The Cornerstone Blog
3 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Morning
Exposing yourself to morning time light, hydrating your body, and taking an instant to breathe are 3 hugely effective ways to make the most out of your mornings.
4 Ways Massage Therapy Can Help Your Degenerative Disc Disease
Massage therapy’s main goal is to help relieve tension that accumulates on the head and neck which in turn effects the function and health of the spinal column.
4 Questions to Ask At Your Next Doctor’s Appointment
Informed questions are, of course, based on the reason for you visit, however there are four important questions that typically pertain to most: 1. Can you help me better understand my medical condition or diagnosis? 2. Are there other treatment options that I can consider? 3. What are the short and long term goals with this treatment? 4. Can you offer me other supportive resources to help me better manage my condition or concern?
5 Summer Hikes for the Family
Five local hikes you should take this summer are Polly’s Cove, Long Lake Provincial Park, The Bluff Wilderness Trail, Kejimkujik Seaside Trail, and Duncan’s Cove.
3 Reasons Massage Therapy Can Help Your Swelling
Our goal is to reduce swelling through massage to help improve recovery, decrease pain and increase movement.
How to Talk to Your Daughter About Food
I’m talking about things like getting your daughter in the kitchen, teaching her how to use a knife properly, teaching her how to understand her hunger cues and … maybe lets just start with what hunger cues are.
4 Simple Ways To Spread Kindness
With the current climate of the world, the most important thing we can control is how we treat others and ourselves. It is important that we as Canadians stick together and look after eachother during times of stress
Why Am I Bloated?
The digestive system is considered the second brain of the body. When it functions well, so to can your health. Bloating however, can be a key indicator that something in the gut just isn’t working right
How IV Therapy Can Help After a Crohn’s Flareup
At Cornerstone Naturopathic, we focus on your quality of life. This means that we focus on getting you rebuilt and stable after a flare (and preventing further flares from happening). One of the tools that we use to do this are Nutrient IVs.
How Massage Therapy Can Ease End Of Life
The goals are to prevent or relieve suffering as much as possible and to improve quality of life while respecting the dying person’s wishes.
What is SIBO?
When present, SIBO causes a plethora of disconcerting symptoms such as IBS, digestive bloating, gas, nausea, reflux, malabsorption, constipation or diarrhea and pain amongst others.
Natural Treatments for Diverticulitis
Anti-microbials are the first line therapy for a diverticulitis flare. The bacteria stuck in the diverticula must be destroyed to eliminate the pain in the lower left quadrant of the abdomen. In addition to strong anti-microbials a low fiber diet must be adopted for the short term until the pain as been addressed and eliminated.
