C-Section Massage Release: Techniques, Benefits, and Recovery Tips
Massage Therapy is the manipulation of the soft tissue and joints to help alleviate pain, enhance mobility and improve circulation to the area to optimize healing and regeneration. It plays a vital role in helping heal a C-section scar and is the first step used to promote circulation, ease tightness and prevent complications. Massage therapy techniques can be applied specifically to the C-section scar to help reduce adhesions that have formed post-surgery and can help mobilize the scar.
CranioSacral Therapy: A Case Study
My blog contribution this month is a case history, because it is a beautiful example of what is possible when we are willing to look beyond a western medical diagnosis, and to consider the whole person and their mental/emotional/spiritual history and patterns. For me personally, this is also a celebration of what is possible when someone is willing to be honest and accountable, to take responsibility for themselves and to fully commit to their own healing journey.
5 Surprising Things About Pregnancy & How a Perinatal Nutrition Expert Can Help
Are you thinking about having or preparing to have a child, recently got a positive test, or well on your journey to becoming a mom (first or consecutive time)? Regardless of where you are on your journey to motherhood, there is an overwhelming amount of emotions and information coming at you.
Red Light Therapy with Acupuncture; Combining Traditional Medicine with Cutting Edge Technology to Improve Skin Vitality and Reduce Pain.
Red Light Therapy, also known as photobiomodulation, is a non-invasive form of treatment that utilizes low-level red or near-infrared light to stimulate cellular function. It is commonly used to improve your skin’s appearance by reducing wrinkles, scars, redness, and acne.
Relief at Your Fingertips: Exploring Trigger Point Therapy for Headache Relief
What is Trigger Point Therapy?
It is the manipulation of soft tissues such as the muscle and surrounding fascia to help release overlapping muscle fibers that are causing a painful referral to another point(s) of the body.
What is Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD)?
The lymphatic system is a circulatory system made up of lymph vessels, which are much like blood vessels. The lymphatic system is responsible for maintaining an efficient immune function, fluid metabolism, and proper detoxification. It acts like a garbage disposal, helping your body filter out waste and bacteria.
Food for thought or Thoughts of food? - Navigating Emotional Eating
Hello! How are you today? Let me guess…… Good?... How about, Okay?
A simple response, not often a true reflection. Does this resonate?
How to Prevent Injuries with Physiotherapy
Most times we find ourselves attending physio following an injury, but taking a proactive approach can be incredibly beneficial for preventing injuries.
Naturopathic Support for Fertility & Conception
You’ve made the decision to grow your family. How exciting! Now what? For some, the process of getting and staying pregnant is relatively straightforward and low risk. For others, there are hurdles in the way that can be significantly challenging to your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
Demystifying Craniosacral Therapy and Energy Healing
Electromagnetic fields are one of 3 layers of interrelated levels of macromolecular energy-information relay systems in the human body. It’s the deepest layer of the energy body generated by the nervous system and functions in the service of awakening consciousness [1]. It holds all of the effects and distortions caused by the client’s own unique experiences, and is based on a blueprint of sorts that makes up the client’s own unique and authentic frequency.
Why Take My Kids to See an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner?
Most often, people begin their health journey when they have pain, suffer an injury or start to notice limitations in their bodies. But what if we addressed issues before they had time to settle into our bodies? What if we started to take care of ourselves right from the beginning…. as babies and children?
Putting Your Best Face Forward - Naturally
Happy New Year all - we survived 2022! For years now, masks have been an unwanted staple of our wardrobe. During that time, all manner of self-care routines were abandoned, as most of us had more pressing issues. Facial hair grew wild, blemishes went unchecked, and skin care felt overwhelming and unnecessary.
What is Frozen Shoulder & How Can Manual Therapy Help?
Frozen Shoulder (aka Adhesive Capsulitis) involves pain and stiffness in the shoulder joint. Signs and symptoms typically begin slowly and gradually get worse over time.