by Katie Tang | Jul 12, 2022 | Acupuncture, Health & Wellness, lifestyle, Lower Back Pain, Uncategorized
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...
by Jen Hanson | Jun 6, 2022 | Health & Wellness, lifestyle, osteopathy vancouver, Uncategorized
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...
by Anouk Sanchez | Jun 2, 2021 | Health & Wellness, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Uncategorized
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...
by Rachel McIntyre | May 12, 2021 | Health & Wellness, lifestyle, osteopathy vancouver, Uncategorized
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...
by Kyla Otto | Dec 30, 2020 | Health & Wellness, lifestyle, osteopathy vancouver, Uncategorized
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...
by Becky Cyndroski | Nov 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...