Breathing Group Classes
Breathing Assessment & Treatment Group Classes for Physiotherapy Clients at Move Authentically Physiotherapy
with Christine Campbell, MScPT
4 Monday evenings, 6:30pm to 8pm, upstairs at KIHC
Chronic Symptoms? Let’s Fix Your Breathing
In many ways, your breathing pattern reflects your health status and health resiliency. It’s a gateway to your nervous system, cardiovascular system, and your body’s biological homeostatic mechanisms (how the body maintains balance). A Breathing Pattern Disorder can be subtle but extremely impactful: They show up in a variety of seemingly disparate symptoms and undermine many people’s attempts to heal chronic illness. Addressing Breathing Pattern Disorders is one very important way we can strengthen your entire body and help you heal.
Symptoms of a Breathing Pattern Disorder
People with a Breathing Pattern Disorder often experience a few of these symptoms:
Community is Medicine: Group medicine programs
By Dr Angela Hunt ND, MSCP
After a decade of 1:1 patient care, I have recently started a group medicine program for women going through menopause. After four months working with these women I have made some discoveries about the power of community and the need for it in our healthcare systems.
Isolation Is Harmful
Banana Oat Muffins (gluten-free, nut-free, with dairy-free and egg-free options)
These gluten-free muffins have become a family favourite. They freeze fairly well so can be popped into a school lunch quite easily. The oats give them more protein than your traditional flour-based muffin, and they’re fairly forgiving if you need to replace some of the ingredients with others you have on hand (see below).
Prep time: About 15 minutes. Cook time: About 20 minutes. Yield: 12 muffins.
New beginnings for Christine Campbell
Dear clients and friends,
After seven amazing years at Kingston Integrated Healthcare, I am moving my practice to 817 Blackburn Mew, in the West End of Kingston. Although it will be a different physical space, my intention is to provide the same great care you have come to know.
I am eternally grateful for Sonya and all that she has done to support me and my practice. Even during our serendipitous first meeting, I could feel how much she cared for KIHC, the practitioners and all of the clients. Sonya’s kindness and skillful leadership has allowed me to grow and flourish over the last 7 years. The KIHC team of practitioners and reception staff are truly remarkable! I will certainly miss seeing them on a regular basis, however it is time for me to make a physical move to further the growth of Move Authentically Physiotherapy (MAP).
There are many ways I intend to stay connected to KIHC and the wonderful team! I will continue to collaborate with the team members for all our mutual clients. I am also staying connected by being a member of the KIHC Advisory Team.
Finally and most importantly, I am grateful to all of you! I am so honoured to get to work with such incredible clients each and every day. As of January 1st, 2024 you can find me at 817 Blackburn Mews. Please feel free to stay up to date by visiting my website, signing up for my newsletter, and following me on Facebook.
Much love,
Christine
Cookie Dough Balls (“No-cook gluten-free protein balls”)
This protein ball recipe is adapted from the well-known plant-based food series “Oh She Glows” – in particular, Angela Liddon’s “Oh She Glows Every Day” cookbook… which will soon be available in our lending library! (Explore her Oh She Glows website for some excellent and inspiring plant-based recipes!)
Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: None! Equipment required: Blender or Food Processor (even the small Ninja-style blenders work well) Yield: About 12 little balls
Hip Hinge for Low Back Relief
While movement is imperative to sustainable health, how you move also matters. Our bodies are absolutely meant to move in so many different ways. As we age, it becomes vitally important to consciously use our joints and spine in ways that better fit their design. This helps prevent undue stress (wear and tear) and maximizes your ability to move well for a very long time.
Menopause Group Classes for Naturopathic Patients: October 2023
Menopause Group Classes for Naturopathic Patients at KIHC
with Dr. Angela Hunt ND
6 Thursday classes, each held once a month, beginning October 2023
Yoga at KIHC: Relief for Low Back Pain
Did you know that about 80% of people experience back pain at some point in their lives? If you have ever been there (or are there now), you’re definitely not alone.
But solely focusing on the back pain may not be the only or even best approach to relief. Low back pain is not only about your back. As everything in our bodies is interconnected, there is often another place you can put your attention without going right to that lower back pain point.
Are you sitting down while you are reading this?
Spiritual Changes During Menopause
Shamanic healers from around the world offer a different perspective of what it means for a woman to transition from a regular menstrual cycle and fertility, through to menopause. I asked our shamanic practitioner, Lisa Sabatini, to share her insight with us.
