Pain Management
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Mid Back Release with B Yoga’s B Roller
That slouching life reduces mobility in the opposite direction👉🏽👉🏽 Thoracic Extension. When we slouch (thoracic flexion), we put excessive strain on the muscles in the mid back and the neck because the weight of our bodies is held forward.
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The Surprising Benefits of Magnesium Bisglycinate for Recovery and Health
Magnesium Supplementation is often recommended to my patients for self-care. In truth, we don’t get enough of this important mineral in our diets even if healthy and balanced. Here are the reasons why I recommend this important mineral.
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Top 5 Tips For Grounding & Gaining Clarity
Chronic pain, headaches, upper body tension, jaw pain and hand and wrist pain are physical manifestations of stress. In my practice, I prescribe the following grounding exercises to help my patients to find inner piece and to free their brains from the stress response. This in turn, promotes their power to heal.
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The Fundamentals of Self-Care that have the Most Impact but often Overlooked
When you think of Self-Care, what is the first image that comes to mind? Is it a vacation? A massage? Time with people you love? These are wonderful things. Self-care? Maybe later. Now, once you visualize these things, how quickly do you take action to make your day dreams happen? Or do feelings of fatigue…
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Practising Yoga or Pilates with Sore Wrists.
In the age of constant smart phone use, raising young children or having a full-time job that requires the use of your hands, it’s not surprising that your wrists can hold you back when practising Yoga or Pilates. Repetitive strain can cause tension and pain in the flexor and extensor muscles that course along the…
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The invisible cause of low back pain
Want to learn something interesting? I’ve treated talented riders with postural issues resulting in low back pain. What I noticed however, is that ALL of my low back and stressed out patients are trying so desperately to stay on their “horse”.That’s right. It’s invisible. In an attempt to stabilize our body because of weak #abdominals…
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Laptops are not desktops
It seems most people will buy a laptop over a desktop these days because of the portability that it offers, but don’t forget that laptops are designed for just that. The problem with laptops are that they are not ergonomically designed for long session use. If you spend hours on your laptop, remember that to…
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Santa depends on a chiropractor. What about you?
Like Santa, we lift, stand for long periods of time and work around the clock. During this holiday season, ask yourself this: “Why am I so quick to invest in material things and not my own body?” Being young and full of vitality takes work. A healthy lifestyle trumps depending on “good genes”. (oh yes…
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The importance of being grounded
It is often emphasized that balance is the key to good health, but really balance in the sense that all aspects in life have an equal part of your “energy pie” never happens. The the amount of energy that you give to each part changes in ratio with each day or season of life. For…
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