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Encouraging Kids to Play Outside with Pets With the increase of ‘digital play’, encouraging children to spend time outside is becoming more and more important. Most animals naturally want to go outside. Can they be an inspiration for your children?

Brain-boosting benefits of exercise can be passed on to children through sperm, study suggests Exercise led to build up of molecule in sperm of mice, making offspring better able to learn Parents may be able to set their offspring up with a head start in life by exercising, researchers say, after a study found the…

What is Digital Dementia? Digital Dementia is a sensory mismatch in the brain from over utilization of technology and excessive slouched sitting postures, leading to signs and symptoms of dementia.  When children spend an excessive amount of time on their devices with poor posture a sensory dissociation occurs where the back of the brain is…

“The brain is highly sensitive to every bite you take,” says author, filmmaker, and brain health expert Max Lugavere. He would know: After his mother was diagnosed with early dementia, Lugavere made it his mission to understand the causes of and ways to prevent the disease.

The back to school period is a great time for parents to check the fitting of their child’s backpack and by making a few simple changes may help prevent poor posture and long-term spinal health issues. “Back to school” tips from Dr Mark

Stress seems to be so prevalent in everyone’s life today – how many times do you hear it from your friends? How many times do you say it yourself? We’ve learned that stress is a highly significant contributor to disease. The World Health Organization estimates that by the year 2020, stress related disorders will be…

According to statistics from the World Health Organization, about 12.9 million people worldwide died from some form of cardiovascular disease in 2004. Each year, the World Cancer Research Fund estimates that some eight million people died from cancer. Heart disease and cancer, the deadly manifestation of chronic inflammation, are expected to remain as the leading…

From a chiropractic perspective, we lose our ability to be healthy, to function well, and to adapt to life’s stressors, when those stressors become overwhelming for us. That, in fact, makes us even more fragile and more susceptible to life’s stressors. And so it accumulates and accelerates.

Our modern lifestyle means that we are more accessible and more in demand than ever before.  Technology means that we are alwys surrounded by televisions, computers, and whatnot, and these electronics mean that we run the risk of becoming a slave to the machine.  However, there is such a thing as too much, and we…

Keeping themselves in tip-top shape is all but required for athletes who take the time to nurture their body with exercise, rest and healthy foods. But these aren’t the only ways athletes stay in peak performance mode. Each year, a growing number are turning to chiropractic care.