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Concussion Awareness
The last Wednesday in September is Rowan’s Law Day, to honour the memory of Rowan Stringer, a 17-year-old high school rugby player from Ottawa who died tragically in 2013 from a condition known as “second impact syndrome”. In this blog, our Physiotherapist Maryann Fabrizio discusses concussions and concussion safety.
In-Utero Malposition
One of the biggest concerns my pregnant patients have is the position of their baby in-utero. In fact, this is one of the main reasons we get so many referrals from midwifery clinics. This is a valid concern as every pregnant woman knows that proper positioning of their baby in-utero is directly related to better birth outcomes….. read more
R.I.C.E.
Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation. This treatment protocol has been used for over four decades by healthcare professionals, trainers, athletes, and lay people alike to treat acute injuries. But what does the research say? Is this an appropriate method to treat acute tissue injuries?
A Therapist’s Perspective on Anxiety
Leaving out complicating factors like significant trauma, or medical diagnoses, here are my thoughts on anxiety. A couple paraphrased quotes to get you on the right page when it comes to managing anxiety: “spend 95% of your time understanding the problem, and you’ll only need 5% of the time to solve it”, and, “you cannot solve your problems with the same thinking you used when you created them”.
Well Child Appointments
As a mother to two naturally wild and free children and a health care provider with 16 years dedication to paediatrics in her Naturopathic practice, Dr. Carly ND believes having a healthy and supportive relationship with your child’s doctor is critical to fostering whole body wellness.
Anterior Pelvic Tilt.. What is it? What can I do about it?
If you think of your pelvis like a bowl full of soup and you then take that bowl and spill the soup in front of you, that position is called an “anterior pelvic tilt.”
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome… Huh??
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a term used to describe knee pain involving the kneecap (patella) and the thigh bone (femur). Normally, the kneecap will glide along in a groove in the middle of the thigh bone, however, the kneecap can be pulled to one side causing increased pain and discomfort.
The Benefits of Maternal Singing
What is maternal singing? Maternal singing is a term used to describe the way parents sing more expressively, more slowly, and at a higher pitch level when singing to an infant. This mentoring is done to promote emotional regulation in early years and enhances memory and learning in preschool years. Studies of maternal singing focus on expressive features that convey maternal feelings or intentions and their consequences for infants. In the first year of life, when self-regulatory skills are limited, the caregivers’ management of infants’ negative emotions is crucial for the subsequent development of self-regulation skills.
Massage Therapy & Your Nervous System
Everybody has also experienced a stressful situation where your body goes into this fight or flight response, you are alert, maybe you’re sweating, and your heart rate has increased. Why are you getting a response like that? Let’s take a deeper look into how stress comes about through our nervous system.
Natural Labour and Delivery… Really??
Why do we as women so often discount ourselves? Why do we underestimate our abilities, our strengths, our bodies? Why do we lean into fear so often instead of trusting our bodies, our intuition, and our given abilities?
When it comes to the birthing process, we have been taught by society from a young age that we will need to depend on others to extract our babies, that it will be a terrible, difficult process; and we know that we will be constantly checked to see what scary things may be wrong at each stage of our pregnancy and birthing journey. We couldn’t possibly support our own babies through this powerful rite of passage naturally, could we?