Tips and Treats for Healthy Feet
Wear shoes that fit: If your shoes, boots or bunny slippers hurt your feet get rid of them right now. Pain is your body’s emergency broadcast system. Do your feet hurt? When you wear shoes that pinch, rub, or contort your feet you wreak havoc...
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Foot Care Tips for Diabetics
Foot care should be an important part of everyone’s regular health care routines, and that importance is amplified for diabetics. Nerve damage and poor circulation in the lower limbs are common side effects of diabetes. These conditions can leave your feet vulnerable because your ability...
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What Should I Know Before Getting A Pedicure?
Treating yourself to a pedicure is easy. You relax in a comfortable chair and flip through some magazines while your feet get pampered and pretty. But with your mind distracted by the latest news form Hollywood, are you aware of the risks you expose yourself...
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Chiropractic Care for Neck And Back Pain
You don’t realize just how much you depend on specific parts of your body until they hurt. Injuring your neck or back makes it painfully obvious that they play a starring role in your every movement. Pain in your neck or back can be anything...
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Chiropractic Care for Runners and Joggers
Whether you enjoy a casual jog through the neighbourhood or train for marathons, running is a high-impact sport. In addition to obvious stressors – bouncing all of your body weight on your lower limbs – you are also repeatedly swinging your arms and bending your...
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Back to School Prep: Backpacks and Shoes
Back to school shopping isn’t just a time-honoured ritual, it’s a necessity. Take into account the impact that your choices have on the overall well-being of the student whether they are your children or yourself. A quality backpack has two wide shoulder straps to distribute...
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Snow Shovelling 101
The season of snow is upon us. Do you have your snow shovelling strategy in place? Sure, you can head out and grab a shovel at every whim of winter, but if you treat snow removal as a process you will reduce your risk of...
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The Secret to Achieving Your Fitness Goals is to Love Your Health
It’s February and love is in the air! It’s time to love your health. New Year’s resolutions are fading, and Wilson Health Services is here to help you continue your quest for good health. Adjust how you think about your health and wellbeing and start...
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Fun Foot Facts
They’re small but mighty and have sensitive soles, but did you know that your feet can tell you when other parts of your body are in trouble? Or that the bones in your feet don’t completely harden until you’re 21? Click for more fun facts...
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4 Ways to Reduce Back Pain
While you debate whether to use hot or cold to treat back pain you’re more likely to wonder how to get better than how to prevent landing here again. We’ve got some ideas you might want to try to keep back pain in check whenever...
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