The Cornerstone Blog
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...
Am I Deficient In Zinc? These Are The Signs You Should Look For
Last week we talked about both Iron and vitamin B12 deficiencies - what the symptoms are, the nature of these deficiencies, and how we correct them at Cornerstone, specifically. Dietary deficiencies...
Is My Low Energy Because of a B12 or Iron Deficiency?
Iron and B12, two vitamins that play key roles in the creation and function of your body’s red blood cells, in addition to being two of the more common culprits when it comes to vitamin...
Migraine Management 101
If you’re someone who suffers from migraines, this article is for you. Migraines effect about 14% of the world’s population and the cost to individuals, their families and the community is high in...
