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Does reflexology help?

General Health
Making use of your body to help it relieve its own discomforts and encourage healing from within may seem a little odd at first but reflexology is a key to doing exactly that. Reflexology identifies certain zones in the hands and feet which are related to specific parts of the body. Through stimulus of these…

Do you understand the nutritional information on your food packaging?

General Health
Understanding the nutritional information on your food packaging. Understanding the nutritional information on your food packaging can play a large part in your health, both mentally and physically and also determine what your weight is going to do next. Dieticians and nutritionists have spent years learning to understand what it is that the body requires…

Regular Medical Checkups

General Health
Keeping a handle on your health is crucial to your continued general well-being. As a form of preventative medicine a regular medical examination will keep you in tune with your bodies condition, and in so doing allow you to take the necessary steps to prevent potential threats to your health and also to improve on…

Flu Vaccinations – A Quick Explanation

General Health
What is immunity or the immune system? As soon as we are born we are vulnerable to disease. In most instances our bodies can fight off an infection, but often we are not born with the defence against a certain disease. Our bodies need to identify it and then generate antibodies. This means that we…

Do you need a dietician?

Weight Loss
Visiting your dietician and having a meal plan created specifically for you is probably the best move you will make where maintaining and improving your health is concerned. By guiding you to eat the correct foods for your physical condition while keeping your goals in mind. Most people decide to visit a dietician because they…

A Balanced Diet

Weight Loss
Weight loss is probably the main reason why people decide to go on a diet. However sustained weight loss and not regaining all the weight is more about a lifestyle change rather than a temporary change of habits. There is an ongoing debate as to what diet is the best and which is the best…

Caring for your skin and looking younger

Skin Conditioning
When people say someone has skin like a baby, they mean it. Babies are born with soft, unblemished, plump skin and there are few among us who keep it. The skin is primarily made up of a protein called keratin and on a daily basis through general wear and tear the dead skin cells are…

What is fascia?

Body Treatments
What is fascia? Throughout our entire body there is a fine net or web of connective tissue which covers and penetrates every bone, muscle and organ of our bodies. The fascia is a continuous system, and runs as one from head to toe. It is what connects all the parts of our bodies to each…
A Turnkey Medical Centre Right Here in Fourways

Fourways Health Centre: A Turnkey Medical Centre Right Here in Fourways

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The modern world presents a great many dangers to the average person’s health. From elevated levels of pollution through to the way that stress plays havoc on every one of our bodily systems, as well as the side-effects of a hurried, unthought out diet; taking care of ourselves amidst the flurry of an ever increasingly…
The Stem of Alternative Treatments | Fourways Health Centre

The Stem of Alternative Treatments

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Stem Cell Therapy or ‘Cell Surgery’ has not only become a buzz-word in the field of medicine, but a viable treatment option for the improvement of a range of various medical conditions. This innovative and forward-thinking medical procedure can sound complex, so stay-tuned for a breakdown of the basics of Stem Cell Treatment. How Does…