What 'CORE' really means ...
What is it?
The core is a functional system of stabilizing muscles that encompass your entire trunk. They are involved in almost every movement of the entire body, with a main function of stopping movemen...
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The Importance of Dietary Calcium and Magnesium
Calcium is an essential mineral well known for its role in bone health. About 99% of our body’s calcium is found in the bones and teeth. Acute calcium deficiency is challenging to detect since blood calcium is maintained within a ...
Fast Facts About Tennis Elbow (a.k.a lateral epicondylalgia)
Lateral epicondylalgia, also known as Tennis Elbow (TE) is a soft tissue condition where the extensor tendons (attaching from forearms to elbow region) become overused, creating pain and tenderness symptoms upon movement. The pain is th...
Building a Healthy (Vegan) Baby
Many women are misled to believe that they can’t have a healthy pregnancy following a plant-based diet. According to the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/Dietitians of Canada, “appropriately planned vegetarian, includi...
Understanding Stress and How To Manage It
What is Stress?
Coined in 1936 by Hans Selye, the term “stress” doesn’t always mean what we think it does – nor is it always a bad thing.
Selye defined stress as, “the non-specific respo...
Sprain vs. Strain: What is the difference?
Sprains and strains occur throughout our bodies, though often more common in the lower body, such as our ankles and knees. However, falls on our stretched out arms, contact injuries, and repetitive overuse movements can also cause ...
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How Physiotherapy Can Help With Arthritis & Pain Relief
Arthritis, in all its forms, affects many of our lives and quality of life. The overall goal for most people with arthritis is to improve mobility in the affected joints and eliminate pain associated with this stiffness. Some want ...
Pillow Talk! (how to pick the right one)
Did You Know?
Pillows were first used in Asia and Egypt by wealthy men to elevate their heads and keep bugs and insects away from their face. These were often made of stone, wood, or metal. Thankf...
How Can You Improve Your Balance?
How is it that we enter the world as infants we are continually learning to increase our balance and get ourselves up on our feet, but as we age our balance seems to disappear? We have all taken a tumble at some point in our lives, bu...