Is It A Lyme Disease Rash?
I’ve received a lot of calls lately from panicked patients with a tick bite and a rash at the bite site. Their question: Is this a Lyme Disease rash and do I need to go get antibiotics?
COVID-19 Policies May & June 2022
You may have heard that healthcare facilities in Ontario are required to continue masking policies until at least June 11th. This mandate reflects our responsibility to our vulnerable patients and helps to ensure our ability to continue supporting our community throughout this current wave of COVID-19 infection.
Our other policies have not changed:
Best Water Filters
Many of us are already aware that even mild chronic dehydration contributes to fatigue, brain fog, headaches, constipation, insomnia, and many more health challenges! Quantity matters.
You may also be aware of the “extra organ” in your body called a microbiome that’s comprised of billions of bacteria, trillions of viruses, and which keeps you alive.[i] It exists predominantly in your digestive tract, and it eats and drinks what you eat and drink. Unsurprisingly then, the quality of our drinking water significantly influences the health of our microbiome, with profound implications for our overall health. (The chlorine in our city water is not selective for just “bad” bacteria.)
Post-Viral Fatigue, “Long-haulers”, and Acupuncture
Respiratory viruses don’t cause chronic fatigue. Or at least that was the prevailing conventional wisdom before this pandemic and subsequent research that identifies somewhere between 10 and 60% of people with lingering symptoms 6 or more months following COVID-19 infection. We call this “Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2” (PASC). For the millions of people diagnosed with “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”, “Fibromyalgia”, or even “Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome” (POTS) – all of unknown cause – the mainstream recognition of post-viral causes of fatigue might be accompanied by a sense of relief and hope: “Is this the cause of my symptoms too?”
Lyme Disease: Defining the Controversy, Part II
If you’re concerned that chronic Lyme disease might explain your health concerns, then perhaps this story will sound familiar to you:
COVID-19 Policies March & April 2022
Public health measures are changing quickly and so are some of our KIHC COVID-19 policies. Our policies reflect our position as a healthcare facility and our responsibilities to more vulnerable patients. They are different than those implemented in public places by the Ontario government.
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding as we work to maintain a safe and welcoming space for everyone here.
Family Constellations: When disease turns up in service to love
Upcoming family constellations workshops, with Sarah Knight, open to beginners. Next One: March 20th, 6-8:30 pm. For more information visit https://www.humhealing.com/workshops–training.html or contact Sarah directly, [email protected].
When disease turns up in service to love
The work of Family Constellations is all about making visible the invisible forces that drive the behaviours, beliefs, symptoms, and patterns that seem to thwart us in our efforts to live a good life.
One of the foundational views of this work is that when seen as part of the whole all of that which binds us to suffering and unwellness suddenly makes sense. So much of what we try to push away or to “fix” has really just turned up in service to highlighting the places where love stopped flowing in our family system, that is where trauma is held, where events remain unresolved, or where someone was excluded. When what lays beneath all of our seeming dysfunction is able to be really seen then the whole system can heave a sigh of relief and the energetic release can be palpably felt.
Your Health Hinges on your Nervous System
These days it seems everyone has elevated stress levels. Most of us don’t realize just how much that affects our health and wellbeing. Our nervous system acts as an information superhighway, delivering messages throughout our body regarding stress management. From a Shamanic Healing perspective, this is how and why it matters:
The Optimism Test
Can you prevent depression and anxiety? The research says that yes, sometimes you can! By practicing the skill of optimism.
How we think about bad events, matters. Many healthy people and critical thinkers unknowingly tend toward pessimistic thinking and this is a known risk factor for depression. Further, cultivating the skill of optimism is protective against depression. Are you naturally a more optimistic or pessimistic thinker?
This optimism test, provided by Dr. Marty Seligman, a Positive Psychology researcher and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is a good place to start! (Visit their website for more optimism tests and authentic happiness questionnaires.)
“A pessimist sees the difficultly in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill
COVID-19 KIHC Updates January 2022
Thank you for working with us to adapt to these ever-evolving pandemic conditions! Please find some of our COVID-related curb-side pick-up and appointment changes, below:
