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On Tuesday 7th February, I spoke to over 30 women about spinal health and spinal care, at the Cork Women in Business’s ‘Best face forward’ event.

Speaking at events is one of the most enjoyable aspects of being a Chiropractic. It means that I can truely connect with an audience of people and discuss the importance of spinal health. I can also show them the (non-scary) Activator tool and explain exactly how it works.

During the Cork Women in Business event, I…

As we embark on another year at Optimal Chiropractic and plan our activity for 2012, let’s just take a moment to reflect on the fantastic activities and events we took part in for 2011.



January/February

•    Valentines Campaign

•    Began spinal checks for Apple, and Amazon

•    Carried on visiting VMWare for spinal checks (from 2010)



March/April

•    Mind Body Spirit expo, City Hall, Cork

•    Launched the new website and blog

•    Welcomed Chris…

AS parents catch their breath after the budget and work out if they can afford Christmas, there’s one free pressie they can count on to help make the festive season sparkle.

The winter issue of Primary Times is just out and has a stocking-full of fabulous money-saving ideas and fun-packed features to put a smile on the faces of all Santa’s little helpers.

In Search of Santa features the best of what the Man in Red has to offer in Munster - along with the essential What’s On…

Ever get the feel you are spending too much time on Social Networks and not enough time on actual business? Whilst Social Media can be great at generating business it can also be great at using up your available time. If you could save this time and progress your Social Media would that be benefial to your business?

What is Usup, well it's a Facebook application that performs a Status Update. This application has been designed…

Could a love of high heels be the bearer of years of pain? The abnormal weight-bearing posture when wearing high heels can strain the lower back and neck, and increase pressure on the feet, ankles and knees.

According to Optimal Chiropractic’s Dr Benjamin Martin “Problems associated with wearing high heels effect the entire body, particularly the knee, hip and back. Heels result in an anterior shift of the pelvis which causes an increase in the angle of the small of your back. Women…

Great Value in these hard times. 1 1/2 Hour Workshop. Price 30 euro per couple. Learn how to choreograph your dance.

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We also are available for Private Lessons + We can give a dance performance and have a fun dance class at your wedding if that is something you wish. 

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But can a chiropractor improve your swing?

Research studies in sports medicine tell us that approximately 30% of touring professionals are playing with a golfing injury.  Imagine the difference it would…

This is our third and final blog post of our ‘Summer Health’ series. You can read the first and second instalments here:

Summer Health: 1 – Pain-Free Gardening

Summer Health: 2 – Pain-Free Sports & Exercise

I love…

My three-part series on summer health will help you take the strain out of the most notorious of summer leisure activities – Gardening, Sports & Exercise and Holidays.

During the summer months, sports and exercise hold much more appeal. Although sports can be played all year round, summer is the most popular time for embarking on a new fitness regime. You might…

Summer is finally here, and with it, a chance to make the most of the great outdoors. Unfortunately for us Chiropractors, it’s also a time when we see a large number of spinal injuries which affect the back, legs, shoulders and head.

My three-part series on summer health will help you take the strain out of the most notorious of summer leisure activities – Gardening, Sports & Exercise and Holidays.

Each summer sees the arrival of…

As this is numero four, how about catching up on the previous  Q&A’s, like ‘how to structure a blog post’ and ‘community blogging’.

Q&A’s part one, part two and part three:…

When I recently created a marketing strategy for a new client, I did what I normally do first, work backwards.

First from the consumers eye, then to product need/desire until I arrive back at the clients requirements. Once I had the idea how we could achieve not only success but ROI success, it dawned on me that as we as consumers have moved away further from traditional points of contact such as mass advertising, some companies still yet don’t see social media as a…

Is you business on Facebook? If so may be it could benefit by being included in the "report" Cork Businesses on Facebook - Feel free to share this link with any Co Cork business on FB.

Thanks,

I am reading Seth Godin’s book “Tribes” at the moment (thank you to Aodan Enright of Smarter Egg http://smarteregg.com/ for the introduction!) It is one of the most thought provoking business books I think I have read so far. Godin announces that any one of us can…

Important - Ning has introduced pricing plans for sites that use their platform, such as CorkBusiness.ning.com. As we are a non-profit site we need to ensure we are cost effective. Essentially we have two options, either look to recoup the value of the pricing plan somehow or reduce the number of members to below 150 and fall into the entry level pricing plan (still a cost associated but it is minimal).

Originally…

I am looking for feedback on an application I have developed (it's not 100% yet but very close to it).

I have developed a Twitter Application to help business promote themselves online via Twitter. Think of it as a 60 seconds online.

If you are familiar with Twitter, then the concept is really promoting your business in 140 char's, but instead of the message being seen by all your followers and being sent from your account, it is sent to all the followers of…

• An online marketing…