Author: KIHC

Heart Attack: The Energetic Science Component

~ Carol Belanger, BA, RM

Heart attacks involve interruption of the blood supply to or through the heart causing a shortage of oxygen supply and damage to heart muscle tissue. Symptoms of heart attacks can include chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and anxiety. Symptoms sometimes occur over a period of time that are not noticed or ignored, resulting in later stage diagnosis.

From an energetic science standpoint, the client is often not grounded. Signs of not being grounded can include cold extremities, hyper or excitable personality characteristics, blood pressure irregularities, smaller lower body to larger upper body proportions, etc. A lack of grounding results in an individual feeling unstable, ‘not quite right’, and also a lack of balanced energy level. We need a full spectrum range of electromagnetic frequencies in the body for good health. The individual’s chest may be collapsed or flooded with energy causing imbalances in the rest of the body. Typically the heart vulnerable individual is used to using a forcing current or control that is relied upon to get things done without the ability to centre focus or intention with ease. Thus ‘dis-ease’ results and in this case weakens the heart and supporting structures.

Healing Science work supports individuals to work towards

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Are you looking for love in the right places?

Monday, June 25, 2012
6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Kingston Integrated Healthcare
$40 includes all materials and refreshments
Facilitated by Kathleen Pratt, MSW, RSW
Facilitator of “Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends”

Are you single and looking for a long-term relationship? Attend this workshop and improve your chances of finding lasting love. Build confidence with tools and knowledge to avoid common mistakes in relationships. Learn how to recognize signs of potential problems and evaluate whether a new relationship is worth investing in. Enter into new relationships with your eyes wide open!

A pdf version of the workshop poster is available here:singles-workshop-june-25-2012.pdf.

Please contact KIHC by telephone (613.547.5442) or email (kihc@kihc.ca) to register. Last day to register is Friday June 22nd before close, at 3pm. A refund of $20 (50% of the fee) will be given with less than 24 hours notice of cancellation. Please complete and submit your Participant Registration form, which is available at reception or by download here: singles-workshop-participant-registration.pdf.

For more information about the workshop, please contact Kathleen Pratt, at rebuildinginkingston@yahoo.ca.

Open House Success!

Thank you for making our open house such an outstanding success! And congratulations to our draw prize winners, Holly Mitchell, Diana Reyers, and Elaine Koshowski!

If you missed our event and are still hoping to meet some of our practitioners one-on-one, please give us a call to schedule a complimentary 15-minute introductory appointment.

Health in Balance

Too Much Energy (hyper, jittery)? Too Little Energy (tired, stressed, depressed)?

Find out what is involved in balancing your body’s energy system and overall health. Learn simple but effective movements you can do anywhere without any equipment, even in small spaces (like the office!) Gain a physiological
understanding of the body and how it works to regulate our energy balance and how we undermine/ignore/or don’t know how to listen to it – and how to get that back!

Carol Belanger, BA, RM & Dr. Christina Vlahopoulos, ND
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
7:05-8:15pm
Cost $20

Take advantage of the upcoming season to put some new habits into place towards a more healthy you! Now is the time with the season change to gain some new ideas to incorporate. Spring brings better weather, more sunshine and a different work environment – there’s more spring in our step. You will work towards a healthier, happier, more energetic and more relaxed lifestyle.

A healthy weight and a healthy energy level are related. If we use this to our advantage, we can begin to make changes that will last all summer into fall. We’ll feel more energized and enjoy our summer more. Here is some information, movements and techniques to get you on your way.

Lyme Disease in Kingston

Please download this pdf we’ve created about Lyme disease symptoms, testing, and treatment options: Lyme Disease in Kingston

You can view our entire Lyme Disease in Kingston online e-newsletter, here.

~ Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND

Understanding tick-borne diseases is not usually on our summer priority list, but times are changing. Ticks infected with Lyme disease-causing bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) are present in Kingston and pose a risk for contraction of serious chronic illness. The Chief Medical Officer of Health in Ontario acknowledges that Lyme disease cases and the number of black-legged ticks that carry the illness are increasing. The illness cannot be diagnosed with lab testing alone and since symptoms vary widely between people, acquiring proper medical help can be difficult. Consequently, prevention and early treatment even before symptoms appear, is critical.

Ticks in Ontario that carry infections are usually reddish brown, 3 to 5mm small, live in wooded areas, and are active from early Spring to late Fall. Infected ticks may transmit bacteria to people through a bite, though most people exposed to these bacteria never contract a disease. Please see below for our Prevention Guidelines for more information on detecting and treating tick bites.

Many of the symptoms health practitioners are taught to look for, such as a non-itchy “bulls-eye” rash, may actually only occur in less than 50% of people with Lyme disease. The high variability of symptoms mimics many other diseases, including Multiple Sclerosis, Bipolar disorder, arthritis, and Fibromyalgia. The great variability may be explained by the bug’s suppression of the immune system, which allows inflammation or other chronic infections to attack the body according to the person’s individual genetic, lifestyle, and environmental exposure history. This change in immune function may also be why people with Lyme disease often develop additional chronic illnesses, including depression, thyroid conditions, and possibly Alzheimer’s or Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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Food Allergy Testing

Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND

Some of you may have viewed a CBC television report discussing food allergy testing, including IgG food intolerance testing that many NDs and other licensed health professionals use to gain insight into the body’s immune system responses. This piece may have generated more questions than answers, and we’d like to offer our patients some clarification.

Though we agree with most statements made by the medical professionals interviewed by CBC television and radio reporters, it’s important to understand exactly what these professionals were carefully acknowledging, as the language used can be a bit tricky. Following are some of the concerns identified in the broadcast, and our clarifications:

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Science of Detoxification

Please view our entire April e-newsletter, here.

~ Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND

Environmental contaminants are a significant contributing factor to chronic disease and pain. Science repeatedly links toxins to chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, infertility, and cancer. Recent research also clearly links some environmental contaminants with obesity and difficulty losing weight. Though we may regularly choose to reduce our chemical exposure by eating organic food and using safer household cleaners, exposure in today’s world is unavoidable and it’s up to our bodies to successfully detoxify and eliminate these common chemicals. Is your body doing this as efficiently as possible?

Our body is in a constant state of detoxifying and eliminating the wastes it generates through normal metabolic processes. This is a highly evolved and complicated series of chemical reactions that require participation by nearly all body organs. These chemical reactions rely extensively on numerous vitamins and minerals called “cofactors”, such as magnesium, pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (active vitamin B6), and 5MTHF (active folate). When we’re deficient in a cofactor we risk slowing down detoxification pathways, including pathways that are critical for survival. This state has been implicated in many well researched theories of chronic disease, in which the body steals essential nutrients from less vital body processes in order to survive. The consequences of the body’s wise compensation are what we call “symptoms” of various illnesses, including possibly of diabetes, heart disease, mental illness, eczema, and asthma.

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Doing our Part: Making Healthcare Sustainable

Please click here to view our entire March e-newsletter.

Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND

Healthcare in Ontario is financially unsustainable. We spend 43% of our provincial budget on healthcare and economists estimate that in less than 20 years we’ll require an impossible budget of 80% to accommodate our sick population. A significant portion of this budget is consumed by the 80% of adult Ontarians who have a chronic illness, such as heart disease and diabetes. Science has established beyond a doubt that most chronic disease is preventable and often reversible. We have to be smarter about chronic illness if our publically-funded healthcare system is to survive.

One of my favourite quotes is from the philosopher Wendell Berry: “The idea that we live in something called “The Environment” is utterly preposterous… The world that environs us, that is around us, is also within us. We are made of it; We eat, drink, and breathe it”. The idea that humans exist separate from our surroundings is a cultural phenomenon that underestimates the impact of environment on health. This misconception contributes significantly to our current healthcare crisis and is a driving force behind Integrative Medicine,

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Mindful Photography

Saturday April 21/12 from 10-4, at Kingston Integrated Healthcare
Instructors: Kaye-Lee Pantony and Robin Westphal
Cost: $79 for the full day, includes light lunch.

Discover the healing power of stillness. This course is designed to help you become aware of the difference between your inner chatter and internal stillness Through some guided reflective exercises and photography instruction we will begin to see the differences between these two states of mind. Moving ourselves to an inner state of stillness we will use our cameras to “see” what this looks like. We will learn how to choose between these different states of mind and how this can have a positive impact on our over all well being.

For more information on the workshop please visit Kaye-Lee’s website, here, or email Kaye-Lee at kpantony@cogeco.ca.

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We respectfully acknowledge that Kingston Integrated Healthcare is situated on ancestral Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. Since time immemorial they have cared for these lands and waters, and we are grateful. We recognize that a healthy environment is essential to the wellbeing of all people and all life.


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