What do you do when your anti-inflammatories don’t take care of your shoulder pain? Often, a diagnosis such as “tendonitis” is the source of your symptoms however it is rarely the cause. So if your shoulder pain returns when going off the meds, possibly looking at muscle imbalances around your shoulder blade or your overall mid-back mobility might be the key to getting your rotator cuff tendons to be less inflamed. With our patients, we often use the analogy of brand new tires on your vehicle. If you don’t get the wheel alignment checked, you will always wear out the front left tire. Our Physiotherapist, Athletic Therapist and Sport Medicine Doctor will help address your alignment so you don’t wear out your front left wheel!

South Sherbrook Therapy
www.southsherbrook.com

YES, everyone has a slice of genius! There is a problem attached to it! Your slice of genius does not fit in with the status quo. Your slice of genius does not fit in with social norms and expectations. Your slice of genius does not fit in with the opinions of most if not all your family and friends. Your slice of genius is a slice from a different pie! It’s yours! You own it! You can do with it what you want. A slice is like a wedge. You can use your slice of genius as a wedge that wedges The DOOR of OPPORTUNITY open so you can jump into your world of GREATNESS. You can also show and share your slice of genius with people who don’t understand and they will devour it nibble by nibble as they try to fit you INTO their mold, their perception of the world and confined by their limiting beliefs. So what’s it going to be? What are you going to do with your slice? Do you know what your slice is? If not, do you have a strategy to discover it? The QUALITY of your life is determined by what you do with your slice. As the saying goes – “Life’s a slice!”

Rachel Silva
Quality Living Network

Chlorine is essentially bleach. And what comes out of most municipally delivered faucets is quite actually, a mild bleach solution. Is it healthy to drink bleach? Does your body require any certain amount of chlorine to remain healthy? Feel free to consult a physician on that somewhat rhetorical question.

The contamination of water is directly related to the degree of contamination of our environment. Rainwater flushes airborne pollution from the skies, and then washes over the land before running into the, rivers, aquifers, and lakes that supply our drinking water. Liquid chlorine is mixed into drinking water and swimming pools to destroy bacteria. The good news is, you don’t have to drink it anymore. The most practical and efficient method for removing chlorine, chlorine by-products, and taste and odor problems, is to filter it with granular activated carbon (GAC) or other suitable chemical-removing filter media, such as KDF.

www.bluebisonwater.com

Whether it be playing hockey or watching our Jets for hours on the couch; the typical ‘hockey back pain’ is usually a hip flexor muscle strain; the infamous, anatomical, Psoas muscle group. (Pronounced: So-as). The Psoas is a hip flexor located deep in the lower abdomen/pelvis attaching the femur to the pelvis and lumbar spine. The lumbosacral nerve plexus runs through it. Prolonged sitting, repetitive flexed or bent over activity, and a lack of exercise can shorten the Psoas. When we stand after sitting for a while, the shortened Psoas pulls the lumbar spine forward into increased lordosis or that inward curve. A stiff, achy or painful low back & sciatic pain is often a result. Slow and purposeful stretching by the dynamic lunge can help, but know your Biomechanics at work, home and play.

Concourse Physiotherapy
www.yourphysio.com