Dr Steven Hawkins

10/11/2021

Experts weigh in on the best techniques to keep your stress levels in check

04/06/2019

Respiratory vagus nerve stimulation (rVNS) counteracts fight-or-flight stress.

10/05/2018

Emotions may determine why some people are more likely to suffer chronic pain than others, a study has found.

15/03/2018

Many of the comments made in this TED talk by Dr Rediger resonate with my understanding of the philosophy of Chiropractic, even to the Zen Buddhism thoughts of illness and disease - or in terms of chiropractic "dis-ease" or lack of ease. Truly not something that is "evidence based" , but then much of what is considered accepted evidence based treatment for a condition is simply based on the current understanding of the time. The risk of not being open to more than one way of doing things is that we deny what may work for some people. I think this may be the point Dr Rediger was making when he commented on the two perspectives of spirituality and science to explain spontaneous remission - neither are wrong.

I prefer to work with people on an individual basis to see what is moving them (their health) in the desired direction - better function, often but not always less symptoms. Always as a team approach - how can I best support their health goals?

What role do the mind and spirit play in the spontaneous remission of incurable illness? In this powerful talk, Dr. Jeffrey Rediger uses stories of "impossib...

15/11/2017

A nice explanation, and food for thought. It is part of the reason why when people come to see me for their health challenges I want to run a neurological stress assessment - I can get an objective measurement, a snap-shot if you like, of how they are responding, how it may be affecting their health.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-body-sharon-horesh-bergquist Our hard-wired stress response is designed to gives us the q...

27/08/2017

The brain may have a distinctive activity pattern during stressful events that predicts bodily reactions, such as rises in blood pressure that increase risk for cardiovascular disease, according to new proof-of-concept research.