Here’s one of my favourite analogies. The chemical makeup of your body is like the soil that we grow plants in. For your body to grow and heal, your chemical makeup needs to be full of balanced nutrients — just as soil has to be full of balanced nutrients for beautiful and healthy plants.
Do you wish your chronic pain would go away?
Doctors now realize that we haven’t done a good job treating people with chronic pain. Many of the painkillers doctors prescribe – and that you’ve likely been treated with – are risky and not very effective. The issue is not a lack of good drugs but the […]
I reduced my pain by earthing. You can too.
Go outside and touch the ground. You’re now earthing yourself.
Earthing is making sure our bodies are at their natural level of electrical charge. Earthing happens whenever we come in direct contact with the ground. Every time you walk around barefoot, come in contact with a […]
I’d like to talk a little about the importance of sleep. Most of us don’t get enough sleep. Research is showing that we need between seven and eight hours of sleep per night in order to stay healthy. A sleep isn’t just a time where we check out and are not present for a while. […]
If you were having chronic pain in your shoulder, it might be from a variety of different injuries. It might be a myofascial injury. You might have gotten it because you worked out too hard at the gym. You might be a musician. Maybe you work on a keyboard all day long or you’re […]
Sometimes we don’t even know what’s actually causing the pain to keep going. Sometimes, it’s just ongoing inflammation in the body, and sometimes, it’s nutritional deficiencies, lack of exercise, lack of sleep and so all these things have to get taken into account once you’ve got chronic pain. The good news is, is […]
Most of our health is determined by what we eat, drink, think, feel, and do. This gives us a lot of control over our well-being. I like to see health and healing as a journey. Please join me on a journey to better health.
Let’s talk a little bit about pain basics. Acute pain is pain […]
Are you regularly promising yourself to be more balanced, make better choices and eat healthier without ever following through? It could be time for a detox.
Your body can do most of the work, but these 11 simple steps can help naturally detox your body more efficiently.
Here are some tell-tale signs when your body is screaming for some […]
In the 1600s, Descartes famously drew a boy on one knee, his foot being burned by a fire. On the boy, he drew a line from the foot, up the leg, along the spine, and into the brain. This line was supposed to represent the nerve, or pain, pathway in humans.
Integrative Medicine–the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.
