Getting to your destination can take a toll on your body, whether it’s in a car or at the airport. Take time to stretch! When travelling, turn your head slowly right to left. Place a pillow behind your lower back. When driving, stop every hour for a walk and stretch your legs. At the airport, your travel partner and you can take turns going for a walk. Do some neck and back stretches to prepare for the upcoming flight. When on the plane, pump each foot to help with circulation. Your physiotherapist can assist with prevention of “travel pain!”
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Prepare for your Healthy Vacation
Help to make your next vacation free from developing a travel-related illness. Plan ahead and speak with your pharmacist about how to stay healthy while travelling away from home. Your Pharmasave Pharmacist can give you vital health information regarding managing your medications, recommended vaccines and medications to prevent illness, useful travel products, and basic first aid supplies to have on hand while travelling. Your pharmacist will ensure you have the information and products you need to be prepared for health issues that may arise while you are away. Stay healthy on vacation. To find out more, speak to your Pharmasave Pharmacist before your travel.
Fight Colds & Flu
Your immune system needs a strong thymus and spleen to produce antibodies and specialized white blood cells that help prevent disease. Do you know how yours are functioning? Nutritional testing or Biofeedback are great ways to find out if there is a weakness or imbalance in these immune organs. If a weakness or imbalance is identified, specific nutrient formulations designed to naturally support and strengthen the thymus, spleen and immune system can be taken. This will help you to better fight against influenza, rhinovirus (common cold), pneumonia, and other bacterial infections – or avoid them altogether.
Product Review: Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox
The Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox is a trusted 12-day program, used in clinical settings for over 30 years to encourage detoxification of the pollution and toxins we are exposed to every day through our food, water, and environment. It also aids in the elimination of accumulated wastes produced through normal bodily functions. By improving and supporting healthy metabolism and encouraging proper assimilation and elimination, the program acts on the whole body. All participants are provided with simple dietary guidelines to help support the cleansing process, alongside delicious recipes. Considering cleansing to improve your overall health and look your best!
Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy is nerve damage caused by diabetes. Over time, high blood glucose levels can damage the small blood vessels that nourish your nerves with oxygen and nutrients. Without enough oxygen and nutrients, your damaged nerves can cause a loss of sensation in your feet, while others may experience a burning or shooting pain in their lower legs. VoxxLife HPT has been proven to improve circulation. In a clinical study involving 1,000 participants, more than 90% reported significant reduction in pain from diabetic neuropathy by using VoxxLife HPT technology.
Fight Colds & Flu
Your immune system needs a strong thymus and spleen to produce antibodies and specialized white blood cells that help prevent disease. Do you know how yours are functioning? Nutritional testing or Biofeedback are great ways to find out if there is a weakness or imbalance in these immune organs. If a weakness or imbalance is identified, specific nutrient formulations designed to naturally support and strengthen the thymus, spleen and immune system can be taken. This will help you to better fight against influenza, rhinovirus (common cold), pneumonia, and other bacterial infections – or avoid them altogether.
Product Review: Clean9
Clean9 is like a tune-up for your body. Everyone routinely takes their car in for service, but when was the last time that you did the same for your body? The Clean9 Program will help you to look and feel better by eliminating stored toxins from your body, allowing you to feel lighter and more energized as you take control of your appetite and see your body begin to change. This proven cleansing system will put you in the best position to attain optimal health, cleanse your body, and build a slimmer, leaner you.
Travel Spotlight
Japan is so hot right now! Gorgeous and photo-worthy cherry blossoms bloom here in the spring, the food scene is out of this world, and there is a real joining of old-world traditions with new world culture. From magical scenery, to stunning architecture, and everything in between, Japan is a destination that people of all ages can enjoy. If you’re looking for a cultural travel experience that is truly unique, consider the March 2021 Escorted Japan cruise. Start making your travel plans today to create a vacation you’re sure to remember for a lifetime!
Still Stressed from the Holidays?
So you survived the holiday season. I will wager that it was not always a holiday! The Christmas holiday time is a very stressful period where we find ourselves caught between family obligations, super rich foods and increased spending. This is a recipe for an emotional collapse or major stress reactions. All this stress lives in your spinal system and manifests as fatigue, headaches, neck aches and lower back pain. Sound Familiar? This can be prevented and or relieved with chiropractic care.
What’s Fueling Your Health?
Ayurveda, an ancient medicine system from India, uses the terms Agni and Ama to describe two concepts that relate to our ability to digest food. Agni refers to our digestive fire; our ability to eat food and receive its highest benefit in the form of nutrients that fuel our bodies. We suppress our digestive fire by forgetting to eat, eating on the run, overeating, and eating foods that are too heavy, dry, or difficult to digest. When our digestive fire is suppressed, it causes Ama, the accumulation of undigested materials. This creates stickiness, heaviness, and dullness in our bodies and minds, further preventing optimal digestion and leading to symptoms.
Have a Smoke-Free 2020
Something about leaving an old year behind and looking ahead at the clean slate of a new one inspires most of us to try. We think about making lasting positive changes in our lives, and we do it with hope and enthusiasm. If you’re planning to start the new year without a cigarette in your hand, but have had no luck sticking with past New Year’s resolutions, consider laser therapy. Laser therapy can help to control cravings and withdrawal symptoms. In clinical studies, patients report a noticeable reduction in cravings, and have a higher chance of success in quitting.
