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Owen Sound, Snow, Chiropractic

Shoveling: Are you doing it right?

By rachel / November 13, 2018 /

The snow season has just started this past weekend and more is on it’s way in the coming weeks. Isn’t that white fluffy stuff so beautiful? While some people, us included, love the snow because it allows us to do some of our favourite activities such as ski, snowboard, build a snowman and drink hot…

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Orthotics Owen Sound

Orthotics: Pros and Cons

By rachel / November 8, 2018 /

Custom Orthotics: Weighing the Pros and Cons Custom Orthotics are customized insoles made to your feet. Here at Sound Chiropractic & Wellness Clinic we do a thorough exam which involves a gait analysis, assessment of lower limb joints and scan of the foot while sitting, as well as walking. Custom Orthotics are great at decreasing…

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Active care Rehabilitation Service

Spine Mobility Exercises

By rachel / November 1, 2018 /

Today’s post is going to build on our previous post on spinal health. We will be talking about a few exercises that are great at increasing spine mobility. Spine mobility is very important to the health of your spine. As chiropractors, we often ask patients to bend over, lean back and turn during our physical…

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Acupuncture Owen Sound

How Does Acupuncture Work?

By rachel / October 24, 2018 /

Have you ever wondered how acupuncture works? We get patients asking us this question all the time. The answer will often change depending on who you ask. This is because there are two main theories on how it works, the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory and the biomedical theory. We will discuss these two theories…

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Spine, Human body, skeleton

Do you think about your spine health?

By rachel / October 16, 2018 /

If you ask someone if they see a chiropractor, a common response is “I have never needed to, knock on wood.” This is because they only consider chiropractors for when they experience pain. Majority of people don’t consider going to see a Chiropractor for a check up like they do the doctor, or a cleaning…

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chiropractic history

Chiropractic: History & Education

By rachel / October 11, 2018 /

Chiropractic History The word Chiropractic comes from the Greek words, cheir (meaning hand) and the word praktos (meaning done) becoming done by hand. It was named by its founder Daniel David Palmer. DD Palmer was born in Port Perry, Ontario. He moved to the USA in 1865 where he practiced as a magnetic healer. Chiropractic…

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