How to Stay Regulated in a Dysregulated World
Winter: A Time to Regenerate and Reflect This past week the Pacific Northwest was hit was a big snowstorm. As the roads filled in with snow people retreated to their homes. Schools closed, classes were cancelled, and a quiet calm descended over the city. Walking Fynnie in the woods I was filled with this sense […]
How to Treat TMJ Pain and Headaches
TMJ – Temporomandibular Joint Pain The Symptoms of Jaw (TMJ) Pain I treat a lot of TMJ pain in the clinic. My patients report pain in the cheek bone area; they can’t open their mouth fully and they are getting headaches in the temporal area of their head. Some patients also report clicking or the […]
Fight, Flight or Freeze: How Trauma Shows Up
The Health Impacts of Living in a Dysregulated State We often hear the term fight flight freeze when talking about people who have experienced trauma. Simply put if you grew up in an environment where you experienced trauma: Parents who fought a lot/ divorce/separation Physical abuse or neglect Addiction, illnesses, homelessness, or […]
What’s Causing Your Insomnia and How to Treat It
Insomnia – What Causes it and How to Treat it Insomnia is something that really plagues a lot of people – all ages! I treat a lot of this in the clinic. And I know from the patients I treat, and my own experience is there are many different types of Insomnia. Causes of Insomnia […]
Is Your Diet Affecting Your Sleep?
This is the time of year when there is so much focus on food. We go from overindulging to deprivation. We eat then we want to get rid of it. But before you begins cleansing, I would like you to consider how diet affects your sleep. Ask yourself this: Does your body run on the […]
Acupuncture to Treat Pickleball Injuries
My Quadratus Lumborum I must admit I am new to the pickleball world. A tennis diehard, I was not an early adapter to this exploding sport. I was a sideline critic watching tennis court after tennis court succumb to pickleballers. Fast forward to February this year when my girlfriends were signing up for lessons and […]
Five Things ICBC Accident Victims Need To Know
Five things ICBC Accident Claimants Need To Know Regarding Their Recovery 1. If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident you automatically qualify for the following extended health treatments: 12 Acupuncture $120 for initial consultation & treatment $100 for follow up treatments 12 Massage 12 Physiotherapy 12 Kinesiology 12 Clinical counselling 2. You […]
From Victim to Free Agent — How to Break Free From Our Trauma
What We Need to Know to Free Ourselves From Trauma Everything Is Comprised of Energy Everything is comprised of energy. We measure our body’s energy in beats per minute, our food in calories and our emotional energy comes from our mood — happy, sad, anxious, depressed or indifferent. Our Thoughts Drive our Emotions There are […]
Hypothyroidism Is What Happens When We Don’t Speak Our Truth
“Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.” Albert Einstein Imagine swallowing all your anger, resentment or fear. These feelings are forms of energy. And the thing about energy as Einstein so brilliantly wrote – “Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed […]
Do Full Moons Make Anxiety Worse?
Did you know that your energy is at its peak during a full moon and at its lowest during a new moon? If you’ve ever had trouble sleeping the night before a full moon you’re not alone. People don’t realize their body’s energy is at its highest during a full moon. This rise in energy […]
