Healthy Habits

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...

We all do simple, everyday things that drive chiropractors crazy! Here’s why you should stop doing them and what you can do instead. 1. Improper Lifting When you lift something the wrong way, you can easily  trigger back pain. Before lifting something heavy, follow these tips to avoid strain. Position yourself close to the object. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart with your feet and body pointing in the same direction. Bend your knees, keep...

When you’ve got a lot on the go, personal goals can get lost in the shuffle. Between work, kids, commuting, cooking and housework, sometimes it’s hard to find the time for your personal health and fitness.

Statistics show that more than 80 per cent of Canadians will experience back pain at some time in their lives. Will you be one of them? Back pain hurts, of course, but it can also curtail your routine activities, such as picking up your child or getting in and out of your car. The good news is that while some causes of back pain are unavoidable, you can often prevent problems by adopting a few...

Your daily routine can often get the best of you. Everyone is familiar with all-out energy drain, those times when no matter how enticing that new movie, fabulous shoe sale or friendly barbecue, you just can’t psych yourself up to go. What can be harder to recognize is chronic energy drain. You may not necessarily feel the classic signs of exhaustion – like aching muscles or that all-over tired feeling. What you do experience is...