As we age, we’re more susceptible to hearing loss and vision changes. According to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), you’re at greater risk of social isolation and reduced community participation if you have vision loss. The same goes for hearing loss. Having both a vision and a hearing problem can affect your ability to lip-read, which is detrimental to communicating with co-workers, family, and friends. A decreased ability to socialize is linked to a greater risk of dementia. However, Statistics Canada reports that 90 percent of people with hearing loss can improve communication with a properly fitting hearing aid, counselling, or environmental changes.
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Returning to Work After an Injury
Motor vehicle accidents (MPI) and workplace injuries (WCB) can be stressful, especially if you end up needing time off from work. It is important not to rush back and risk further injury. Physiotherapists will provide the appropriate hands-on treatments and exercises, while offering safe return-to-work plans with graduated hours and workplace restrictions, if needed. Soft tissue typically takes 3 to 6 weeks to heal, depending on severity, and so functional testing will be done routinely throughout your treatments to ensure that increases in job demands are appropriate and will not flare up symptoms or cause re-injury.
Amazing Modern Prostheses
Do you know anyone with an artificial limb? If you said no, you’re probably wrong! Modern prostheses (proper name of an artificial limb) work so effectively and can look so convincing that you might not even know someone was using one. People with prosthetic legs can often climb stairs, walk, and run as well as those using natural limbs, while prosthetic hands have advanced to the point of individual control of all five fingers. You might think prostheses look boring, but they are among the world’s truly great inventions. By creating independence, they boost optimism and dramatically improve people’s lives.
Superior Forensic Healing
Forensic healing involves investigating your past using biofeedback methods (similar to kinesiology) and identifying the most impactful/stressful times that caused a block in your energy field. Then, the most appropriate healing pathway is applied to release the block. It is a structured natural therapy that combines science and intuition to deal with the accumulation of major stress, trauma, or abuse that is causing dysfunction in your life. The technique utilizes physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual healing pathways to help with many genetic/hereditary conditions; mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma; and physical ailments and pain, among others.
Natural Product Review
Eminence Organic Bamboo Firming Fluid. The strengthening agents of bamboo and coconut deeply hydrates which makes the skin feel and look firmer and tighter. Ingredients include; Bamboo: contains soluble and insoluble fiber, antioxidants, proteins, vitamins and minerals Coconut Oil: moisturizer, antioxidant; restores the skin’s moisture barrier Coconut Water: moisture and pH balancing, toning; contains electrolytes, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, phosphorus Natural Retinol Alternative Complex: contains chicory root oligosaccharides and tara tree; smooths the appearance of wrinkles PhytoCellTec™ Swiss Green Apple Stem Cells: plant stem cell concentrate; delays the appearance of visible signs of aging. Monoi: soothing and fragrant Tahitian oil; hydrates and firms the skin.
When to Use an Orthosis
Commonly, an orthosis or some sort of brace might be required after a physical trauma. An example would be a neck brace used to support and immobilize the neck after sustaining an injury like whiplash from a car accident. An orthosis may also be utilized post-surgically; for example, after knee surgery, to provide stability, support the area, and reduce the external forces applied to the knee, thereby allowing the area to heal and potentially preventing injury reoccurrence. Talk to your doctor if you have a physical condition affecting your mobility, and see if an orthosis can be helpful to you.
Homeopathy and Chronic Disease
Do you live with aches and pains because there is no other option? Homeopathy offers a holistic and complementary treatment to both chronic and acute diseases. It individualizes patient care by focusing on how symptoms of disease manifest in you, and not on the disease itself. Using homeopathy, chronic disease is manageable in a gentle, effective, and rapid manner. Homeopathy is an individualized branch of natural medicine that stimulates the body’s innate ability to heal. Each person manifests disease in their own unique way, so Homeopathy uses thorough case-taking to find the most individualized remedy for each patients symptoms.
Know the Skin You’re In
Your skin is unique, and it requires specific care to keep it looking and feeling great! There are four main skin types: normal, dry, oily, and combination. The most effective way of identifying yours is to study the appearance of the skin on your face a couple of hours after it has been washed. Skin must be free from any product. Normal skin will appear well balanced, while dry skin will feel tight and may have some flaking. Oily skin will likely have some visibly clogged pores, and combination skin will have some oilier areas (usually the t-zone) with some drier patches (usually on the cheeks).
Book Club: Whose Mind Is It Anyway?
Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Lisa Esile & Franco Esile. Most of us spend our lives trailing after our minds, allowing our brains to take us in directions that are safe and secure, controlled and conformed. Whose Mind Is It Anyway? will help you learn how to separate what you want from what your brain wants and how to do less when your mind is trying to trick you into doing more. In a colorful, funny, and nonthreatening way, it answers the difficult question of how we can take control of our self-defeating behaviors.
It is said, we do what we know…
If we develop the knowledge at an early age to be active and healthy, the benefits will last a lifetime. The benefits of children’s activities can begin as early as 6 months old. Having children participate with trained experts can provide them with age specific skills that challenge them and build their confidence as they grow into their teens. With proper guidance children can have fun as they gain strength, balance, coordination, agility and flexibility while developing social skills, confidence and self-esteem. A child who feels good about him/herself has a jumpstart on the path to success!
Keeping Active In Your Golden Years
As our muscles atrophy (shrink) with age, our metabolism in turn decreases, as does our ability to live a high-functioning life. An exercise program can be started at any age to elevate your metabolic rate and improve things like your posture and ability to carry your groceries and other daily tasks with ease! Include strength training, balance, mobility, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance in your week. Be consistent with exercise to see the best results, such as a trimmer waistline or lower blood pressure. Ensure that you are working with a professional who has experience working with the older adult population.
