Stretch Your Way to Better Health

10 Tips for Maintaining Your Good Health in 2023

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of the month? As we work our way through the often long and dreary month of January, we thought it would be a good time to review some goals for the year. Here are our top 10 chiropractor-approved resolutions to… Read More

Has Too Much Time at Your Desk Left You With Neck and Shoulder Pain?

If you’re stuck sitting at your desk for hours at a time this summer, you may find that the neck and shoulder pain you’re experiencing from your day job is affecting your extracurricular activities. In a previous post, we discussed how poor desk posture often increases your risk of developing… Read More

Try These Activities to Minimize Stress and Help Prevent Back Pain

It’s no secret that staying active is a great way to help keep your body and your spine healthy. In fact, going for a brisk 10-minute walk each day is enough to help improve your health and prevent conditions of the spine, joints and supporting structures of the body. There… Read More

Strengthen Your Core to Reduce Back Pain

Approximately 85% of Canadians can expect to experience low back pain at some point in their life. A large part of this is due to weak core muscles. What is the Core? The “core” consists of a group of muscles including abdominal, hip and back muscles that stabilize the spine,… Read More

Suffering from Lower Back Pain? Give Yoga a Try!

If you suffer from lower back pain, the relief you’ve been looking for may be a little farther than the medicine cabinet but as close as your local community centre or yoga studio. With so many of us spending an increasing amount of time hunched over a computer keyboard, it’s… Read More

Exercises to Help Manage Tennis Elbow and Golfer’s Elbow

With tennis courts and golf courses back open, it’s only a matter of time before you feel the effect that repetitive movements can have on your body. Repetitive strain or injury due to overuse is common in recreational sports. In fact, two of the most popular injuries are tennis elbow… Read More

Four Easy Stretches to Avoid Injury on the Golf Course

Golf courses are opening up again in Ontario and you’re excited to get back on the course. But don’t let your enthusiasm keep you from understanding the strain and effort required to play golf. To avoid injury, be sure to spend at least five minutes stretching before you start swinging!… Read More

How to Avoid Back Pain Over the Holidays

With exactly a month until Christmas Day, the countdown is on! ‘Tis the season for spending quality time with friends and family, sharing cherished traditions … and running around from store to store looking for the perfect gift. With all of the hustle and bustle, it’s also a popular time… Read More

Too Much Time at Your Desk? Try This Stretch to Combat Neck and Shoulder Pain

If you’re stuck sitting at your desk for hours at a time this summer, you may find that the neck and shoulder pain you’re experiencing from your day job is affecting your extracurricular activities. In our previous post, we discussed how poor desk posture often increases your risk of developing… Read More

8 Simple Stretches to Keep You in the Game Without Pain

Don’t let your eagerness to get to the first tee keep you from warming up before each game. Forgetting to warm up can cause unnecessary injuries and more time spent in the clubhouse than on the course. Take five minutes before you start to do these easy golf stretches so… Read More