Summer is here and with it comes the joys of planting gardens and tending to your yard. Many people will find themselves dealing with pain as they putter around their green space. The pain is often a result of a simple mechanical imbalance in the way you move. Doing repeated movements when there is a mechanical imbalance can lead to some muscles and/or joints becoming overused, which may lead to pain and injury. A physiotherapist can help determine which structures are causing the imbalance, help correct the imbalance, and provide a simple home exercise program to get you back in your yard working pain free!
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Finding that Perfect Crystal
Shakti offers something special to those in the community looking for powerful crystals. The shop’s selection of crystals hasn’t just been simply ordered from a catalogue and shipped in. Shakti’s owner, Rebecca, travels to countries like Madagascar and India herself to choose personally the beautiful gems and other inspiring artifacts from trusted vendors who have a long tradition in their trade. This unique relationship can be seen in the eclectic mix of treasures Shakti provides, and Rebecca is constantly expanding her search for new and interesting things. If you’re lucky, she might even grant a request for specific items on her travels. Shakti,
What’s Going on in Your Brain?
While psychiatrists are able to make educated diagnoses based on symptoms and insights gained through appointments with patients, they sometimes don’t have the opportunity to see the brain in action. Brainwave Optimization provides clients the chance to observe and follow changes in their brain frequencies while they deal with decreasing their anxiety and panic attacks and increase their sleep quality and quantity, all without the side effects that can sometimes come with medication use. As one client described, “I’ve come out of the fog and I feel sharper than ever.”
Product Review: X Factor Plus
Over half of the population takes a multi-vitamin every day, but with so many to choose from, how do you know which ones truly work the best? One that gives you a complete multi with 100% of the daily value of essential vitamins and minerals, including a high-potency B vitamin complex and forms of ingredients that are bioavailable and active, is X Factor Plus. X Factor Plus promotes healthy hair, skin, and nails, as well as energy and mental clarity, a healthy thyroid, and helps reduce symptoms of menopause. Perfect for those who want to fill their “nutrition gap”.
Dare to Love Fully
Everyone wants to love and be loved. I believe we are here on Earth to search out relationships to learn from. We yearn to be adored, cherished and honoured. In our own unique way, we ask that you please listen to what we are saying, so we can feel heard and understood. Please see me, adore me in our uniqueness and gifts. Please honour me and recognize my right to fully express myself and respond to my needs with kindness and compassion. When we get hurt and it becomes too painful to bear, we create stories and beliefs that we tell ourselves that protect us and keep us stuck. If we can release these limiting blocks and beliefs which are no longer needed or helpful, then we can dare to love with a full heart and open to all hearts.
Controlling Body Temperature
Did you know there are many benefits of inducing sweat regularly? In modern society, people are more dependent on an outside source controlling their body’s temperature – air conditioning. The sweat glands are the body’s natural thermal regulator. If you use them regularly, the body will be able to regulate the body’s temperature efficiently, and it can even generate more heat from inside – increasing metabolism. Japanese Thermal Therapy is a great way for someone with injuries or arthritis pain to experience perspiration without physical activity. It gently warms the body with a special stone, releasing far infrared rays and inducing sweat while easing joint pains, burning calories, and helping to detoxify.
Needing a Brain Software Update?
Stress and trauma disrupt the flow of our brainwaves between brain lobes and hemispheres. Too much or too little activity in one area or the other has a domino effect on the whole brain and develops into abnormal brainwave patterns that can, for example, be experienced as insomnia, anxiety, depression, or ADHD. This often leads to chronic conditions, self-medication and addictions. Brainwave Optimization allows the brain to retrain itself and self-regulate with a non-invasive acoustic mirror that helps you get out of being stuck in a rut and relax into well-being. As part of your summer holidays, consider taking yourself to our “brain spa” to “reboot” your brain.
Best Care for Your Needs
When do you need emergency care vs. outpatient care in a clinic or a house call?
Many patients end up in emergency frustrated by the wait. The main reasons are that there are many other people who are also very sick, or your symptoms and condition are not necessarily considered emergent. When your condition is not emergent, you will generally wait a very long time in order to see a doctor.
Try looking for care in the best setting that will serve your needs – walk-in, family doctor, emergency, or house call.
Vitamin C and Brain Health
Vitamin C is essential for brain health. However, only an extremely small portion of the nutrient’s molecules ingested are conveyed into the organ. In 2014, biochemists in South Korea found high-dose vitamin C supplementation reduces amyloid plaque burden and ameliorates pathological changes in the brains of mice with genetically engineered Alzheimer’s disease. If you want to get more vitamin C accumulated in your brain, do high-dose supplementation or take regular vitamin C supplements. The latter method is likely better, as high-dose supplementation can cause adverse effects, according to some medical researchers.
Wheelchair Clothing Products Can Help
Ordinary clothing can be very challenging to deal with when your range of motion is limited. Wheelchair-bound users with disabilities can find it difficult to dress in conventional clothing, especially when they are unable to weight bear and/or are challenged with lowered upper mobility. Our clothing is designed to be slipped on and off easily from a seated or prone position. Snap closures are discretely placed to prevent bed sores and avoid pressure wounds. Adaptive clothing is designed specifically to ease aided dressing.
What Do Denturists Do?
Denturists help those who are missing some or all of their natural teeth. They design, repair, reline, and make removable dental appliances. Your denturist will collaborate with you, your family, and other healthcare professionals to promote and maintain your oral health.
When making a set of dentures, the objectives are:
• supporting and protecting your gums and the bones in your mouth;
• enhancing your face and holding your jaws the proper distance apart;
• carefully choosing individual teeth to match what you already have; and
• allowing you to speak clearly and chew without stress.
