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02 Nov Tick Talk

When it comes to Lyme Disease, timing is crucial! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ By Vera Fuke-Wilson RMT, FSHM, DSHomed This past Thanksgiving, while visiting a friend in Ottawa, we hiked with our dog in the backwoods behind our friend’s home. While we did not realize it right away, we had all...

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26 Oct Winter Superfoods

Sweet potatoes: packed with beta-carotene, vitamin A and potassium. Try to purchase smaller, sweeter organic potatoes. Turmeric: It's powerful active compound curcumin has been pitted against painkillers, anti-depressants, heart and diabetes medications. Ginger: One of the most well researched anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory natural compounds are in functional...

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05 Apr Low Back Pain – Recent Evidence-Based Guidelines

Recommendation 1:Given that most patients with acute or subacute low back pain improve over time regardless of treatment, clinicians and patients should select nonpharmacologic treatment with superficial heat (moderate-quality evidence), massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation (low-quality evidence). If pharmacologic treatment is desired, clinicians and patients...

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natural remedies

09 Sep Homeopathic Arnica Montana

By Vera Fuke RMT, DSHomMed, FSHM As a Registered Massage Therapist who also studied Homeopathic Medicine for four years, I would like to share a simple but very effective way of dealing with musculoskeletal strains, sprains and soft tissue trauma in general, homeopathic ARNICA MONTANA. This remedy is considered...

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