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Pack it Light, Wear it Right: Handbags
Pack it Light, Wear it Right: Handbags

Pack it Light, Wear it Right: Handbags

OCA Admin2021-06-28T04:07:23-04:00

While worrying about the stresses of your daily schedule, back, neck or shoulder pain is the last thing you need. Whether it’s a fashionable new purse or a briefcase bursting with documents, knowing how to choose, pack and lift your bag can prevent them from becoming a pain in the back. Common-sense tips to help spare your back: Choosing a Handbag/Shoulder Bag Whether your bag is a purse or home to your laptop, choose one...

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Your daily routine can be a pain
Your daily routine can be a pain

Your daily routine can be a pain

OCA Admin2021-06-28T02:27:54-04:00

We live in a world where we’re constantly in a hurry, juggling multiple tasks and carrying our belongings with us everywhere. And this can have serious consequences on your back health. In fact, back pain sends more patients to doctors than any condition other than the common cold.1 Here are some common activities that negatively impact back health and how you can fix them. Commuting Just like sitting at your desk, hunching over your steering...

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Five Ways to Avoid Backache while with Your Newborn
Five Ways to Avoid Backache while with Your Newborn

Five Ways to Avoid Backache while with Your Newborn

OCA Admin2021-06-28T00:18:13-04:00

You were up all night. Your baby is crying. The telephone is ringing and the kettle is boiling. For most parents, this is a daily scenario. Parents are also continually faced with strenuous physical demands, such as lifting, feeding, comforting and chasing after children. As a parent, you may be lifting a seven to ten-pound baby 50 times a day. By 12 months, your baby weighs approximately 17 pounds, and at two years, that child...

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Living with Arthritis: How Chiropractic Care Helps Alleviate Arthritis Symptoms
Living with Arthritis: How Chiropractic Care Helps Alleviate Arthritis Symptoms

Living with Arthritis: How Chiropractic Care Helps Alleviate Arthritis Symptoms

OCA Admin2023-02-15T20:31:03-05:00

Arthritis affects about one in five Canadians or more than six million people. Many people living with this condition say they need help to complete daily tasks because arthritis limits their abilities. With symptoms like stiffness and often painful inflammation, arthritis limits your mobility and how well you can move your joints. Chiropractic care helps alleviate arthritis symptoms, so you can move through your day with less pain. Although symptoms are more likely to show...

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Use It or Lose It: Exercise Therapy Can Ease Arthritic Pain
Use It or Lose It: Exercise Therapy Can Ease Arthritic Pain

Use It or Lose It: Exercise Therapy Can Ease Arthritic Pain

OCA Admin2022-10-12T11:56:54-04:00

When you live with an ongoing or chronic condition, such as arthritis, it can be difficult and painful to complete daily tasks. These tasks include using a computer mouse to running errands. But exercise therapy can ease arthritic pain. While arthritis limits your range of motion, treatments, such as manual therapy and a therapeutic exercise program, can help you keep moving. Many people opt to visit a chiropractor for a therapeutic exercise program. It can help...

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How to Get the Most Value from Walking
How to Get the Most Value from Walking

How to Get the Most Value from Walking

OCA Admin2024-06-19T15:39:38-04:00

Just start walking – It’s the simplest thing you can do to get a workout in. Even 15 minutes a day can start you on the way to an activity habit, keep in mind that movement is improvement. Walking is the easiest choice when the weather is agreeable but don’t let a little rain or light snow keep you indoors. Here's how you can get the most value from walking. When to Walk It’s easier...

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Seven Tips to Get Your Back on Track
Seven Tips to Get Your Back on Track

Seven Tips to Get Your Back on Track

OCA Admin2021-01-11T16:23:08-05:00

About 80 per cent of the population will experience back pain at some point in their lives. But how can you tell if it is serious or not? Most low back strain and sprain injuries will resolve themselves with a little help within a week or so. To determine if your injury is more serious, look for the following symptoms: pain in other body areas, numbness, and loss of strength or co-ordination are all signs...

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Restorative Sleep
Restorative Sleep

Restorative Sleep

OCA Admin2023-02-15T20:33:26-05:00

Many people would agree there’s nothing better than a good night’s sleep. Stressful day at the office? Long hours running errands with the kids? All this can be repaired with restorative slumber. On the other hand, not getting the eight to nine hours of sleep you need may leave you feeling grumpy and tired all day. However, you have far more control over the quality of your sleep than you think. Choose a good mattress ...

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Finding Time for Fitness
Finding Time for Fitness

Finding Time for Fitness

OCA Admin2024-06-19T20:01:27-04:00

How do you find time for fitness when so many things are competing for your attention? It’s a common problem. The good news is that as little as 15 minutes a day can start a fitness habit – and deliver health benefits! Research has shown that as little as 15 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise a day may increase life expectancy. In this study of almost half a million people, every additional 15 minutes of exercise...

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