The Cornerstone Blog
Marijuana Edibles: Improving Quality of Life
More and more medical doctors recognise the benefit of cannabis for patients and are prescribing it as a therapy to their patients. The broad therapeutic range of cannabis means that patients often...
7 Conditions that Medical Marijuana can Help
Marijuana is an effective herbal medicine for many conditions. More and more it is being prescribed by doctors to help patients cope with disabling conditions. Unfortunately cannabis has been...
No Energy? 10 Things That Can Take You From Dreary to Dynamic!
Are you feeling tired? Do you find yourself dragging through your day? Do you need a boost but aren’t sure where to start? Here are some simple fixes that are easy to fit into your daily routine....
Four Tips to Manage Your Mental Health
We’re looking to talk about mental health and how the long, dark, cold winters of Nova Scotia impact it. Chances are, if you already deal with anxiety, stress, mental illness or depression during...
Detoxification: 6 Ways to Feel Lighter and Build Energy
Have you overindulged during the holidays? Feeling sluggish? Gained a little weight? Kickstarting the year with a detoxification protocol can help you feel better, drop a few extra pounds and...
Green Smoothies: Salad in a Cup
A few days ago a patient returned a book to Dr. Ben. Green for Life, a book by Victoria Boutenko, talks about how her family began to drink green smoothies as a way to increase their health. As...
Surgical incision wounds, and how to heal them
A surgical incision, when executed by an expert surgeon, is a precise and calculated maneuver designed to empower those involved in a procedure with access to critical components of the body....
Raising baby Einsteins- how to positively influence thought patterns during infancy and beyond
Take a look at how our nervous system develops from the moment of birth, and how it shapes our thought patterns, mental health, and resilience. Things like creativity, play, and adventure were...
Diabetic ulcers, and the Cornerstone Wound Healing Program
Advances in medicine often take specific branches of care forward in significant ways, but one form of care that seems to be constantly evolving as advances are made is wound healing. Ulcers,...
How To Treat Shingles Without It Taking Over Your Life
Stress is detrimental to the body in so many more ways that we typically think. We advocate for a calm mind and a healthy lifestyle not only because it leads to happier patients, but because...
Thermal Palms Massage
Thermal Palms were created by Hugette Long, a registered massage therapist and spa facilitator from Ottawa, Ontario. It has become Canada’s signature trademark in the massage industry. It is a...
Balance
Balance. It’s a prize that so many of us pursue, and we all have our own ways of getting there. Prioritization, meditation, health, preference - so much of what keeps things aligned for us comes...
