Hi, Tony here, Auburn South Chiropractic and this is a Corona update for you.

Firstly, how are you going - stage four? It's not easy is it?

I've been up and down myself trying to keep myself busy, trying to keep myself distracted in a lot of ways because I can't be at the practice as often. Although I am here Tuesday and Thursday mornings to help you. If you have got any urgent needs, please give me a call or you can book in online. Don't forget that, but also touch on an issue that I see being one of the biggest problems with what's happening out in the community and from the response and from our government, et cetera.

I've been watching more football,AFL than I normally would just because I've got more time. And you know - what an amazing game where we have these athletes, we have these teams that come together. 

We have people who are specialists in the forward line and kicking goals. We have people who are specialists in preventing goals - The back line. We have these midfielders that can run and carry the ball and be the transition.

And it really got me thinking about this response to the Corona virus and our government, our health department, the minister for health, the chief medical officer, they've been putting their hands up to give us some, some solutions in their mind. And what I've noticed is there's some great solutions being put forward as some great directives, but they're all coming from, if I can use the AFL analogy, they're all coming from a back line defence strategy. What the government's decided to do is - we're going to stack the back line full of every great player. What in the alternative would have been the flood, all our midfielders they've gone back down into defense to try and stop the opposition, scoring a goal. And while that can be a great strategy to stop goals being scored, it's a really lousy strategy to score goals yourself, because what ends up happening is the ball gets stuck in the back line. That team gets possession and there's no one up forward to kick it to. And so it's a strategy that ends up being no goals being scored or very low number of goals being scored. And this seems to be this strategy with which the government's come to.

Now look, I'm all for defenses. I'm all for saying, you know what it makes sense to wash your hands. It makes sense to have a good set of hygiene. It makes sense to not sneeze in someone's face and make them, you know, that's common sense. We need a defense, we need a backline, but we also need a forward line in order to kick goals.

Why is our health department not giving health strategies? Why are they not coming out and saying, “you know what? This is a pretty tricky time for us. It's probably now that we should be looking after our health. It's probably now that we should lose those kilos. It's probably now that going for a walk in the sunshine is probably more important now than ever to make sure your body's working well to make sure your immune system is on fire. You know what? It's probably a good idea to go and check in with your naturopath to make sure that your all your levels are right. That you're not deficient in something. It's probably time to go and see your chiropractor to make sure everything's lined and aligned and tuned up so that your body is strong and resilient.”

”You know what? It's probably a time where sleep is super important. So look, let's make sure we're getting adequate sleep. Now, what's really important for keeping our bodies healthy is hydration. You know what? This is probably a time where we should be hydrating more, more, more, let's get that water into us. The research is very clear that the more we move, the healthier we are. In fact, it shows the research shows that the more we sit, the shorter our lifespan. And so wouldn't it be great. We get the particularly the aging population - We should get them up and moving. That's probably more important than ever. Let's get some more movement into our daily, but what are we hearing? Nothing.

We're trying to play an AFL game here, guys, with no forward line. How do you reckon it's going to go? -pretty lousy.

So my contention, and if I was the chief health officer or a health minister, if that's what you want to call it, that'd be my directive. My directive would be to say, look, there's people that are vulnerable. Let's make sure our defenses are super strong. Then the rest of the population let's look at how we can score some goals. How do we get healthier? How do we use this time in a productive way to get healthier and happier?

Anyway, that's my rant. So if we think about our AFL team, making sure that we've got a good distribution of players across that ground, what are you doing defensively and what are you doing offensively that's going to get you through this period unscathed, and in fact, healthier than you were before.

Some food for thought. Anyway, if you need some help, please reach out. www.aschiro.com

Give me a call. Get in touch on the socials. I'm here to help.

Be Well.

Hi, Tony here. A quick update. Obviously things are changing very, very quickly, almost hourly, but certainly as of today, being Tuesday, I'm still open. I'm still here as a service to you, to keep you healthy, to keep you moving. It's times like this - it's never been more important to keep yourself healthy and the link between how the body works and our immune systems, stress levels, et cetera.

I know a lot of you are working from home. Maybe you're bent over the kitchen table with a makeshift desk set up, causing strain, causing extra stress on the body. I would encourage you if you can, to get in and get adjusted.

I know that some of you and not leaving home and are in lockdown, and that's understandable. I'm also offering that if you can't leave home and you would like me to come and adjust you, I can do home visits. 

Things are changing. I just wanted to give you an update as to what we're doing here.

• Obviously at the table has been wiped down after every visit.

• I'm spacing out appointments. So there's only ever one person in the office at any one time.

• We've got hand sanitizer at the desk.

• I'm washing my hands, obviously.

• keeping everything, clean, all the surfaces here, getting regular wipe downs as well.

So I'm doing everything I can to stay open, to help, to help you stay healthy and do what you can in this time. So please give me a call if you have any questions.

If you have any other needs I'm here. Um, yup. Need a dog walked? Need some shopping done? let me know. I'm also going to put my mobile phone number down so that if the office is closed or if I'm not here, you can still contact me, which is zero four one three eight zero three four zero three. Don't hesitate. Send me a message or give me a call and I'd love to, I'd love to chat anyway.

I hope you're all doing well. Hope you staying safe and look, maybe try and make the most out of this downtime, to try and chill out and spend some time with the family.

Be well.