The MyChiro blog
Spinal health, explained like you’re a person
We’ve consolidated years of articles into the comprehensive guides below — every one written from actual clinical patterns at our Bondi Junction clinic, reviewed by Dr Steven Lockstone, and updated rather than abandoned. No filler, no thin content, no robots.
What Your Spine Has to Do With Sleep, Energy and Stress (The Honest Version)
Patients book for back pain and keep reporting things we didn't treat: sleeping through the night, energy back, shorter fuses lengthening. Here's the mechanical explanation — no mysticism required.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026SportsThe Eastern Suburbs Athlete's Guide to Injuries That Won't Stay Fixed
The coastal walk at 6am looks like a sports medicine waiting room in activewear. Here's why the same injuries keep returning to the same bodies — runner by lifter by surfer — and what finally retires them.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026Back PainWhy Your Back Pain Keeps Coming Back (Spoiler: It's Not Bad Luck)
You know the cycle by heart: flare, heat pack, careful weeks, cautious recovery — then the next 'wrong movement' restarts the clock. Here's the mechanical loop running underneath it, and where it breaks.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026HeadachesThe Headache That Isn't Coming From Your Head
Clear head scan, full medicine cabinet, headaches still arriving on schedule? The top three joints of your neck have some explaining to do.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026Choosing CareYour First Chiro Visit: What Actually Happens, Minute by Minute
About half our new patients arrive a bit nervous, usually because of something they watched online. Here's the full, unglamorous truth of a first visit — including the part where nothing gets cracked.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026Choosing CareChiro, Physio, Osteo or Massage: Who Should You Actually See?
Sydney has no shortage of people willing to put hands on your spine for money. Here's an honest map of who does what — including when the answer isn't us.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026PostureThe Desk Worker's Guide to Posture (Everything, Honestly, in One Place)
We've written about posture a dozen different ways over the years — correctors, ergonomics, forward head posture, neck hump, standing desks. This guide replaces all of it with one honest, complete answer.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026PostureAnterior Pelvic Tilt: The Exercises That Help (and the Half They Can't Fix)
Your pelvis tips forward, your belly pokes out, your lower back arches and aches — and you sit all day, which is how it got this way. Here's the self-test, the exercises worth doing, and an honest note about their limits.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026Neck PainStiff Neck: Chiropractor or Massage? Here's the Honest Answer
Yes, a chiropractor is answering this, so calibrate for bias accordingly. But the honest answer isn't 'always chiro' — it's a one-week test that tells you which one your neck actually needs.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026Neck PainCan Sinus Pressure Cause Neck Pain? Yes — and It Works in Both Directions
Sinus pressure and neck pain show up together so often that 84% of sinus headache sufferers in one study also reported a sore neck. Here's the two-way street between them — and how to work out which one started it.
By Dr Steven Lockstone · Updated 12 June 2026Looking for an older article? Years of posts have been merged into the guides above so each topic lives in one comprehensive, current place — old links redirect to the guide that absorbed them.
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