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OCA
Oct 25, 20170 min read
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Chiropractor and Canadian beach volleyball Olympian Josh Binstock draws parallels between spiking ba
Northwoods Health Centre
Oct 9, 20160 min read
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9 Simple Ways to Love Yourself
~ 3 min read “Instead of mercilessly judging and criticizing yourself for various inadequacies or shortcomings, self-compassion means you...
By Sharon Martin, LCSW
Oct 9, 20163 min read
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SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF STRETCHING?
Stretching is a simple and effective activity that helps to enhance athletic performance, decrease the likelihood of injury, and minimize...
Author Judith Winer
Jun 17, 20162 min read
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Building Your Core, So Your Back’s Not Sore
As warmer weather approaches, golfers can’t wait to step foot on the course. But twisted postures, the torque of the swing and a weak...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 12, 20162 min read
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Sugar Addiction
Sugar Addiction Imagine making a nearly life-size sculpture of yourself out of sugar cubes and consuming it over the next 365 days. That...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20166 min read
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Physical Benefits of Sports Massage
Sports massage is an effective method of after exercise recovery. If you are challenging yourself on a regular basis in your workouts,...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20162 min read
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Mind-Body Connections: How the Physical Body Is Affected By Stress
There is much talk in the news about the mind-body connection, specifically about how our emotions impact our physical health. This...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20164 min read
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The brain diet: Eating the right foods can improve your memory, lift your mood and help you concentr
Junk food is as addictive as heroin, it was reported recently. It seems fatty and sugary snacks trigger the same pleasure centres in the...
RITA CARTER FOR MAILONLINE
Apr 10, 20165 min read
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Breathing and its connection to stress
Breathing is something we all do, our entire lives, and something to which we rarely pay much attention. Focusing on breathing is one of...
Leslie DeMatteo, LMT, MS
Apr 10, 20163 min read
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A controversial treatment shows promise, especially for victims of trauma.
It’s straight out of a cartoon about hypnosis: A black-cloaked charlatan swings a pendulum in front of a patient, who dutifully watches...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20163 min read
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Why Rest is Critical After A Concussion
Doctors who order several days of rest after a person suffers a concussion are giving sound advice, say researchers, and new data from...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20162 min read
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The wonder drug that could save your life... and best of all, it’s free
If your doctor offered you a new drug that cut your risk of death from heart disease, cancer or other disease by 30 per cent, you didn’t...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20163 min read
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Researchers urge caution on wearable health devices
Wearable devices to monitor health are not always reliable or secure according to research. The market for digital devices like...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20162 min read
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Don't use body mass index to determine whether people are healthy, UCLA-led study says
BMI incorrectly categorizes millions of 'obese' people as unhealthy, according to research University of California - Los Angeles Over...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20163 min read
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Isn’t stress just part of any job?
Stress is a normal part of any life, and any job. Stress can be positive or negative, and how people react to various stressors is highly...
Mental Health Works
Apr 10, 20162 min read
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Supporting an employee’s return to work
The Fundamentals Ask your employee what they need Set benchmarks Lead by example The fundamentals Three fundamentals must be in place for...
Mental Health Works
Apr 10, 20164 min read
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Intensive exercise with intervals “more effective”
Short bursts of intensive exercise provide a more “time-efficient” and realistic way of preventing, delaying and managing Type 2 diabetes...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20162 min read
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Eating breakfast could help obese people get more active
Eating breakfast causes obese people to be more active, according to the latest research published from researchers at the University of...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20163 min read
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Consider natural health care for headache treatment
Physical or psychological stress affect people differently, some get colds, some digestive upsets, and a great number are prone to...
Northwoods Health Centre
Apr 10, 20165 min read
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