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Is Naturopathic Medicine Right for You?
What Is Naturopathic Medicine? Regardless of age, gender, or illness, naturopathic medicine is a primary health approach that combines scientific advances in Western medicine with more traditional approaches to health. Our naturopathic doctor, Dr. Nav Dhindsa...
Top Facts About Shoulder Pain, Injury & Best Treatment
We don’t usually think much about our shoulders until we experience a certain level of discomfort in them. Shoulder pain can be caused by simple activities such as putting a box overhead, brushing hair or reaching behind our back to scratch. Very often I see my...
Why do we get Lower Back Pain?
Lower back pain is one of the most common pain most of us have experienced at work, at home or during a sports activity. Even children that are still attending school can experience lower back pain. In general, back pain can range from a dull, constant ache to a...
How and Why to eliminate Diets
Food sensitivities and intolerances are surprisingly common and seemingly on the rise. There are many symptoms from rashes and joint pain to fatigue and difficulty sleeping that may be associated with food intolerances. When you work with a naturopathic doctor, they...
Are You Drinking Enough Water?
Drinking water is not only essential for life, but is needed for optimizing both muscle recovery and immune function. There are a lot of “rules” and formulas out there with the aim of telling us how much water, and how often we should be drinking. Consider the...
Why To Blame Foam Roller For Your IT Band Pain
Foam Rollers and IT Band Pain / Syndrome Nowadays you can find foam rollers everywhere: the gym, your physical therapist’s office, your living room and even your suitcase. It seems that foam rolling has become one of the most favorite tools to alleviate many different...
Don’t Let Tennis Elbow Get You Down
You all probably know that feeling, when you want to spend a beautiful summer day outside doing a sport you love but you can’t because your body said no. Your frustration can get even bigger when you get diagnosed with ”tennis elbow.” But you do not even play tennis!...
Guide to Preventing Sport Injuries
The number one priority, no matter what event you are training for, is to be injury free. After all the training you have to put in, the worst thing would be not being able to stay on starting line on the day of the race. Sport is becoming a huge business and...
Pain is Your Ally, not Your Enemy
When the year comes to an end and the first snowflakes start to fall, the most awaited winter ritual in Canada, apart from drinking hot chocolate or chasing a puck on frozen lakes, is hitting the slopes for skiing! This outdoor activity that comes with snow,...