At the Core Restore Physiotherapy and Better Health Clinic, we believe that true healing starts with understanding how your whole body works together. In our blog, we share insights on movement, recovery, and core health to help you feel stronger, more connected, and confident in your body’s natural ability to restore balance.
Hormone balance is an integrative process — for this reason assessment and treatment of hormones are integrative in nature. Hormone imbalance can be relatively simple or more complex. Human bodies are unique and have their own unique constitution; not everyone will manifest the same symptoms, or the same intensity and frequency of symptoms.
Read MoreIt's great exercise; however here are some things to help you stay healthy while shovelling. Choose a good shovel; one with a bent handle helps to reduce forces on your spine by reducing the amount of forward bending. It’s best to push the snow instead of lifting it.
Read MoreAnd why is that squat or lunge so difficult? In my practice, glute tests often reveal weakness and this key muscle group is the culprit for many problems. When we walk or run, our gluteal (buttocks) muscles help to keep our pelvis level and maintain alignment all the way down through the hip, knee and ankle.
Read MoreDo you have back pain? The problem could be in the front, not the back! It’s true, the abdominals can separate. The “6-pack” muscle (the rectus abdominis) is the outermost abdominal wall muscle. The rectus muscle separates in 100% of pregnant women. In 50% of women this muscle returns back to normal after pregnancy; in the other 50% it does not
Read MoreAs the neck bends forward pressure and weight increases on the cervical spine. Research from the National Library of Medicine has found a 30° neck bend increases disc pressure about 40 lbs. It increases to 49 lbs at a 45° bend, and climbs to 60 lbs at 60° bend. Using the phone a mere 50 times a day with an offending 45° neck bend produces a respectable 2,450 lbs of compressive force in one day.
Read MoreIs “I just peed a little” the new badge of honour among women that goes hand in hand with an honest, hearty laugh? Most women think it’s just part of crossing off another birthday. In fact, urinary incontinence (leakage of urine) is no laughing matter, and although common, is not normal for any healthy individual to experience.
Read MoreAre you weighed down by the “C”-word? Come in closer...do you have constipation? In Eastern medicine, there are several reasons why you may have constipation. In my practice, I often find that constipation can be related to fatigue! Indeed — your body needs energy to remove waste materials!
Read MoreAre you looking for something that can reduce your stress and increase your energy? How about enrich your sleep, improve your heart and bone health? The research is in; exercise does all that and more. In fact, just 30 minutes a day of exercise has enough impact that it can dramatically improve your health and increase your longevity.
Read MoreFeeling too embarrassed to discuss the pressure of something falling out of your vagina? Worried because your mother and your grandmother have told you about theirs? Considering a bladder suspension surgery? Keep reading.
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