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 …
“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 …
IV Therapy to keep your energy up The holiday season has a lot of added festivities – school concerts, work celebrations, holiday parties, family dinners. Then there’s the shopping and the parking, and the travelling. And that’s on top of all the normal stuff that needs to get done. When life gets busy, some things inevitably …
A diagnosis of IBS can often be quite unhelpful from a practical standpoint. It does not identify a cause for symptoms and often there are minimal treatment interventions available.
IPL treatments work by transmitting light wavelengths through the upper layers of your skin into the deeper tissue. This stimulates the pigment at a deeper level and forces it out of the skin, leaving you with a brighter complexion.
Naturopathic care aims to identify and address the underlying cause of these annoying and uncomfortable symptoms. IBS is an incomplete diagnosis and likely has multiple underlying causes. Investigating and treating the underlying causes can result in significantly improved quality of life.
Tension headaches can be related to an increase of muscle tightness in the neck and restricted joint motion in the spine. Lifestyle changes and treatment by a chiropractor, can be the best method to help reduce the symptoms of tension headaches.
We all get them, but why? What do they mean? How can you mange them?
Cravings can have a number of sources, from nutritional needs, to psychological or emotional urges, to physiological requirements.
