypopressive breathing exercises coordinate our breathing reflexes and correctly tone all our breathing muscles.

27/10/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPtz-hjCFnx/?igsh=MXA5enB6cDc2OWxxMw==

24/10/2025

This week I finished another Concussion MOOC ( Massive Open Online Course) , Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury. This one was home grown, run by the University of Tasmania, and had additional information about the affects on the brain at the three different peak ages of Concussion, infants 0-4 years, adolescents and young adults, and in the elderly in the 65+ age group.