Welling Point

26/02/2026

Chronic back pain is often blamed on discs, joints, or alignment.

But imaging findings frequently correlate poorly with pain severity.

Structure does not always equal suffering.

Some people show significant degeneration with minimal pain.
Others show minor structural change with severe pain.

The difference is often neuroinflammatory sensitization — also known as central sensitization.

Inside the spinal cord, microglia — the resident immune cells of the central nervous system — constantly monitor neural activity.

During acute injury, their activation is protective.

The problem begins when that activation fails to resolve.

In chronic pain states, spinal microglia shift from surveillance into persistent activation.

They release cytokines such as Interleukin-1 beta and Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha — along with brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

These signals alter the dorsal horn — the relay center for pain transmission.

Inhibitory signaling declines.
Excitatory glutamate signaling increases.

The brakes weaken.
The accelerator stays pressed.

Pain circuits become hypersensitive.

The tissue may have healed.

The signaling has not.

This is why chronic pain can persist long after the original structural injury has resolved.

It becomes a central nervous system signaling disorder.

Shifting that terrain means lowering neuroinflammatory tone and restoring inhibitory balance:

• Consistent sleep limits central cytokine signaling and supports glymphatic clearance. Sleep disruption is one of the strongest drivers of pain hypersensitivity.

• Moderate aerobic movement reduces microglial activation and helps recalibrate sensitized pain circuits.

• Omega-3 fatty acids provide substrates for specialized pro-resolving mediators — molecules that actively terminate inflammation within the nervous system.

• Magnesium acts as a voltage-dependent gatekeeper at NMDA receptors, limiting excessive calcium influx and dampening spinal neuronal hyperactivation. In central sensitization, inadequate magnesium lowers the threshold for excitatory firing. Forms such as magnesium glycinate may also support inhibitory tone and sleep — reinforcing two key regulators of neuroinflammatory resolution.

• Stress regulation lowers sympathetic-driven microglial activation.

Structural repair matters.

But so does immune resolution inside the spinal cord.

Chronic back pain is often a failure of resolution — not simply a failure of structure.

And resolution biology is achievable with treatment.

We often see in clinic people with a high degree of pain because their bodies have compromised nerve or joint funtion. The body learns to only feels pain signals. We regulate these signals so that the body starts recognising sensation rather than pain and then once painfree we help you build strength and resilience.

Phone for an appointment
027 420 0771

25/02/2026

Do you have Complex Health issues?
🌊 Complex Doesn’t Mean Hopeless Many people live with overlapping conditions — fatigue, pain, stress, digestion, hormone imbalance.
Often complex health issues are hard to make sense of. Having support to understand and piece things together can make all the difference to your health and well-being.
Kate is a Registered nurse, she can help you understand what is happening in your body. She is passionate about explaining things in an easy to understand way encouraging questions and discussion. She can help you know how to talk with your doctor, what questions to ask and how to ask them. This is often the first major step towards huge health and wellness shift for people.
Acupuncture restores overall balance through meridian regulation and systemic support.
Neuropuncture targets specific neural circuits for immune, endocrine, and emotional integration.
💫 When you treat the nervous system, you treat the whole person.
Phone 027 420 0771 you are not alone, we can help you

Do you have Complex Health issues?

🌊 Complex Doesn’t Mean Hopeless Many people live with overlapping conditions — fatigue, pain, stress, digestion, hormone imbalance.

Often complex health issues are hard to make sense of. Having support to understand and piece things together can make all the difference to your health and well-being.

Kate is a Registered nurse, she can help you understand what is happening in your body. She is passionate about explaining things in an easy to understand way encouraging questions and discussion. She can help you know how to talk with your doctor, what questions to ask and how to ask them. This is often the first major step towards huge health and wellness shift for people.

Acupuncture restores overall balance through meridian regulation and systemic support.

Neuropuncture targets specific neural circuits for immune, endocrine, and emotional integration.

💫 When you treat the nervous system, you treat the whole person.
Phone 027 420 0771 you are not alone, we can help you

18/02/2026

This is such a huge part of that we do at Welling Point, we meet you where you are at today, and help you be intentional about the next stage of your life. We start by listening, creating a treatment plan, a communication framework so you can talk with your doctor and other health care practitioners an we support you on your way to better health.
Ph 027 420 0771

07/02/2026

Lift heavy, keeps your brain and body strong. 💪
For Injury prevention and repair phone 027 420 0771 your health depends on it ❤️

28/01/2026

Cycles come in many forms, generational trauma leading to physical and emotional pain. Western medicine separates these from each other. But this is not how pain works. Pain is pain, it follows the same neural (nerve) pathways. Mental strain hormone cortisol doesn't just affect our brains, it also affects our body. At Welling Point we look at the whole picture, we take time on our first appointment to get to know you and your story so we can piece together a health plan that works for you.
Call us today to see how we can help you.
Ph 027 420 0771

12/01/2026

04/01/2026

For most women HRT is life changing for peri-menopausal and menopausal women. The tragic lost generation of women who were denied hormonal healthcare is tragic.
Educating our clients on how to navigate this stage of life is a big deal for our team which we are very proud of. ###

02/01/2026

Progress takes place with the tiny steps, the 1% each day. When the steps are too large change feels impossible. We ask why does it matter, we say this is too hard. We think that small is insignificant. But in reality small contained progress, the returning to the track when we stray from it. The getting back up when we stumble and fall. In a world where the only thing that feel like matters are grand displays, be the gentle step, be the person who notices others, be the one who asks if someone else is ok. Notice the 1% and be the 1% and let's watch what unfolds.
Kate ###

24/12/2025

Protect Your Energy

You’re allowed to say:
“No thanks.”
“Not this year.”
“I’m keeping things simple.”

Boundaries are nervous-system protection, not rejection. Notice how your body responds when you say no with love.

24/12/2025

The happiest of Christmas Eves to you all. ❤️❤️❤️

24/12/2025

“We are the drop in the ocean, and also the ocean in the drop.” — Rumi

This speaks to the truth that each of us is both small and vast at the same time.
We are one nervous system, one body, one life — yet we carry the wisdom, resilience, and rhythm of something much bigger within us.

In health, this matters.
Small daily choices — how we breathe, rest, eat, and respond to stress — ripple outward through the whole system.

When we care for one part of ourselves, we influence the whole.
You are significant.
You are not meant to carry everything alone.
Healing happens when we remember we belong — to our bodies, to nature, and to each other 🌊

22/12/2025

Don't waste your holiday feeling sore,
Call 027 420 0771

Joint injury with an ACC number gives you 12 treatments
over 12 weeks to help your body repair.
Surcharge is $45 for a single issue, $65 for complex health issues.

Call us today. 💜