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The Breath of Life
Yesterday, I was out skating on a local pond with my kids. We went afterschool, it was 5-6 degrees and the sun was out (don’t worry, the ice was still thick!). With the girls skating and giggling away, my wife and I were soaking up the beautiful scenery, I mean, it was awesome! We later asked the kids where they preferred to skate, the arena, or the pond? They both squealed “The Pond!!” When I asked them why, they explained matter of factly, “This way we get fresh air Daddy.” Great. These girls are 4...
read morePost Workout Nutrition
Last post I wrote about what you can do physically to recover from a big exercise session. This post I’m writing about what you should eat after a workout. Whether it be a endurance training session, weight training session or even a walk, you need to replenish the energy stores that were used for whatever activity you were doing. Specifically, you’ll need some protein to deal with the increased protein breakdown in the body, and you’ll need some carbohydrates to replace those lost glycogen stores. When you do this, you...
read more“Ouch, I am beat up from a workout-I don’t want to move!” How to Recover from Exercise
Incredibly, I am hearing the preceding statement more and more from patients. I consider it incredible as earlier this year the CBC claimed that we are as a nation, less active, less fit, and more obese than ever before. Ironically, being beat up from a workout is a good thing! It means that we are moving, exercising, pushing our bodies. The health benefits of exercise are numerous and beyond the point of this article, the focus of today’s post instead is, “I worked out yesterday, now I can’t move!” I wrote...
read moreAgeing is Awesome!
While I generally like to consider myself an upbeat person, I have to admit, there have been a couple of times over the past couple months where I thought myself of as, er… well…..old. See back in september I celebrated my fortieth birthday, and I now seem to able to locate more grey hair, while finding less hair overall. Yet at the same time, I also celebrated a couple of achievements recently. I set all-time personal bests in both the Squat and Bench press last week! I was pretty pumped! I mean personal bests at the age of forty!...
read moreHurt vs. Harm part 1
This morning I had an interesting discussion with a patient with regards to weight training, exercising and the discomforts that often come with it. The challenge with this is understanding the difference between hurt and harm. “I mean-it hurts after a workout! That can’t be good can it?” Understand this- It is normal to experience this pain or hurt after a workout. This pain is referred to as DOMS or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. DOMS often comes 24-48 hrs after a training session and is thought to arise from an...
read moreThe Best Core Exercises? How about the Safest?
I often get asked what are the best exercise for the core. While there are many different exercises for the core, some can actually be harmful! Some common exercises load up the lumbar spine- stressing the discs which can lead to injury. And, as the hippocratic oath states: “Above all else do no harm”, the question becomes not what are the best, but what are the safest? So for the best (read safest) exercises for the core, I thought I would defer to the world’s leader in lumbar spine biomechanics, who hails from the...
read moreSidney Crosby’s Comeback
So after 10 months of being on the shelf with the lingering effects of a concussion, it appears that Sidney Crosby, the poster child of the NHL is set to make his return this friday. When he hit a plateau in his recovery with his team of doctors, he decided to try a different approach; going to the see a chiropractor. Featured in the front cover of this weeks’ MACLEANS magazine, is Sidney Crosby and his comeback orchestrated by Canadian chiropractor Ted Carrick. Check this out. Its a huge story. Chiropractic works. Simply put....
read moreWhat are you doing to protect yourself for the upcoming cold and flu season?
Or are you simply hoping for the best? 6 simple Tips to avoid a cold and flu this season 1. Get adjusted regularly. Consider this: In the 1918 flu epidemic, chiropractors had incredible results dealing with the epidemic: MEDICAL TREATMENT = 950 dead per 10,000 CHIROPRACTIC CARE = 25 deaths per 10,000 These numbers are backed by facts collected in New York City. In the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, 950 people died out of every 10,000 cases medically treated, while in the same epidemic patients using natural methods which included chiropractic...
read moreMY First Post
Hey, Dr. Greg here. I’m really excited and nervous as I take a big step into the world of blogging. We just completely overhauled our website – WHY? I wanted a more powerful way to communicate to patients through one of the most effective mediums: VIDEO. Throughout the site you will see plenty of different videos on health, from mini-teachings to how-to instructional. This is all in an effort to convey the message of a healthy lifestyle to you – our patients. Go to the videos tab on the top menu for...
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