Join Our Healthcare Team!
These days, when uncertainty and change define our practice, it’s important that healthcare providers work together and offer each other a supportive environment. Our team is working hard to accommodate our patient load, but we need help! We’re waiting for the right regulated health p…
COVID-19 and your Immune System
How Much Pressure is your Immune System Under Right Now? With back-to-school upon us and the threat of another COVID-19 wave, I’m seeing many people perusing the internet for supplements and vitamins guaranteed to boost their immune system and keep them safe… All the while knowing that nothing is…
Dr. Marianne is moving!
Sadly, we are saying goodbye to Dr. Marianne this month from our KIHC team. Recently she has been offered the opportunity to develop a writing mentorship program in conjunction with the Canadian ND Association (CAND) for early career NDs, and an increased management role with the CAND Vital Link …
Address Stress by Changing your Internal Physiology
True or False: In healthy people, the heart rate should be stable and consistent, like a metronome. This couldn’t be further from the truth, actually. High variability between heart beats (known as Heart Rate Variability, or HRV), in which the heart rate speeds up and slows down in each br…
Plantar Fasciitis: At-Home Tests and Exercises
One of the positives of the pandemic experienced by some people, is increased physical activity! However, when we start a new activity or if we increase the duration/speed/volume of an activity too quickly, the risk of injury goes up. This includes the inflammatory and painful condition of the fo…
What’s the Best Time of Day to Take Pain Medication?
For acute pain, such as from injuries or after surgery, the answer seems simple: Take pain meds when you have pain! But if you knew that this strategy could prolong your healing by a few days or weeks, would you do it?
We’re opening… Welcome back!
It’s happening! Regulated health professionals have been given the green light for slowly reinstating in-person appointments.
How to Set Up an Ergonomic Home Workspace
As many of us have transitioned to working from home, I thought this would be a great opportunity to discuss how to set up an ergonomic office or workspace. Having a great set-up can prevent injuries, such as neck strain, carpal tunnel and repetitive strain injuries, from occurring a few weeks do…
Online Counselling Support
Greetings from the East Coast! As I write this letter to my old friends and colleagues at KIHC in early May, this marks my 1.5-year anniversary here in Nova Scotia. A lot has happened during this time. While continuing to provide remote counselling sessions for some of my old KIHC clients, I’ve e…
Natural Toothpaste Recipes
My recent National Geographic issue suggests that 1 billion toothbrushes are discarded each year in the US. Because plastic takes so long to degrade, it means that every toothbrush discarded since the 1930s is still out there, somewhere. The same likely goes for plastic tubes of toothpaste. Given…
