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It is Heart Health Awareness Month and a fantastic opportunity to make healthier choices for you heart.
To help you, I have developed my first ever Healthy Heart Challenge and I am challenging myself and all of you to join me!
THE CHALLENGE: Make 3 heart healthy choices every day for 3 weeks. These lifestyle choices have been shown to decrease risk factors for developing heart disease.
These 3 choices were chosen for their effectivity & simplicity. With our busy lives, they can be anything but simple to follow through with. I thought the idea of a community challenge to help keep one another motivated would be a great way to make these changes more achievable.
THE REWARD: Reduce your risk of heart disease. Improve your overall health & well-being.
START DATE: Sunday, February 8th, 2015
END DATE: Saturday, February 28th, 2015
For complete details please follow this link.
I hope you join me in this challenge!
Good luck to you all,
Dr. Odette Bulaong, ND
Try this. Open your mouth as wide as you can.. now position your hand like you are trying to dump a bottle of water on your chest and try to fit the first 3 of your knuckles (index, 3rd and 4th finger) into your mouth. Can you do this? If not, consider the following:
Does your jaw click or pop from time to time?
Do you have any occasional bouts of jaw pain while chewing?
Persistent neck pain, headaches, and pain while chewing harder foods are all hallmarks of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. Headaches, neck pain and jaw pain are intimately tied together and restriction or tightness in one area can cause pain to occur in another. If this sounds like you, you may have an underlying TMJ dysfunction. TMJ issues are conditions that are affected by the group of muscles and the joint that controls motion at the jaw.
If you think you may have a TMJ issue come in for a complimentary consult or try your best to avoid: gum chewing, biting your fingernails, chewing pens, hard candy or gummies. It’ll only make it worse!
With every New Year the process of choosing New Year’s resolutions and seeing them to completion can be a daunting task. But don’t let it be! Let’s approach the New Year with an open and refreshed mind!
This year, take control of your body’s health and have FUN doing so! You have the power to take care of your body and make real and lasting change.
Often our bodies take a toll with our busy and demanding lifestyles. The key to making real and lasting change is forming new and improved habits. Instilling new habits will require attention and work but change doesn’t occur without action.
START by taking responsibility to perform basic maintenance on your body.
“KEEP IN MIND – OUR BODIES TEND TO MOLD THEMSELVES INTO THE POSITIONS IN WHICH WE SPEND THE MOST TIME. ”
When it comes to performing maintenance on your body, it is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Everyone is unique and may require different programs. Book in an assessment today if you’d like a regime catered to you!
If you have any questions about performing basic maintenance on your body, you can talk to any health care professional at Form and Function Clinic. We would be happy to assist you in answering your questions and help provide you with tools to build a healthy body.
With the holidays coming, I want to urge you to continue exercising and not slack off.
Exercise is crucial for everyone’s health and wellbeing. It is commonly stated by many health professionals that if the benefits of exercise could be reduced to pill form, it will be the most prescribed pill due to the vast amount of positive effects exercises has on our health. Some of these positive effects include reducing stress, increasing muscle strength, improving cardiovascular function, lowering risk of chronic diseases, among others.
So come the holidays, continue to exercise to keep those benefits. Note that it only takes two weeks for muscle to start losing strength/endurance and cardiovascular fitness to decrease so don’t let the holidays derail your health. Take some time for yourself and make exercise a priority this holiday! If you have any questions about exercise, you can talk to any health care professional at Form and Function Clinic. We will be happy to answer any of your questions.
You don’t stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing, so continue to move and have fun. If you are active and pushing through limitations or pain, you will likely run into trouble. Gone are the days of ‘no pain, no gain’. Take the time to listen to your body, stretch the muscles that are tight, and strengthen those that cry because they are weak. Take a look at our foam rolling video here for a great place to start.
Dr. Ho machines are Tens Machines or Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation machines. The device has been around for decades, but Dr. Ho just did some amazing marketing for his product! The reason why Tens machines provide pain relief is by the following two main pathways:
1) Gait control of pain: You can think of this as the “pinch yourself to get rid of your shoulder pain” technique. It is essentially distracting your neurological pathways in order to scramble the pain signals coming from the site of your injury. As complicated as our bodies might seem, it is easily deceived!
2) Endorphin release: Think of Endorphins as your natural production of morphine. This natural opiate helps to numb the pain even further in order for your to go on with your day.
Now that we know what these machines do, the real question is if they work?
Short answer is YES! Why wouldn’t you want to reduce pain while you are doing amazing rehabilitation, functional exercises, medical acupuncture or restorative techniques with your healthcare team? Why would you want to be in pain when you can reduce that irritant and activity deterrent? Modalities sometimes have a bad rep in the rehab industry; but it is only bad if that is the only thing your physio/chiro/ AT is using for your rehabilitation or wellness program. As per our Dynamic Treatment Paradigm (DTP), your treatment plan should consist a variety of evidence lead manual techniques, rehab and modalities that accumulates to a better outcome.
Most insurance covers a tense machine. Book a free call with one of our team members to find out how.
Dr. Ho machines are Tens Machines or Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation machines. The device has been around for decades, but Dr. Ho just did some amazing marketing for his product! The reason why Tens machines provide pain relief is by the following two main pathways:
1) Gait control of pain: You can think of this as the “pinch yourself to get rid of your shoulder pain” technique. It is essentially distracting your neurological pathways in order to scramble the pain signals coming from the site of your injury. As complicated as our bodies might seem, it is easily deceived!
2) Endorphin release: Think of Endorphins as your natural production of morphine. This natural opiate helps to numb the pain even further in order for your to go on with your day.
Now that we know what these machines do, the real question is if they work.
Short answer is YES! Why wouldn’t you want to reduce pain while you are doing amazing rehabilitation, functional exercises, medical acupuncture or restorative techniques with your healthcare team? Why would you want to be in pain when you can reduce that irritant and activity deterrent? Modalities sometimes have a bad rep in the rehab industry, but it is only bad if that is the only thing your physio/chiro/ AT is using for your rehabilitation or wellness program. As per our Dynamic Treatment Paradigm (DTP), your treatment plan should consist a variety of evidence-based manual techniques, rehab and modalities that accumulate to a better outcome.
How to get a FREE TENS MACHINE ?
Most insurance companies cover the full price of a tense machine. Call our health concierge in Markham to find out how.
Combat tension from stress, anxiety or too much sitting. You can simply stand up, reach for the sky, or extend your arms out as far as you can and hold that position for 15-30s to help yourself loosen up and let go of some stress. Take some deep breathes through your belly and simply enjoy and feel your stress fade away. Try to do this once EVERY 30 minutes. When you are stressed, the body’s fight or flight response is triggered causing the body to tense up in preparation. This tension can lead to chronic pain and this is where stretching interrupts our body’s defensive response. So stretch away from stress 30s at a time and remember that change happens over time. Book in an assessment today if you’d like a regime catered to you!
Combat tension from stress, anxiety or too much sitting. You can simply stand up, reach for the sky, or extend your arms out as far as you can and hold that position for 15-30s to help yourself loosen up and let go of some stress. Take some deep breathes through your belly and simply enjoy and feel your stress fade away. Try to do this once EVERY 30 minutes. When you are stressed, the body’s fight or flight response is triggered causing the body to tense up in preparation. This tension can lead to chronic pain and this is where stretching interrupts our body’s defensive response. So stretch away from stress 30s at a time and remember that change happens over time. Book in an assessment today if you’d like a regime catered to you!
