How many times have you been in bed and stared up at the ceiling wishing you could fall asleep? Wasn’t it earlier in your day when you wanted to just close your eyes and fall asleep because you were so tired? Now you’re laying there and every thought is racing through your brain and you…
Sleep is definitely one of the things in life that doesn’t seem to make sense. Why do we need to shut down and rest? We could be so much more productive if we didn’t have to contend with needing 6-8 hours of sleep every night. Or would we? Sleep is a topic that has been…
The last few months have created a huge shift in the typical work environment. Vast majority of patients are coming in complaining about their new work station. The new work station isn’t in a different area of the office but rather now from their kitchen table. I’ve always said that the problem with most work…
Do you suffer with headaches? Do you know someone who does? Then this post is for you. At some point in our lives we will have endured a headache to some degree. According to data collected it is estimated that about 50% of people globally suffer with headache disorders each and every year. What this…
There is no doubt that the world is different. This pandemic has created loads of changes that we are struggling to adapt to. Some will be for the better but many are definitely for the worse. Daily I have people coming into the office with aches and pains that they never had before or an…
The government has given us the ok to go back to seeing all of our regular patients. During this pandemic we were still able to be open but we were restricted to only seeing the worst cases and also those that were deemed essential workers and were in some significant discomfort. This last month and…
I’ve had this question posed to me by a few different people. This is a time in human history that is completely and totally foreign. Yes, we have had pandemics before, but we have never had such a firm understanding of how transmission happens and how to protect one another and how to minimize the…
Every day we have new patients coming into our office and presenting with a multitude of symptoms. Even though my favourite patients are the ones that come in for wellness care and are asymptomatic, I also love helping those that come in with a specific issue. I love seeing people that are at their wits…
This is a time for resolutions. Every year I hear so many people talk about doing better with diet and exercise and working to lose weight. While I commend anyone who wants to improve their health, it seems that the motivation behind these changes are more as a result of not being happy with…
Every year at this time I find myself scrambling to get back into a routine with the kids activities and school and finding a balance with work, diet, exercise and down time. This is the time of the year that will either make or break your healthy habits heading into winter. If you start…