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Easing Your Plantar Fasciitis Pain
Easing Your Plantar Fasciitis Pain

Easing Your Plantar Fasciitis Pain

OCA Admin2025-05-05T17:37:57-04:00

Plantar fasciitis is a foot condition that can disrupt many aspects of your life including regular activities, sleep and mental health. That’s why it’s important to treat plantar fasciitis as soon as possible. Let’s look at what plantar fasciitis means, how a chiropractor can help, and how you can manage plantar fasciitis pain at home. What is plantar fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the plantar fascia, a thick band of tissue that runs across...

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The Power of Proper Nutrition
The Power of Proper Nutrition

The Power of Proper Nutrition

OCA Admin2025-04-01T12:58:38-04:00

Dr. Theresa Lisk emphasizes the power of proper nutrition. Whether it’s staying committed to your exercise goals, keeping a consistent sleep schedule or tracking your daily calories, maintaining optimal health and wellness requires commitment to many health-focused disciplines. OCA member Dr. Theresa Lisk, an Oshawa-based chiropractor and the owner of Elite Chiropractic and Wellness, knows this all too well. As part of her practice, she gives patients advice on more than exercises to complement chiropractic...

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Pain-Free Workouts with Dr. Nekessa Remy
Pain-Free Workouts with Dr. Nekessa Remy

Pain-Free Workouts with Dr. Nekessa Remy

OCA Admin2024-06-19T21:39:04-04:00

Sometimes the most difficult part of a new workout or crossfit regime is getting started. Not only do you need the willpower to commit to frequent and consistent workouts, but you also have to worry about the consequences of doing something wrong. Are these weights too heavy? Am I holding them correctly? How can I get the most out of my workouts without injuring myself? Dr. Nekessa Remy found herself in a similar situation when she...

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A Comprehensive Approach to Managing Persistent Headaches and Migraine
A Comprehensive Approach to Managing Persistent Headaches and Migraine

A Comprehensive Approach to Managing Persistent Headaches and Migraine

OCA Admin2025-06-09T16:57:24-04:00

Headaches and migraine are painful and can affect your everyday activities. No matter where you’re at in life, they can appear seemingly out of nowhere or, in some cases, result from known factors like your family history or an injury. Unfortunately, headaches can also severely impair your ability to focus and function in day-to-day life, with factors such as light and sound making environments unbearable. The good news is that head-related pain is manageable and...

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Prevent Falls at Home
Prevent Falls at Home

Prevent Falls at Home

OCA Admin2023-02-15T19:06:56-05:00

As we grow older, our risk of falling increases and so does the risk of serious injury from a fall. Most trips, slips, and falls happen in and around the home. Here are some simple things you can do to reduce your risk and help prevent falls at home. To view/download our one-pager on how to prevent falls in your bathroom and kitchen (PDF format) click /tap the thumbnail above. The Bathroom Use...

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Loosen Up In Your Golden Years
Loosen Up In Your Golden Years

Loosen Up In Your Golden Years

OCA Admin2023-02-15T19:09:01-05:00

Loosen Up In Your Golden Years Over the years, you can develop habitual ways of using your muscles to move and position yourself. Poor posture and reduced range of motion may be the result of limited stretching, reduced activity levels or improper body alignment. With age, your muscles naturally tighten which can lead to poor posture and back pain. So, if you’re an older adult, it has never been more important to incorporate stretching and...

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The Power of Exercise to Help Manage Osteoporosis
The Power of Exercise to Help Manage Osteoporosis

The Power of Exercise to Help Manage Osteoporosis

OCA Admin2024-06-19T21:27:33-04:00

Aging, obesity and chronic health conditions, among other things, can lead to limited mobility and strength. And these issues can in turn contribute to spine, muscle and joint problems. As we age, our bones decline in density, starting at age 30. And if bone mass gets dangerously low, it’s called osteoporosis. Physical exercise, particularly if it’s weight-bearing, can help you better manage osteoporosis, including its side effects. “The higher you get your bone mass up...

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The Pain Problem: Spine, Muscle and Joint Pain
The Pain Problem: Spine, Muscle and Joint Pain

The Pain Problem: Spine, Muscle and Joint Pain

Wilhelm Wojcik2024-03-14T16:52:54-04:00

Canadians Are No Strangers to Pain According to the Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA) 2017 report, All Pain, No Gain: Shining a Light on Canada’s Back Pain and Opioid Crisis, almost 90 per cent of Canadians have experienced muscle and/or joint pain in the last year, the most common being back pain and headache. Pain affects the way people work, play and generally live. And a person’s spine, muscles, joints and related nervous system supports every...

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Breast Cancer and Chiropractic Care
Breast Cancer and Chiropractic Care

Breast Cancer and Chiropractic Care

OCA Admin2023-02-15T19:14:39-05:00

When you have breast cancer, your treatments, such as radiation, surgery and chemotherapy, are physically hard on you. Receiving a cancer diagnosis and managing it is also emotionally stressful. This stress puts even more tension on your body. Odd as it may sound, breast cancer and chiropractic care can go together. While a chiropractor can’t treat cancer, the Canadian Cancer Society advises that chiropractic care may help people living with it cope with some types...

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