The silent opponent

The silent opponent

A concussion is defined as a physiologic disruption of brain function resulting from traumatic forces transmitted to the head. Forces transmitted to the head does not necessarily mean direct forces to the head. Any trauma could be the cause; including whiplash, a fall...
A gut feeling

A gut feeling

Let’s talk about guts! There’s been an influx of calls to the clinic inquiring about osteopathic treatment and its effects on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) so it’s high time we wrote about it. What is IBS? IBS tends to be a catch all phrase for a long list of...
V is for Vagus

V is for Vagus

The vagus nerve is gaining popularity in today’s media. So why is it so important? We will work to answer that today! We talk a lot about our body’s stress response, driven by our sympathetic nervous system and made up of our ‘fight or flight’ response. For example,...