As Christmas nears, there is a lot of excitement in the air. While images of winter sports, Christmas and beautiful snow keep us warm with cooler weather, many of us are working frantically to change seasons around the house. The interior décor changes, the lawn mowers get put away with the rakes and trimmers…and the […]
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Submitted In the month of August Smiths Falls hosted the fourth annual Canal Pursuit Defeat Depression and Mental Health Run. Communities across our region also hosted their own inaugural runs for mental health. Our chiropractic office had the pleasure of meeting and sponsoring Mr. Clay Williams, the master runner, and co-coordinator Bob Joynt. Clay is […]
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Natatia Gemmell Functional Performance Fitness Is the food you’re putting in your body hitting all the brain receptors leaving them ecstatic, but leaving you feeling bloated, lethargic and just overall terrible? This is what poor nutrition does. It makes your brain think very happy thoughts, but leaves your body with inflammation, constipation and headaches. Although […]
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Dr. Katie Weststrate, MScCH, ND. www.ahimsanaturopathic.com As the snow melts, our ditches come to reveal just how much garbage is made, and sadly dumped, into our environment on a daily basis. What isn’t so obvious are all of the other indoor and outdoor environmental toxins we are swimming in: invisible toxins in our air, water, […]
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Dr. Robert Rodine On Jan. 1 every year, gym memberships rise and sales at the health food store increase as people embark on a ‘new year-new you’ adventure. But not all resolutions are the syndicated weight loss or smoking cessation target. Sometimes, a resolution can be an experience rather than a destination. While some people will […]
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Submitted by Dr. Mark Czubak Every year our local coaches and schools educate our young people to hydrate themselves during the school day and in preparation for sporting events. After recently reading an article published by the Canadian Pediatric Society about its findings on the use of sport drinks and caffeine energy drinks as consumed […]
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Dr. Katie Weststrate, MScCH, RYT, ND For most of us, food, and the act of eating, serves many roles. Foremost, we rely on food to nourish our physical bodies, to provide the essentials for growth and function. Increasingly I see patients who have become distanced from this awareness. We take food for granted, eating solely […]
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Dr. Jennifer Keller, ND and Dr . Alex Keller, ND Hormones play an important role in women’s health. Healthy hormone balance can be the difference between surviving and thriving. Common symptoms of hormonal imbalance that we see are: Low energy Irregular menstrual cycles Low libido Acne Weight gain or difficulty losing weight Infertility Feelings of overwhelm […]
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Jane Hobson editorial@pdgmedia.ca “A big part of well being is to be able to function properly and do the activities you want to do,” says Dr. Jennifer Brazeau, who joined Restorative Health chiropractic clinic in Smiths Falls in January. “To me, having the option to move is at the base of general well-being.” Brazeau also […]
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Picture this: you are a hockey player and you have 1.5 weeks to be ready to play in a tournament. You are practicing hard and pull a groin muscle. Will you recover in time to play? Or, are you struggling with chronic pain in your wrists and hands that is hampering your everyday life and […]
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In my years of serving families in Smiths Falls as a chiropractor I developed an interest in neck and jaw problems that combine my experience as a chiropractor with a range of other skills, enabling me to help many very challenging patients, using a system called chirodontics. Chirodontics combines the diagnosis of chiropractic with concepts […]
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Dr. Katie Weststrate, MScCH, RYT, ND www.ahimsanaturopathic.com Roughly one quarter of all Canadians suffer each year with allergic rhinitis (AR), an inflammatory disease of the nasal mucous membranes caused by an overreaction of the immune system to a substance you’ve inhaled. When this happens, your immune system releases a substance called IgE, along with inflammatory […]
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Optimizing digestion is easy. Sadly, we’ve become disconnected from our digestive processes, which can lead to a variety of digestive concerns. The good news is, getting back on track only takes a few simple steps. 1.Rest and digest Before you can even start properly digesting food, your body needs to be in a relaxed state. […]
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Dr. Natalie Bernicky People often ask me “why would a baby need a chiropractor?” An infant is only able to communicate by crying, so it is up to the parents to interpret and respond compassionately to their distress. The most common reasons parents’ bring their baby or young child in for care are difficulty with […]
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Dr. Jenn Keller ND & Dr. Alex Keller ND As the days get colder and winter’s impending doom settles in, cold and flu season starts wreaking havoc on family health. There are many ways to prevent catching whatever nasty bugs are going around, but sometimes we just can’t escape them. When that time comes, it’s […]
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Evening strolls through Victoria Park often lead to a large stone adorned with a bronze marker laid in 1923. The marker reads “This swimming pool erected by the corporation and citizens of Smiths Falls under the auspices of the Rotary Club”. Antique postcards featuring beautiful images of the Rotary Pool are relatively common. An old […]
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The adolescent stage is between 13-19 years of age. They are filled with untapped potential, but the teenage years are often not seen as positive. It’s the stage of life where we are fraught with insecurity and self-doubt. The stage where we make mountains out of molehills. We sit around feeling isolated, lonely, and believing […]
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Agnes woke up in pitch black darkness—she was shivering uncontrollably and drenched in sweat. By morning she was coughing to the point of choking. The 60-year-old could no longer ignore the inevitable. Agnes picked up the telephone receiver and cranked the handle. “Operator, it’s Agnes Lamb, please connect me with 114,” she requested. This was […]
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On February 24th, 2023, the doors of The Tipped Ship on Main Street in Elgin will open to the public following a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 am. All are welcome. In 1893, John R. Dargavel built and opened a general store on the main corner of Elgin. 130 years later, The Tipped Ship opens […]
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