Vancouver Wellness and Osteopathy Blog
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...
The Immune System: The Ultimate Evolution
These are strange times we live in. Who would’ve known that the world was going to take a little staycation because of something that many of us, let’s be honest here, thought was just another flu. After spending weeks going through a rollercoaster of fear,...
The Heat vs. Ice Debate
To heat, or to ice? A very common question I hear in the clinic and over the years I worked as an Athletic Therapist managing injuries, on and off the field. A fair question since there has been so much changing research over the years. So…while Ananta Wellness &...
Hitting Pause to Go Inside
Recognizing that this is an immensely challenging and trying time for most of us, we wanted to reach out and connect with all of you. We are currently facing, a rapidly changing, collective crisis that is unprecedented for our time. It is more important then ever that...
Why we always tell you to keep your back straight and to use your knees when lifting up things
I’m sure you’ve been told again and again to use your knees and to keep your back straight when you lift things from the floor or a shelf, to avoid doing twisting movements doing so, and to be aware of your posture. And as much as you hear it and agree on the moment,...
Tis the Season – FOOSH (fall onto outstretched hand)
When the days are dark and gloomy and you still want to get your nature kick in, what better way than to hit the local mountains to get some snow…although a slow start so far. With this may come a variety of different aches and pains from simply not using certain...
7 New Year resolutions for better Health
For 2020, lets try to find New Year resolutions that really improve our health and well-being. You probably know all the points cited below but sometimes you need to get reminded of the same things over and over until it clicks. All of the following resolutions, when...
“The past is never dead, it’s not even past”
Have you ever felt like your choices, behaviours or maybe even your thoughts were not your own? As if your action, your reactions or your inherent patterns were being governed by something more distantly powerful. That these constructs are not necessarily aligned with...
The Lower Leg
As summer turns into fall, we always seem to notice an influx of people coming into the clinic with lower leg pain, whether that’s foot, ankle or shin pain. Keep reading to see how Osteopathic Manual Therapy may help! Anatomy of the Lower Leg Let’s start with the...
Why Pregnancy and Osteopathy are such a great match
You’ve probably already heard a few times now that Osteopathy could help during your pregnancy. But do you know why? and do you really know what your Osteopathic Practitioner can do for you and your pregnancy? The purpose of this article is not to talk in details...
Waking yourself up
Importance of taking a case history Your Osteopathic Practitioner will ask many questions in your initial appointment to get a better understanding of how all your body systems are functioning, in order, to properly address the root cause of your symptoms. Aspects of...
Take a bite into your health
In my journey to help people improve their health I often find that I go through phases where many new patients will come in with similar problems...it’s as if they all called each other and decided to come as a group. Lately, I found that many of my new patients need...
Anesthesia: wounds without pain
Anesthesia: wounds without pain…but are they wounds without consequences? Keep reading to find out how osteopathic manual therapy can help you recover post-anesthesia. You may think that since you’ve been discharged from the hospital or have given birth that your body...
Referred Pain: How it works
I have been asked by a few patients about referral pain lately and I thought that it might interest you as well as…it’s truly quite intriguing. How can an organ be responsible for feeling pain somewhere else in the body, in a body part with no issues and at a distance...
A big culprit – lower back pain
Low back pain affects between 60-80% of people at least once in their lifetime, with many people suffering multiple times and/or for a long period of time. Characteristics of low back pain include but are not limited to pain and tenderness in the area below the ribs...
Are Happy Spitters really happy?
As a student in manual osteopathy, I often heard from teachers and osteopathic practitioners on how wonderful osteopathy is in the treatment of a newborn. In 2016, when the time came for me to choose a subject for my thesis, it was obvious to me that I wanted to...
“It’s going to be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”
The journey to parenthood is not an easy journey for some. Infertility is an isolating, fearful, and a lonely journey of unknowns for couples. Infertility does not need to be an all or nothing conversation. Your struggles are part of your story and you are not alone....
The endocranium and emotion
During my last blog, I wrote about trauma to the brain resulting from traumatic forces, whether it’s from a concussion, whiplash, or a compressive or stretching type of force to another part of your body leading to trauma in the brain and how osteopathic treatment can...
Let’s sing together
December Holidays... even though the snow is late to show itself on the local mountains this winter, it is this time of the year you can wander the streets or the parks surrounded by festive lights, sipping your hot wine or apple cider while you sing Christmas...