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Building a Safer Running Practice: Tips from a Toronto Physio
Building a Safer Running Practice: Expert Tips from a Toronto Physiotherapist (and runner). Maja Degen, experienced Physiotherapist and runner, shares her strategies for successfully building your running practice and decreasing your risk of injury. by Maja...
Building a Safer Running Practice: Tips from a Toronto Physio
Building a Safer Running Practice: Expert Tips from a Toronto Physiotherapist (and runner). Maja Degen, experienced Physiotherapist and runner, shares her strategies for successfully building your running practice and decreasing your risk of injury. by Maja Degen, PT The fall race season is an exciting time for runners in Toronto and worldwide. Whether you're a seasoned...
Liver Love for the Spring
Angela Warburton R.TCMP, R.Ac Our livers take a beating in this modern world – processed foods, medications, stress – all of which tax our livers. Everything from what we eat, breathe or put on our skin will have to be processed by our liver. It’s a huge organ AND one...
Herbal Spring Support
All that we need to know about ourselves in this season (all seasons really) can be observed from nature. Spring is a time to physically and emotionally let go with love all that is not serving your growth! As a plant cannot hold onto the dead leaves or flowers from...
Tell tale signs your nervous system is in overdrive… and what to do about it!
A whopping 95% of all illnesses are either caused by, or worsened by stress. Yikes! Long-term stress also damages the hippocampus in the brain (the memory centre) and can contribute to long-term memory loss and dementia. Adrenals get depleted and burn out ensues if we...
RMT Tips: Breastfeed and Improve posture at the same time!
Let's be realistic, who has time for self-care exercises with a newborn? Here's a tip you can incorporate into your breastfeeding routine to help keep your posture healthy while breastfeeding. Once your baby is all settled and feeding: Pull your head back and up so...
iPhone Stretch
With the amount of time we spend on our iPhones these days, bodywork professionals are beginning to notice population-wide changes in people's spines: a flattening in the upper thoracic spine, and a jutting forward of the cervical vertebrae. Both of these combined can...
Women’s Community Clinic
We live in communities. We work in communities. We find health through our communities. Traditionally this has especially been the case for women. For practical, informational and emotional support we have come together - Whether it's a quilting bee, a red tent, or a...
RMT Tips: Levator Scapula aka “Armpit-Sniff” Stretch
Levator Scapula is a muscle that attaches at the inner upper corner of your shoulder blade (scapula), and onto the sides of the cervical vertebrae in your neck. Often, when we are under stress or strain, that lower attachment point can get pretty tender (Try poking it...
Keeping the Peace in the Gut
The importance that probiotics play in the maintenance of a health has become ever increasing in mainstream knowledge. There are numerous studies, blogs, and expert sources citing the benefits of probiotics. Their effects can be seen from autoimmune disorders,...
The Mighty Mighty Bone Broth Part II: so much more than just a simple stock
There is so much press on the bone broth right now. There are even restaurants that are serving up bone broth 'to go' to help keep locals healthy and nourished this winter season. The benefits of bone broth have been known for centuries, but it seemed to be lost in...
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