Optimise Your Standing Desk and Decrease Sick Leave in Your Workplace 18 Oct 2024 On Tuesday, 15 October 2024, Dr. Ryan Lamp was invited to present at WorkCover W.A. on optimising standing desks in the workplace, addressing a significant issue in corporate health: the risks associated with excessive sitting. His presentation emphasised that while sit-stand desks are widely available in many workplaces today, using them effectively requires more than […] Read More
A Holistic Approach: Treating the Whole Body for Optimal Health 29 Mar 2023 At Lamp Chiropractic, we take a comprehensive approach to chiropractic treatment. We don’t just focus on the typical back, neck, and middle back pains, we also examine the entire body structure in relation to treatment. Read More
Tips for Enhancing Sleep Quantity and Quality 25 Mar 2022 The results of thousands of studies emphasize that there are no biological functions that do not benefit from a good night’s sleep. The relationship between sleep and pain, as well as many other chronic illnesses, is well established. Read More
Meet Dr Samara Klee – Chiropractor 21 Feb 2022 Welcome Dr Samara Klee to the Team at Lamp Chiropractic. Click on the video link to learn more about Dr Klee and the changes to the operating hours for both Rivervale and Toodyay Clinics. Read More
Vertigo Explained in 90 seconds 01 Nov 2020 Dizziness and Vertigo are very common conditions that patients present with at our Chiropractic Clinics. Read More
Low Back Pain Explained 01 Nov 2020 By far the most common condition we see at our Clinics is Back Pain. About 4.0 million Australians (16% of the total population) have back problems right now. Read More
Cervicogenic Headaches 18 Feb 2019 Headaches are extremely common in today’s society, and while you may consider them a normal part of life, they don’t need to be. Infact, they are a sign your brain has reduced oxygen supply. Cervicogenic HA’s are the most common form of Headache. Read More
Tossing and turning in bed? 22 Oct 2017 Tossing and turning in bed? Waking frequently? Waking tired? If your joints lose their “lubricant” they literally grind and cause pain. If this occurs, your body compensates 24/7 and that’s often why you can’t rest properly. Read More
Pain linked to Depression 26 Jul 2017 Much research has been conducted into the link between pain and depression. Chronic pain leads to depression and depression leads to a greater pain response. Read More
Going barefoot is best 28 Jun 2017 I remember when I was a kid, we always ran around in bare feet, sure my brother kicked a shovel one night when we were running around the garden and needed several days in hospital, but apart from that, the risk was minimal and probably still is. Read More
How diet affects our mood – Sugar 14 Jun 2017 For a long time people have found a link between eating certain foods and their mood, however more recent evidence has emerged supporting this theory. Read More
Why is walking good for you? 03 May 2017 In the last hundred years or so, we have gone from a lifestyle of being very active and upright, to now being very inactive and spending far too much time sitting. Read More
Sculpture by the Sea 14 Mar 2017 Not sure if you’re aware, but there’s this magical sculpture display on now at Cottesloe beach until the 20th of March… which means it finishes this weekend. Read More
Harvard Med School backs Chiropractic 01 Nov 2016 This recent study published by the prestigious Harvard Medical School about chiropractic treatment and it’s benefits for back pain, migraines, neck pain and whiplash and how it also incorporates education patients and teaching preventative measures. Read More
Science proves you are what you eat 18 Oct 2016 Our fast paced lifestyles and resultant conditioning to eat fast foods and processed foods is leading to more than obesity. Read More
Welcome to the clinic 01 Sep 2016 Welcome the Lamp Chiropractic, here is a short video about our clinic. Lamp Chiropractic is a family friendly clinic, with very approachable staff who are here to look after you. Please feel free to call the clinic and one of the friendly staff will be able to advise you further, should you have any questions. Read More
Lamp Chiropractic; Ice pack 21 Aug 2016 Attached is a demonstation of how to use your icepack. Your icepack is used to reduce inflammation before bed and should be used for the first week of treatment. In the first week we recommend application twice nightly (roughly at 6pm and then again 40mins before bed). The second week of use will be as […] Read More
Lamp Chiropractic; Touch Toes stretch 03 Jul 2016 Your Touch Toes stretch is designed to be done as directed by your Chiropractor. He/She would have explained why they are necessary as part of your treatment and maintaining your adjustment in the future. Read More
Lamp Chiropractic; Piriformis Stretch 03 Jul 2016 The piriformis stretch is designed to be completed as directed by your Chiropractor. He/She would have explained why they are necessary as part of your treatment and maintaining your adjustment in the future. This stretch keeps motion in the joints in your low back and hips. Read More
Lamp Chiropractic; Neck Stretch 03 Jul 2016 Attached is the stretches required as part of your treatment process. The neck stretch is designed to be completed as directed by your Chiropractor. He/She would have explained why they are necessary as part of your treatment and maintaining your adjustment in the future. The neck stretch keeps motion in the joints in your neck. […] Read More
Lamp Chiropractic; Rhomboid Stretch 03 Jul 2016 Attached is the stretches required as part of your treatment process. Your Rhomboid stretch is designed to be completed as directed by your Chiropractor. He/She would have explained why they are necessary as part of your treatment and maintaining your adjustment in the future. The rhomboid stretch helps keep motion in the joints of your […] Read More
Postural Problems Becoming an Epidemic in Children 27 May 2016 School kids spend much of their day sitting down with poor posture and carrying heavy backpacks. When they get home they spend even more time sitting with bad posture studying and using technology. Read More
Knee pain? Have your pelvis checked! 16 May 2016 When you look at the human skeletal system a rotated pelvis causes the legs to rotate also. Walking around like this means that the muscles of the leg need to activate to guard the rotational stress on the knees. Read More
Lamp Chiropractic welcomes new female Chiropractor; Dr Kate-Lyn McIntosh 29 Apr 2016 Dr Kate-Lyn McIntosh has completed her induction course and is now practicing. Along with her Rivervale and Bentley shifts, Dr Kate-Lyn will be opening Saturdays in Toodyay. Read More
Considering Surgery? READ THIS! 18 Apr 2016 This article is written by a Sydney surgeon Dr Harris, who has come forward to explain that he has performed many surgeries in his career that he knew didn’t work, or were not clinically indicated in the first place. Read More
Are you one of the half of all parents who administer incorrect doses of Ibuprofen and Paracetamol? 17 Mar 2016 Results show that too often parents are using ibuprofen and paracetamol to bring children’s temperatures under control. Read More
What’s causing your neck pain? 27 Feb 2016 Unfortunately our modern lifestyle creates greater pressure on all the joints of our body, and over time this increased pressure will develop to a point where the joints are being damaged and this is where pain comes from. Read More
Are you sick of popping pills? 10 Nov 2015 The amount of times I hear in the clinic; “I’m having low back pain and it’s got that bad now that the tablets aren’t working anymore” Read More
Technology is creating lifelong health issues with our Children 20 Oct 2015 In the past 10 years, the Lamp Chiropractic Clinc has seen a change in children patients from 1% of the practice to 6% and its steadily increasing. Read More
What is the ‘popping’ sound? 31 Aug 2015 During an adjustment we manipulate a joint lengthening the joint space. this reduces the pressure within the joint causing some of the gases that are dissolved in the synovial fluid to form a bubble that rapidly collapses on itself. It is this process that creates the ‘popping’ sound. Read More
Lamp Chiropractic; Toodyay 31 Aug 2015 After 32 years in the Toodyay community and a career spanning half a century, Chiropractor Bob Mattin, 75, is handing over his practice to his former student, Dr Ryan Lamp, 37. Read More
Is sitting the new smoking? 22 Jun 2015 At Lamp chiropractic we tell all our patients about the negative affect sitting has on the body and how it affects our biomechanics. Read More
Life begins at 50 27 May 2015 You may think that it is normal to have back pain as you age and that you just have to deal with it and accept it is a part of life. Pain is a symptom, it is the way your body tells you where and how bad your problem is. Read More