Essential Oils – Some Basics
Essential Oils - Some Basics In Canada the use of essential oils is recognized two ways: Aromatic – Inhale or diffuse the essential oil. Topical – Drop 2-3 drops of an essential oil into your palm and apply directly onto the skin with or without a carrier oil....
Breastfeeding – Will What I Eat and Drink Affect My Baby?
Breastfeeding – Will What I Eat and Drink Affect My Baby? A mother’s breastmilk will pass consumed substances through to baby. This can be either advantageous or dangerous, depending on the mother’s awareness and lifestyle habits. Alcohol, caffeine, recreational drugs...
Essential Oils
I get a lot of questions in the clinic about what to use on muscle soreness and aches, and also on strains or sprains. I am an advocate for holistic healing. I believe in the body’s innate ability to heal and to self-regulate. That extends into using more...
HRV – Heart Rate Variability
I think a lot of people would agree with me that we are living in a century of increased stress in our modern lives, as compared to simpler and earlier times. I have patients telling me everyday…. “I don’t have time” “We have to figure this out around kids...
Remember to Take Breaks
I saw a quote on FB once and it stuck with me since. “You were born to do more than just go to work, pay bills, and die.” (I believe I saw it on Spirit Science, however, who specifically quoted this, I am uncertain.) It stuck with me because I believe we are here to...
Low Back Pain
I get a lot of patients with low back pain (LBP) at the clinic. No one wants to be in pain, I get it. However, we are complicated beings, but we are self-healing and self-regulating. Let me share a story with you. I get low back pain. Is that ironic – as I am a...
Adaptation
So what is it to be adaptable? I talk about adaptation with patients everyday. Our spinal cords are like ‘guitar strings’ they are attached at the top and bottom of the spinal column. The tone of this ‘string’ sets the tone for every tissue, cell and organ...
Pain and Symptoms
What is pain? We know pain is subjective. We know pain follows a nervous system pathway and goes to the meso-limbic (emotional) part of our brain. Pain is your body telling you something is not right. But, sometimes people are ‘sick’ and they are...
Why Do I Use Torque Release Technique?
Now that you know why I moved to Edmonton, I can tell you a little more about why and how I began practicing Torque Release Technique (TRT). As chiropractors, and many professions, have continuing educations, I found myself at a new seminar, TRT. I had never really...
Edmonton – A LOVE STORY PART 2/2
One day my Mom calls me and tells me her knee surgery is being scheduled earlier than expected. This means she can not make it to my cousin’s wedding in Edmonton. She says she has a ticket and can change it for me. I accepted. I arrived in Edmonton and had a great...
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