Vancouver Wellness and Osteopathy Blog
Golf, TPI and Osteopathy.
What is TPI? TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) is the leading educational organization dedicated to the study of how the human body functions in relation to the golf swing. TPI focuses on The Body-Swing Connection, which is the relationship between a player’s...
Exploring how Osteopathy alleviates TMJ disorder
Exploring how Osteopathy alleviates TMJ disorder: The link between the TMJ and Upper Neck Recently I have seen a lot of people come in with jaw pain and dysfunctions around their upper neck. Sometimes they can be quite debilitating for people who use their jaws a lot...
Unlocking Spring Vitality
Unlocking Spring Vitality: How Osteopathy can get you ready for the season As the sun starts to linger longer in the sky and the air carries a hint of warmth, we're all eager to embrace the joys of spring and summer. Hopefully, everyone has been able to get outside...
Pain and Osteopathy
Pain types Everyone experiences pain at some point in their life and it can affect us in many different ways. But did you know there are actually different types of pain? Read on to learn a bit about some different types and how our Osteopathic Practitioners can help....
The Gifts of Kenya
As many of you know a dear friend and colleague of mine, Mel and I embarked on an experience of a lifetime last October where we joined the Divinity Foundation and other amazing humans to take part in their fall medical mission. We started this endeavour and...
Why Sleep
Why Sleep? Quality sleep is a cornerstone of both physical and emotional well-being, yet it's often the first casualty of stress and busy schedules. Despite the challenges in finding time for adequate rest, investing in extra hours of shut-eye is unquestionably...
Touch
What is the sense of touch? Touch is a unified sensation created by many different specialized sensors working together in parallel. If you look at your skin, described by neuroscientists as Social Organ, it’s populated by millions of nerves endings that capture...
Your Acupuncture Myths Answered
Acupuncture only works for pain relief: It's true that Acupuncture works great for pain relief because it can help your body secrete more endorphins (natural painkillers) to target problematic areas. However, Acupuncture is also known to regulate hormones for...
Cupping Therapy for Pain
You might have heard of Cupping therapy as it has become more popular in recent years especially during the 2016 Summer Olympics, when swimmer Michael Phelps competed with cupping bruises covering his back. However, cupping is not new! Cupping therapy is an ancient...
A Pictured Painted with a Brush of Perspective
Two years and two months ago I had no idea when I arrived in Peru for my forth Osteopathic Without Borders mission that consequences of the Corona virus would fall out in a way and a speed no-one could keep up with. March 2020 We met daily as a group to debrief...
Acupuncture for Birth Preparation
Acupuncture has been used traditionally to help provide physical and emotional support leading up to labour and birth for thousands of years. Acupuncture can increase your sense of satisfaction with the birthing experience and enhance your overall well being after...
Let’s sit and learn! – The Primary Reflex series
In the first blog on primary reflexes, we explored the basis of what primary reflexes are, how they happen to be and what their general involvement is in children and adult motor functions. Now we will look specifically into how some primary reflexes can be...
Sleeping your way to better health!
What is Sleep Hygiene? The term sounds a bit misleading, but it’s not how clean you or your bed necessarily are... Sleep hygiene are the practices that you do during the day and leading up to bedtime that help you have a restful sleep. Why is Sleep hygiene important?...
The Body Remembers What you Did Last Summer, And The One Before That: A look at nervous system memory over the life course
The Osteopathic Look on Deeper Pain Oftentimes, in Osteopathic treatment, the patient will report an old injury or pain that hasn’t been an issue for years, rearing its ugly face again. This poses the question: how can something that I thought had healed come back to...
The Lower Extremity, part 3 – The Knee
Well, let’s finish off the lower extremity by discussing the knee while I’m on maternity leave! Previous blogs have discussed the hip and the ankle/foot so we will tackle the knee below. Anatomy A quick review of the anatomy of the knee. The femur bone runs from the...
Let’s move! An exploration of primary reflexes
Do you remember being a child and your parents never allowing you to handle sharp objects like knifes? They said you could cut yourself. Maybe in your mind you thought that you could handle the knife with no difficulty. Once you did, you probably cut your finger...
Mental-Fitness/ MINDfull
As we have started to get use to our “new normal”, we may be entering the “acceptance” phase of grief for the new state of our current world dynamics. With all the new protocols to stay safe, along with the many other external and internal stressors in our lives, we...
Aid for Arequipa
As many of you know Peru has become very close to my heart, and in many ways it’s like a second home to me. Over the last handful of years, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in an Osteopathy Without Borders mission in Arequipa, Peru. I have met the most...
Did you say intraosseous?
During some of your sessions, and while we were trying to explain what we’ve found or what we think was happening in your body, you may have heard us using terms like “intraosseous” tensions, or tensions “inside the bone itself”. I get how it can sound a bit weird or...
The lower extremity, Part 2
During these unprecedented times, we all could use a bit of grounding…Which brings us to the legs and ensuring we are well centered and transferring weight appropriately through our lower extremities. As a result, this blog will focus on the hip joint, otherwise known...