We are built with innate intelligence that is responsible for organizing, healing, and maintaining normal conditions. (You don’t need to teach your body to heal a small cut) If this intelligence is disrupted, the development of injury and illness can occur. Physical, Chemical, and Emotional stressors can all lead to breakdown. Back in the day Chiro’s often referred to the 3 T’s; Traumas, Thoughts, Toxins. This is more relevant in our crazy modern society than ever. We can’t be healthy without some consideration for all aspects.
Foundations of Physical Health – Motion, Nutrition and Control.
Motion: We work on restoring as close to ideal movement to the tissue as possible. Specific areas of immobility are difficult to improve on with self directed mobility and rehab alone. This is where practitioner directed care is essential. This is wear tools like Chiropractic Adjustments/Joint Manipulation, Graston, ART, Massage, and Acupuncture can play rolls.
Nutrition: Without the building blocks to build new healthy tissues it is impossible to heal. There are a few extremely common nutritional deficiencies that are relatively easy to address. This is an area that can be complex as well, but starting with some simple improvements can make a huge difference. These changes will be essentially the same for most treatment plans as the basic nutrient requirements are generally the same for all tissue healing.
Control: There can be no sustained mobility improvement without control. Joints do not move themselves and muscles don’t control themselves. Rehabilitating proper movement patterns and strength is essential to maintaining any motion improvements as well as restoring optimal function and performance.
Often more than the sum of the parts, these are some of our treatment tool options:
The Active Release Technique (ART) is a non-invasive treatment that's designed to quickly reduce soft tissue and nerve pain and restore function. It effectively treats injuries and damage to muscles, tendons and ligaments and has been used for over 30 years in Canada. Whether you have a complex injury or only a minor sprain, ART helps you return to day-to-day activities faster and more effectively than conventional methods.
Chiropractic is based on the belief that when your body is in proper alignment, it rebuilds itself as a total unit as opposed to piece by piece. It' utilizes the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery.
People see chiropractors for various reasons, including restoring function and range of motion, returning to normal daily activities as quickly as possible, increased strength and flexibility, posture correction and pain relief.
A healthy diet and nutrition program is essential in order to build and maintain a high functioning body. Most often, we consider health on the basis of weight; however, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle go far beyond maintenance of an optimal weight. Good nutrition can help build strong and resilient tissue, improve immunity, increase energy levels and reduce the risk of disease and illness.
Establishing a clear exercise schedule is proven to improve your health and reduce the risk of developing many chronic conditions such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Physical activity not only improves the quality of your life, but the duration of your life as well. As you exercise, you are delivering oxygen and nutrients to your tissues to help with regeneration and immunity, leading to a longer and more energetic life.
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Naturopathic medicine helps treat and manage many acute and chronic illnesses, digestive disorders, hormone imbalances, sleep disturbances, skin disorders, asthma, allergies, mental illness, autoimmune disorders and so on. It does more than treat the symptoms of a disease, it encourages health lifestyle that prevents disease.
Massage is often used for relaxation or to increase general well-being. It can also be used to address a specific area of the body that is experiencing pain or a limited range of motion. Because massage therapy induces a relaxation response, it can lower heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure, effectively decreasing the physical effects of stress.
During an acupuncture treatment, thin needles are inserted into very specific spots on the body to treat pain. This technique is used to balance the flow of energy throughout the body. By stimulating specific points (pressure points) within the body, acupuncture stimulates the body’s natural healing response and the central nervous system. This process releases chemicals into the muscles, spinal cord and brain in order to promote physical and emotional well-being.
The Graston Technique is an instrument-assisted mobilization therapy similar to the Active Release Technique. Goals of this therapy are to break down scar tissue and fascia restrictions to rearrange the injured soft tissue. This creates a better healing environment for the soft tissue. The Graston technique has been known to decrease treatment time, foster more efficient recovery, decrease need for anti-inflammatory medication and resolve chronic conditions.
Your feet are the foundation of proper movement and function. Our custom orthotics are made in Canada from the highest quality materials using state of the art technology and are hand built for each individual.
Dextrose sugar solution injection typically indicated for chronic tendon and ligament injuries as well as osteoarthritis in some joints.
It is our vision to empower individuals and families in our communities to lifelong health allowing them to pursue excellence in life and sport.
