Do you suffer from back, neck, shoulder, hip or knee pain? Are you having challenges moving around, or playing your favorite sports? Pain is only a symptom. The root cause may actually be located elsewhere in the body. Recent research has shown that all parts of the body: joints, muscles and ligaments are interconnected and form… Read More
FACTS: Forty-five percent of normal adults snore at least occasionally. 25 percent are habitual snorers Problem snoring is more frequent in males and overweight people Snoring usually grows worse with age. Besides the obvious disruption of sleep for those sharing the same room or bed, the sufferer is at risk for reduced oxygen supply to… Read More
Playing sports comes with exhilaration — and risks. Certainly playing a contact sport like hockey, especially on the professional level, comes with the risk of injury. Injuries are part of a professional athlete’s life. But injuries can also take place on a pee-wee football field, the ski slopes, or a local bike path. In fact, Health… Read More
New Treatment Relieves Pain and Improves Health Matrix Repatterning is a revolutionary therapy, which is capable of remodelling the cellular structure of the body to restore function and relieve pain. Recent x-ray evidence has demonstrated the effectiveness of this gentle form of manual therapy to restore the structural integrity of the body. It appears that… Read More
It can be a misnomer I think sometimes, this word caring. We know what it means to care for others but I don’t think we have a logical handle on how to care for ourselves. I personally believe it is because we have been raised with belief systems that give us the impression that caring… Read More
Head injuries can lead to the neurological consequences associated with brain injury (traumatic brain injury or TBI), such as cognitive deficit including memory loss, learning disorders and dementia, visual impairment, hearing loss, tinnitus, sleep disorders, headache, vertigo, seizures, depression and many other conditions affecting work performance and overall quality of life. TBI is extremely common… Read More
Roughly half of the clients I see all have the same complaint: neck and shoulder pain. We develop neck pain from a myriad of reasons such as stress, poor posture, poor workplace ergonomics, poor pillow support, as well as many not so cut and dry reasons. Sometimes our neck can bother us because of a… Read More
Yoga breathing techniques may improve quality of life and reduce chemotherapy side effects for cancer patients, according to a new study. Yoga has been described as “the union of mind, body, and spirit,” which addresses physical, mental, intellectual, emotional and spiritual dimensions towards an overall harmonious state of being. The philosophy of yoga is sometimes… Read More
Anise: If you feel cramps after a meal, try crushing anise seeds and brewing them in a tea. Caraway: Some people feel a bit of gas from beans. Next time you make a bean soup or stew add a few caraway seeds into it to soothe digestion. Cardamon: A standard ingredient in Indian curries, cardamon’s… Read More
I had almost forgotten this simple and effective technique for aiding digestive disorders, but when a child in my practice presented with significant constipation this valuable information came rushing back. The mineral oil and laxative his doctor gave him hadn’t helped relieve the blockage. Surprise, surprise – instead he’s been suffering. Now, along with other… Read More