I have been asked on several occasions if there is a difference between professional dermaplaning and at home face shaving tools. In short, the answer is YES! When receiving dermaplaning by a professional a surgical scalpel is used to exfoliate the top layer of your skin. Although the primary goal of dermaplaning is to give …
How to Get the Best sleeps Many women experience back pain during their pregnancy. Here are five tips to help minimize your back pain so you can get back to day to day life. 1. Exercise – Low impact cardiovascular activities like swimming, walking or stationary cycling can help relieve pain and maintain fitness. Be sure to …
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Are you getting enough or too much Vitamin D? The sunshine vitamin Vitamin D is unique because it can be created in your skin through sun exposure. You can also get it through foods and some foods are even fortified with it. This vitamin is most often thought of in connection to bone health. It …
Facelifts with Forma Maintaining youthful looking skin is a goal for many people entering our medical aesthetics department. As we age, our collagen and elastin begin to degrade. This results in excess, loose skin which is one of the first signs of aging, but Forma can help. This Radio-frequency skin tightening treatment is an aesthetic technique that …
The Bucket In Naturopathic Medicine we often use the bucket analogy. The bucket is you. You are the bucket. The bucket is filled with all the burdens and challenges that occur in life – physical, mental, metabolic, environmental, dietary, etc. Some people have big buckets and can handle a lot of input. Others have smaller …
Part 1: Identifying Stress What is stress anyway? We all know it right? We all have it. Its unavoidable. It’s a part of life. But how does it affect us? How does it affect you specifically? I find it extremely common for people to be disconnected from stress in their life, particularly on how it affects their …
New Year, New Exercise Goals? Increasing physical activity, like going to the gym, is one of the most common new year’s resolutions. As it should be! One of the most important aspects of a healthy lifestyle is regular exercise. Warm-ups and cool-downs are essential for a healthy exercise regimen. Why is it so important? Insufficient …
“We’re gunna start your massage with some cold therapy…” because my hands are icicles. So sorry. An ongoing joke with our massage therapists in office right now. Especially first thing in the morning, it’s hard to keep our hands warm! Mittens just aren’t cutting it in this cold snap. And don’t even get me started …
How to choose the right shoes for you: 1) Go shopping at the end of the day. As the day goes on your feet expand. With more steps and time on your feet gravity takes a toll on the bones and ligaments of your feet; they flatten, widen, and get longer. If you can’t go …
It’s resolution time! Time to make big, sweeping changes that deprive you of comfort and joy! Sound fun? Who’s in? Most resolutions focus on an end goal that is obscure, involves pain and deprivation and ignores the process. Human biology is conditioned to avoid pain, to seek pleasure. So its no wonder that resolutions based …
