Sometimes when I ask patients that are lying on the table what they’re noticing, they will tell me, “well, I’m trying to relax”. They tend to say this in a way that tells me that they think “relaxing” is what they’re supposed to do on the table; that that’s the outcome that we’re looking for. After all, if they could …
Years ago I was going through a rough patch. My 14 year marriage was dissolving and I felt like my world was falling apart. I remember going for my regular Neuro-Structural appointment feeling like crap, disillusioned and sad. Afterwards I couldn’t believe how different I felt. I had done a complete 180. I felt elated, clear and vibrant. I just …
Remember when doctors used to smoke in their offices? Well now they don’t because now we know better. As health care progresses, more focus is being put on lifestyle as a major component of health. The most commonly diagnosed diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke, diabetes and respiratory illnesses can all be shown to be greatly affected by …
How can such a gentle touch do anything? This is probably the most asked question that I get, or at least it very often crosses people’s minds. Since I’ve been practicing now for over 20 years, I forget that this isn’t a matter of fact for everyone. In order to know what it needs to do, the body continually assesses …
The other day Karen was in the office for her regular visit. She told me that she had been increasingly noticing tension in her hips. I told her that that was good and she asked: “Is it good that I have tension in my hips or that I’m noticing the tension more?” We laughed and I replied: “Of course it’s …
What do you accept about yourself? What do you obsess about when it comes to how you see yourself? I sometimes hear patients saying things like: “I’m a worrier, my mother is a worrier and her mother was a worrier” or “I don’t want to rock the boat, I don’t like confrontation”. It’s funny how we justify our beliefs and …
Happy Thanksgiving! Love and blessings to you and your loved ones. I feel incredibly grateful to know you, to be able to work with you and to have your trust and support. I am also feeling grateful for the growing numbers of doctors and scientists who are courageously proposing a different vision for the world’s current social and health crisis. …
Something here doesn’t feel right to me. It seems to me that the baby has been thrown out with the bath water. Or maybe we have collectively lost our common sense. Based on a 2019 report by Public Health Ontario and the College of Chiropractors of Ontario, in 2015 almost 75% of deaths in Ontario were from chronic disease, namely …
This is what a practice member told me recently during one of her sessions. She was referring to feeling like her body wanted to move and it felt like the movement wasn’t under her control. This feeling is fairly common during NeuroStructural Optimization sessions. It can be weird at first to feel your body moving independent of your thoughts. She …
I’m pretty sure everyone knows someone who always has something to say and either doesn’t respect boundaries or feels that they have a right to comment or criticize. The other day a patient came in and was asking me what could she say to her sister in order for her sister to stop criticizing her at every turn. The stress …
