Common Causes of Neck Back Pain and How to Solve it
Every wonder why neck or back pain may occur after a seemingly trivial event like lifting, twisting shoulder checking or why you may just wake up with pain one morning? Find out how you can prevent this from happening in the first place.
Find out What Stress is Doing to Your Body – Part 2
Stress can be physical, emotional, and chemical. Find out what happens to your body and how to deal with it effectively.
Find Out What Stress is Doing to Your Body – Part 1
Millions of people feel the negative effects of stress everyday. In fact, many of us suffer from chronic stress and don't even know it! Think about it, we are bombarded with stressors on a daily basis such as: traffic, loud noises, crowds, family problems, bills, work, air pollution, alcohol and drugs to name a few. Find out what stress does to your body and what you can do about it.
Top 5 Tips for Good Computer Posture
Did you know that that sitting for long periods can lead to stiffness, poor balance, poor mobility, and neck, back and hip pain. If you want to avoid these symptoms, read what Dr Stephanie Louie has to say about setting up a proper computer work station.
Top 5 Superfoods to Help You Look and Feel Young
Everywhere I look these days I notice products claiming to make you look and feel younger. We live in a society that wants to minimize any and all impacts of aging whether it be our physical appearance on the outside or how we feel on the inside. The bottom line is, it seems most people out there really value youth. And who can blame them!
Proper Sleeping Position
What's the Best Sleeping Position?
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Tips You Need to Know on How to Stay Healthy During Cold and Flu Season
It's that time of year again, Victoria…The dreaded cold and flu season is rearing it's ugly head and it seems that almost everyone around me is coughing, sneezing and feeling pretty miserable. It remains unclear why people tend to get sick around this time of year, but it has been recently proposed that the flu virus can live longer in cold and dry air, which coincides with the drop in temperatures that occur in late fall and winter.
Neck Pain? Seeing a Chiropractor is a Safe and Effective Way to Treat this Problem!
Once in a while, a patient will come into my office concerned about getting an adjustment on their neck. So I decided to write this blog post to answer some questions that you may have. First and foremost, every single patient that I treat will get a comprehensive exam that I use to determine whether they will be a good candidate for chiropractic care. A neck adjustment is a precise procedure, generally applied by hand. It has been shown to improve joint mobility in the neck, restoring range of motion and reducing muscle tightness, thereby relieving pressure and tension.
Have You Tried Spinal Decompression Therapy?
According to Statistics Canada, back and neck problems are among the most chronic conditions that as many as 80% of the population will suffer from. This can be characterized by a range of symptoms including: pain, muscle tension or stiffness, and numbness, tingling, weakness and/or burning that often travels down the leg (sciatica). Often, medication or surgical intervention is the recommended treatment, however, many people are looking for non invasive alternatives that pose less of a risk to their health.
Can’t I just adjust myself?
A common question that many people ask me is "can't I just adjust myself"? The simple answer is No! Not even a chiropractor can adjust themselves. Before I adjust any of my patients, I always take a detailed exam to properly ensure that the correct joint is being adjusted. Think about this: the bones in your back and neck can be misaligned in a variety of ways. They can actually move in more than 12 different directions. Chiropractors are specialized in diagnosing which bones are "stuck" in the wrong place and how to properly adjust it back into its proper position. If you adjust your own back and neck, you might actually be moving it further out of position.
Sciatica and solving leg pain
Sciatica is inflammation or compression of the sciatic nerve, which is the largest nerve in your entire body! It originates in the low back and travels down the buttocks to the backs of the legs, and even sends branches of the nerve across the knee and into the feet! People suffering from sciatica have symptoms, which may include: pain, numbness, tingling and muscle weakness in some or all of these areas of the body.
Headaches and what causes them
I've been helping my patients address the root issue of their headaches for years. There are many common misconceptions about what actually causes headaches.
