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The Clinicians Behind the Science
“Antibiotics don’t actually work.” My jaw dropped and I stared like a deer in the headlights. WHAT?? After all, these words had just come out of the mouth of the Chief of infectious disease. At the time we were working together in the cystic fibrosis clinic at the...
On Forgiveness and Self-Acceptance
“Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.” Gerald G. Jampolsky I think there is a reason this is a highly plagiarized quote. When you really...
Dealing With Old Nagging Injuries for Good
“Well I have this sore spot but that’s been bothering me for years so don’t waste your time looking at that. Nothing can be done about it.” I cock my head and cup a hand to my ear as if I am listening for something no one else can hear. The client gives me a curious...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Many women who have been pregnant are familiar with the feeling of tingling and numbness in the hands. This often happens in the pre and post-natal period, but can also occur later on after several months of lifting babies in and out of cribs and such. Women are then...
Pulled Muscles
When Usain Bolt suddenly collapsed onto the track in his last ever appearance for his country, I think we all empathically felt his emotional pain. In what was supposed to be his swan song he barely limped across the finish line. But aside from the emotions, how many...
My Shoulder Hurts Too Much to be "Frozen"
“It just started hurting out of the blue and now I can’t move it in certain ways.” The “it” she is referring to is a shoulder. If you knew me you would smile at the words “out of the blue”. You see, for me those words are a challenge. I believe that nothing happens to...
Falls and Near Falls Can Cause Lingering Problems
I grew up in the Toronto area and then went to school in Kingston before settling in Ottawa. When I moved here to begin my career, everyone was going on about how cold it is. I remember thinking, “How bad can it be? It’s not that far from Kingston.” Obviously...
The Year of Me
As I read the header on this blog post I think how it completely goes against the grain for a mother of two small children. Me? Who the heck is that? But I have somehow managed to make some decisions and do some things in 2017 that have really been all about me....
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