by Dr. Sheena Wu, ND & Dr. Sarah Bourret, ND Osteoarthritis is often confused with osteoporosis since often people have both. While osteoarthritis is a complex degenerative disease of a joint, hat causes joint pain and reduces joint mobility and function, osteoporosis is the loss of bone mass which causes risk of fractures. Despite [...]
by Dr. Sheena Wu, ND Headaches are one of the most common pain conditions, many normalized it as a part of life, where they simply need to endure and push through. For many, however, it can be very debilitating, greatly impacting one’s ability to daily function and the quality of life. There are several [...]
Did you know that trauma and emotional pain sit and can get stuck in different parts of the body? Not all of the pain in our bodies is related to muscle tension and body strain. Much of our unprocessed emotions get stuck in the body, and sometimes the only way to heal it is through [...]
Don’t Let Headaches Control Your Life Headache is a common pain we experience day to day, they come in all sizes and forms. Tension, cluster and migraine all affect us in one way or another, hampering our day or week. Factors such as postural imbalances, excess screen time, tight muscles and untreated head traumas impact [...]
Can Overtraining Make You Injury Prone? As active individuals we often forget to balance workdays with rest days. Performing repetitive actions daily can lead to prolonged soreness in our bodies. Overuse injuries caused by repeating movements affect the joints and muscles. Work related and sports based injuries affect our overall performance and make us injury [...]
Is a Sedentary Lifestyle Impacting Your Wellbeing? With the lockdown fatigue taking over our daily lives, homebound lifestyle is becoming the new norm. Social distancing to flatten the curve has shifted many of us from being active individuals to couch potatoes. Being sedentary places our body in a catatonic stage affecting our immune system and [...]
