Post Concussion Syndrome – How Osteopathy Can Help

A concussion can occur from any impact or motion that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the skull. Mild, moderate, or severe concussion can result in changes to normal brain functioning and cause symptoms such as: nausea Issues with thinking and remembering...
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Foam Rolling With Phoebe

I’m here to answer your questions about foam rolling: its benefits, how to use it, and when to use it! Benefits: Foam rolling can be a great tool to relieve tension and tightness in muscles and fascia. Applying pressure to certain tension points can break up adhesions...
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Meet the Thorax with Carolyn, Manual Osteopath

Breathing Sit still, take a deep breath and fill your rib cage. Now do it again and begin to notice where your air is moving. Is your rib cage expanding in the front and sides? What about the back? Are the sides equal? If expanding your rib cage is hard for you or you...
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Slide Cupping with Dr. Sarah ND

Naturopathic doctors are a pretty eclectic bunch – so much so that even our patients don’t always know everything we have to offer! This month, I wanted to share some information about one of my favourite hands-on treatments for muscle and joint concerns. Cupping is...
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What does self-care look like for you? With Teresa RMT

Something we all strive to find in life is balance - or so we say, but what does that even mean in today's busy world? Seems like every time I pay attention there are newer, better ideas of things I need to be doing to help me better my life, and better myself. We...
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Introducing Muscle Energy with Phoebe our resident Athletic Therapist

Hey Everybody! A couple weeks ago, I took a course on muscle energy of the pelvis and lumbar spine. Throughout my athletic therapy career the most common injury I've come across are low back injuries. In my experience, hip alignment has a huge impact on the occurrence...
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The Power of the Inner Core by Phoebe Mathews, Athletic Therapist

The Power of the Inner Core Back, hip, and knee pain are so common in this day and age because many of us have major weakness in our inner core muscles. We spend so much of our time sitting that many of us have lost the ability to properly stabilize our spine and...
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Visceral Manipulation – What you need to know with Carolyn Smith

Visceral Manipulation: What you need to know Visceral Manipulation (VM) is a manual therapy with the specific goal of encouraging normal tone and movements both within and between the internal organs, their connective tissue, and other structures of the body where...
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All about that booty!

This post is brought to you by our Certified Athletic Therapist Phoebe! Suffering from low back, hip or knee pain? Maybe you should blame your booty! With an increase in desk jobs, and a more sedentary lifestyle, our core and glutes have become inactive, and are less...
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Stress Induced Body Pain, Carolyn Smith

This post brought to you by our Manual Osteopath Carolyn! Physical stress (trauma) and emotional stress can both affect the human body Physical stress can be from a sports injury, work-place overuse, or as a result of poor postural habits. These stressors can damage...
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Stress Induced Body Pain, Carolyn Smith

Stress Induced Body Pain, Carolyn Smith

This post brought to you by our Manual Osteopath Carolyn! Physical stress (trauma) and emotional stress can both affect the human body Physical stress can be from a sports injury, work-place overuse, or as a result of poor postural habits. These stressors can damage...

Transition Sundays

Transition Sundays

This post is brought to you by our Manual Osteopath Carolyn! Summer is around the corner and so are weekends full of vacations, weddings, and fun summer activities. Here are 6 tips to get you work-week ready after a big weekend of summer fun: Stretching You spent all...

Athletic Therapy: Not Just for Athletes

Athletic Therapy: Not Just for Athletes

This post is brought to you by our Certified Athletic Therapist Phoebe! Certified Athletic Therapists are experts at injury assessment and rehabilitation. The main focus of athletic therapy is to return athletes back to their sport or activity. That’s not to say this...

Osteopathy 101: A Brief History

Osteopathy 101: A Brief History

This post is brought to you by our Manual Osteopath Carolyn! Osteopathy was founded in the 1800’s by Andrew Taylor Still in the United States of America. The profession was developed as an alternative channel to unsophisticated, dangerous medical practitioners of that...

Acupuncture for Labour Induction – Yes it works!

Acupuncture for Labour Induction – Yes it works!

Acupuncture for Labor Induction 101 by Lailee Mussivand, Registered Acupuncturist Did you know that Acupuncture can be used as a natural, gentle way to encourage the onset of labour? Here at Sage, I have been inducing quite a few ladies in the past couple of months...

Barefoot Office Workout #2!

Barefoot Office Workout #2!

Welcome to Barefoot Office Workout #2. This workout is all about cleaning the floor. Great way to earn brownie points. It's also about stability. To complete these exercise you have to wake up the core. Your core isn't just those pretty washboards. Your core is a 3...

Barefoot Office Workout #1!

Barefoot Office Workout #1!

We would all like to add more physical activity to our day, but by the time we get home and make dinner our motivation drops off. My solution is to convert a 5-15 minute break into a workout. Tip: if you sit at a desk all day you should stand up at least once every...

Neuropathies Part 3

Neuropathies Part 3

After a long hiatus, we're back with the conclusion to PMA (Peroneal Muscular Atrophy) treatment ‎using massage therapy and home exercises. Here, we will explore the types of techniques to apply to your treatment of lower limb neuropathies and what to do over the long...