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Are you constipated? Oh not me!

A diet high in processed foods combined with every day stresses, is detrimental to our digestive systems. The digestive system is at the beck and call of the nervous system. It is our sympathetic nervous system that has us multitasking and taking care of the multitude of task and chores demanded of us every day. It is this state of attention that we are so good at. In a well balanced life one would finish all of one's chores, close those projects and put them aside for follow up the next day. This would allow the parasympathetic nervous system to prevail; than when we eat we can digest and assimilate better. We would naturally slow down, prepare, chew and process our food better, we would sleep better, be more recovered, and have a better Bowel Movement (BM). Like a cherished good meal or good nights sleep,

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That’s the Spot!

Ouch! ‘That’s the spot’. Sometimes that is all it takes. The tenderness is gone. Trigger points are localized points that when pressed are super sensitive; outright painful and often fire into a familiar achy pattern. These points develop from a relentless demand on the soft tissue and musculature. A simple paradigm is the bones support us and muscles move us. There are only a hand full of muscles required to contract for long periods as in standing. Yet bad posture and faulty movement patterns are demanding muscles to support us as well as

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For many, chronic neck pain is a serious painful and frequently debilitating problem. Often conventional treatments are of limited help, with medication only masking the symptoms and only providing temporary relief. Unabated neck pain often contributes to head pain, shoulder, arm, wrist, and hand pain. From a Holistic perspective we must consider posture, muscular imbalances, trigger points, biomechanics, prior injuries and trauma to the spinal muscles, especially of the neck as in whiplash. We are all unique and our experience of neck pain unique, hence the therapist must meet the client where they’re at. Simply instructing or educating one to hold there head back on the coronal plain can correct for neck pain and can allow for

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