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Life and Balance Centre Covid-19 Precautions.11 Aug 2020 Life and Balance Centre is open for regular chiropractic services and we are following guidelines from the Chiropractic Association of Ireland and HSE, with precautions in place for Covid-19.
Clients will be seen strictly by appointment only.
Please do not attend the office if, in the past 14 days, you have been diagnosed positive for Covid-19, have any symptoms of corona virus (fever, cough, shortness of breath), have been in contact with anyone with suspected Covid-19, or have been advised to quarantine.
We ask all who attend our centre to observe physical distancing guidelines and encourage the use of hand sanitiser which is supplied. Tissues are provided. Contractless payment is also available. All surfaces, handles etc are regularly cleaned and disinfected in the office thoughout the day.
Your chiropractor will wear a mask and will wash hands between clients and regularly sanitise hands. All adjustment tables and adjustment equipment are cleaned and sanitised between clients. Paper towel is used instead of cloth toweling so that it can be disposed of. Pens and clipboards are also sanitised after each use.
If you have any special requirements for your comfort or safety, please feel free to contact us.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Want the brain of an Olympian?12 Aug 2016
How to have the brain of an Olympian:
Watching the Rio Olympics I am often amazed at the talent of the athletes across
a variety of sports doing things that appear near impossible to a normal person.
Gymnastics in particular is an event where they appear to be doing the
unimaginable, for example doing a backwards somersault on a narrow wooden
beam. So what mental attributes and type of brain do these athletes have that
allows them perform at their best on sports biggest stage? First here are some of
the most important mental attributes.
Calmness
Calmness can be described as staying controlled under pressure, handling the
pressure of some of the biggest moments of your life and still delivering the
required performance. Like the state needed for an archer when shooting an
arrow to win an Olympic gold medal.
Focus
The ability to focus just on what you are doing, only one thought in your mind,
your complete attention on the task at hand and nothing else. Like the tennis
player focusing on every shot, point after point, game after game, set after set.
Flow
The physical and mental state of being in the zone, where you lose track of time and everything seems easy. Like the gymnast performing the perfect routine or the rugby sevens player floating through the opposition tackles, when they are performing like this they are in a flow state.
 If you look at the electrical patterns of your brain, also called brainwaves, using an electroencephalograph (EEG) you can see in real time what brainwave frequencies a person is generating. There are four main brainwave frequencies, from faster to slower they are Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta. They are like gears in your car, Beta is like fourth gear when your brain is running fast, if you are stressed or anxious you are generating too much Beta. At the other end is Delta, this is like your brains first gear, too much Delta and you are asleep, not the state you want when performing but critical for rest and recovery before and after events.
To create optimum states of calmness, focus and flow for peak performance your brain needs to generate the right amount of each brainwave frequency. These states occur in the Alpha Theta border where you are in the middle of your conscious and subconscious mind. Olympians strive to be in this peak performance brain state, not achieving this state will mean a below par performance and disappointing results, finding this state means performing at your very best level and maybe bringing home an Olympic medal.
With practice, you can also control your brain state
It is possible to train your brain to achieve this optimum performance state, this is called neurofeedback training, something we offer at Life and Balance Centre. Athletes all over the world are now doing this type of training. It is also possible to get a profile of how your brain is functioning right now to assess the most suitable training you require, as some brains are running too fast and others too slow. In our centre the equipment we use is called Neuroinfiniti and the test is call the Stress Response Test. If slower brainwaves are dominant, you can feel slow, sluggish, dreamy or tired. When faster brainwaves are dominant, we can feel wired or hyper alert, stressed and anxious. Multiple brainwaves occur at the same time but there is only one brainwave that is dominant at any moment in time.
So when you think about Olympic performance or your own performance in life, the result is just as dependent on the brain as it is on the body.
Blog writer Peter Ross is co-founder of Life and Balance Centre www.lifeandbalance.ie, Peter is an expert in peak performance, stress management, natural health and data analytics. Life and Balance Centre run leading edge evaluations and training programmes for individuals, athletes and organisations on peak performance and optimum health. To read more about testing how your brain and body functions view The Neuroinifiniti Stress Response Evaluation
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The Real Meaning of Life22 Aug 2012 Author Temple Grandin was asked What is the Real Meaning of Life. Watch this short video to hear her response We have shared this as it resonates strongly with us. |
The Fastest Man On Earth, Usain Bolt getting adjusted by his Chiropractor to optimize performance.14 Aug 2012
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"If you do something that makes real change for somebody else or something, that is what matters......
it is not some abstract book or theory, it is making real change happen on the ground with real people, that is the meaning of life".