Ergonomic Tips for Working from Home With more individuals working from home than ever due to ongoing quarantine measures, our bodies may be taking a toll from working at makeshift home office setups. The main culprits being low back pain; other musculoskeletal aches and pains; headaches and migraines; as well as eyestrain and [...]
Concussions - What You Need to Know Today we are talking about a specific type of brain injury that is becoming more common place – concussions. Whether due to increased prevalence or becoming better at recognizing them, concussions rates are on the rise. It’s important to become more aware of what they are, [...]
PoNS Treatment - Who, What, Why, Where, When The landscape of neurological rehabilitation techniques is wide and varied, with many methods and technologies available for use. One of the newest and most promising technologies on the market is the Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator, or PoNS unit and protocol presented by Helius Medical Technologies. This [...]
Everything Chronic Pain Pain is a subjective sensory and emotional experience that occurs in the brain, typically caused by actual or potential tissue injury. Although it may be ‘all in our head’, it is a very real sensation that our body experiences. These signals are our nervous system’s way of warning us of [...]
Multiple Sclerosis - A Primer Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive neurological disorder that affects 1 in every 385 Canadians. In fact, Canada has one of the highest rates of MS in the world. Based on the 2014-2015 data reported by the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System, it is estimated that over 77,000 [...]
Your Brain on Meditation By now we all know that mindfulness meditation is good for us, but just how good is it? Well, studies that include brain scans show that with regular practice, meditation can actually change the physical structure of our brains for the better. How exactly is this possible, and why [...]
Neuroplasticity 101 “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” How many times have we heard this idiom? Actually, YOU CAN! Our brain is the most complex and dynamic organ in our body. And unfortunately, one that is often underestimated. Within the approximately 3-pound organ in your head lies billions of neurons and pathways responsible for the [...]