The Art of Fire Cupping
Fire cupping has been a fundamental component of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 2,000 years. Used to help balance the flow of Qi and blood in the body, fire cupping may be a great addition to your TCM treatments.
Getting Your Rear In Gear - During Cancer Treatment
After a cancer diagnosis, it’s common for exercise habits to drop on the daily priorities list. For those experiencing fatigue, pain, anxiety or schedule overwhelm, “exertion” is the last thing a patient may want to think about. However, studies actually show that those who can maintain or improvex their exercise habit.
Self-Care Tips For The Holiday Season
With the colder weather, shorter days, longer hours at the office and the inevitable parties & holiday gatherings, December can be a hard month on the body! All too often we burn the candle at both ends and wind up sick and rundown. Avoid the burnout and keep yourself feeling healthy this holiday season.
Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is usually described as numbness, tingling, pain, prickling or burning that occurs in the hands or feet. In some cases, patients may experience weakness, difficulty with walking/movements or even loss of reflexes. Peripheral neuropathy occurs from injury to the peripheral nervous system.
Is It Stress? Food Intolerances? A Gut Bug? Stop Guessing, Get Tested
One of life’s biggest mysteries…when digestion is off. It’s normal to have an upset stomach from time to time, or an occasional bowl movement that isn’t formed or easy to pass, but when digestive symptoms persist, naturally, you begin to wonder… is is something I ate? Am I stressed? Do I have a bug?
Summer Skin Protection: Sunscreen 101
1 in 6 Canadians will be diagnosed with it. Avoiding direct exposure to sunlight is the most effective way of preventing skin cancer, but many times, of course, this isn’t practical. Sunscreen is the most important product available to help block ultraviolet light for those times when we will be the sun.
Move Over Anti-aging! We're All About Healthy Skin Aging Using This Simple Integrated Approach
Beauty Divided- For many years the aesthetics industry has focused on anti-aging, marketing treatments designed to ‘prevent and reverse’ signs of getting older. But aging is awesome.
5 Common Side Effects from Cancer Treatment
When a person is undergoing conventional cancer therapies such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy or others, cancer treatment-related side effects are important to address for 3 key reasons:
Stress, Cortisol, & Sleep
Do you ever notice how your stress levels impact your sleep? It might be more than just your racing mind keeping you up. The physiologic effects of chronic stress play a significant role in your sleep-wake cycles.
Microneedling vs Microdermabrasion: What's the Difference?
Medical facials are very popular treatments. They’re typically less invasive than laser, fractional resurfacing treatments and surgery, and offer minimal downtime. The lower price tag and effectiveness of these procedures has made them hugely popular, but how do you choose which one to go for?