Over time, skin ages and loses its youthful appearance. Wrinkles appear around the eyes, fine lines bloom around the lips, and age spots surface on the hands. While some of these factors are natural and unavoidable, many of them are a result of cumulative exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Photo-aging is the superimposition of photo damage on intrinsically aged skin … [Read more...]
The Webster Technique: Pre-natal Chiropractic Care
A woman’s body needs special care during pregnancy. A change in a vertebral or cranial bone function and position can create imbalance to the surrounding muscles, ligaments and nerves. The body’s ability to communicate and function correctly decreases. Natural processes like child birth can then become harder than necessary and not as smooth sailing as we would like it to … [Read more...]
Vulvodynia: A Chronic Pain Syndrome
The term "vulvodynia" refers to "vulvar pain", surfacing around the urethra and at the top of the legs and inner thighs, either intermittent or constant. It is a condition from which 15% of women suffer and is found in women who are younger to middle-aged. It occurs as a result of problems with the nerve fibers in that area, and it does not manifest itself visually. … [Read more...]
How Safe Is Sex During Pregnancy?
Sex in pregnancy is generally safe, with few complications, states a new primer for physicians to counsel patients wondering about sex in pregnancy, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal, Feb, 2011). The primer is based on current evidence. During pregnancy, a woman's hormonal and mental make-up undergoes a dramatic change. She becomes emotional and … [Read more...]
Breathing For Labor And for Life
Learning to breathe differently may sound difficult, but in fact, certain breathing techniques can become second nature, given time and practice. In order to learn therapeutic ways of breathing, however, we have to become aware of what we are doing. When you breathe, you take air into your lungs. The oxygen in the air passes through the walls of the lungs and into the … [Read more...]
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