Hey Folks! I am a healthcare practitioner that specializes in movement, nutrition and wellness.  My job is making people better.  That’s a very subjective goal, but it’s a crucial goal for sure.  Many people live their lives simply hoping they don’t encounter illness or disability.  Many hope it won’t “get” them.  I’m here to tell

Hey Folks! Research of the day! I’m out a limb here – examining a paper reporting injury rates among Olympic Weightlifters. No one ever learned anything by turning a blind eye to the things they love just because they love them! Todays Paper: Injury Rates and Profiles of Elite Competitive Weightlifters I think he’s doing

Hey Folks! Todays post will be short and sweet because I don’t have the full study (they cost money… a lot) and because I need to go to costco and then study. Todays research paper: Impaired Insulin Signaling in Human Adipocytes After Experimental Sleep Restriction: A Randomized, Crossover Study What did they do: They asked

Hey Folks! Do you suffer from IBS symptoms, acid reflux, varied energy levels, and/or various musculoskeletal aches and pains? You don’t need to live that way! We’ve all slowly wandered astray when it comes to our health, often wondering, “oh no, what’s WRONG with me?” when our health is less than optimal. I’m here to

Hey Folks! So, at what point have we started eating, living and thinking in ways that are designed to avoid disease? I was just thinking the other day – there are so many “diet” books, and books on lifestyle interventions like exercise, stretching, meditation, etc. that are designed around preventing or treating a particular illness.

Hi Folks! I have experienced a small handful of patients coming to see me who brought up in passing that “oh yeah, I’ve been feeling numbness over here” or, “oh yeah, and I hit my head really hard and have a wicked headache right now”… Both (and others) which were followed up with – “Can

As a wellness and prevention practitioner, I face the occasional challenge in regards to patient compliance to a genetically congruent lifestyle far more frequently than I face those patients who have been provided with bad information.  My experiences with patients have taught me something that I’ve heard before, but which really resonated with me today.

Hey Folks!   As of September 1st you may have noticed some differences at what was previously known as Health Coach.  Although, if you’re a Chiropractic patient of mine, and not a Naturopathic patient, you may not have noticed much other than the phone number doesn’t direct you to our office anymore. Due to some

Hey Folks! So I’m back again for another post about the Wellness Paradigm.  I’m always searching for good, or even better ways to explain what my goal is with the treatment of my patients as it can be quite different from the outcomes other health care practitioners are looking for.  While the distinction can be

Hey Folks! So I probably should have written a blog post about a month ago, but life got busy.  Sorry. For those of you that don’t know, I (Dr. Ball) moved up to Sudbury to take over an awesome chiropractic practice and to bring the message of wellness to the masses up in Northern Ontario.