Network Healing Centre
June 2006
Newsletter
Dates to Remember!
Thursday, June 15th – Wellness Workshop with Dr. Michael Tucker
Wednesday, June 21st – First Day of summer
Tuesday, June 27th – Gateway to Healing Introductory Workshop with Dr. Michael Tucker
Rosemary Brown-Tucker on Practice Locum
Rosemary is on summer practice replacement for a practitioner in Kamloops, BC. She is excited to pursue this opportunity in a multi-practitioner clinic to expand upon her therapeutic skills in CranioSacral therapy. Her leave will be June 4 - Aug 14.
Rosemary is very pleased to leave her practice in the competent hands of Brenda Rosenberg, PT. Brenda is a highly qualified and respected CST practitioner with the same level of expertise and experience in general and pediatric CST as Rosemary. They share the same philosophy and approach in practice to provide excellent continued care for Rosemary's CranioSacral patients at the Network Healing Centre.
Brenda has been a registered physiotherapist since 1979. Her extensive clinical experience encompasses pediatrics, occupational health, and orthopedics. She is a long-standing member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Brenda is a Certified CranioSacral Therapist and a certified teaching assistant with the Upledger Institute. Additionally, Brenda is a yoga and "yoga for the special child" teacher.
Please call Andrea to book your appointment with Brenda at the Network Healing Centre.
Network Healing Centre welcomes Alice Tracey, RMT
The Network Healing Centre is pleased to welcome Alice Tracey, RMT to our team. Alice joins Angela Soberal, RMT to provide excellent Massage Therapy care at our centre with expanded and convenient hours of operation.
Network Healing Centre welcomes Amanda as our new
Administrative Assistant
Amanda is a pre-med student from Florida who is here for the month of June shadowing our Naturopathic Doctor as well as working at the front desk. She is a great asset to our team and looks forward to helping us for the summer.
New Summer Hours for
Dr. Michael Tucker’s office!
Beginning June 1st, Dr. Tucker’s office hours will be as follows:
Monday 7:30am – 11am and 2pm -7pm
Tuesday 7:30am – 1pm and 5pm -7pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 7:30am -9:30am and 2pm -7pm
Friday Closed
Gateway to Healing Introductory Workshop
With Dr. Michael Tucker, DC
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 from 7:15-8:15 pm
A complimentary Information Session for all New Patients to attend as well as anyone who is interested in learning more about Network Spinal Analysis Chiropractic and how this gentle method can help in many different ways. The Workshop consists of a half hour talk about the work, followed by a half hour demonstration of the work. This workshop is an important part of your care and we encourage you to join us.
Call Andrea at 725-0988 to reserve your space
Objectives of NSA
By Dr. Michael Tucker, D.C.
1. To promote self awareness of our spinal alignment, self awareness of how we hold or let go our muscles and self awareness of how we hold tension and stress in our nervous systems.
2. To help initiate natural and spontaneous wave like motions in our bodies. When we become aware of these natural co-coordinated rhythms in our body, research shows an increase in overall wellness and quality of life.
3. To detect and enhance specific spots that connects from the spine through the meninges to the nervous system. In NSA, these key places are called gateways. .
4. To help our body recognize and release various spinal tension patterns we call phases. Organization of the phasing system has evolved from an integration of chiropractic techniques, methods and approaches. .
5. To administer a low force at the spinal gateway allowing us to transform and let go the defensive energy locked in our body.
6. To evaluate the effectiveness and success of care by relating objective findings of the practitioner to self reported analysis of wellness and quality of life.
Wellness Workshop
with Dr. Michael Tucker, D.C.
Tuesday, June 15th from 7:15-8:15 p.m.
This complimentary workshop provides an in-depth view of NSA and how it can be useful to enhance quality of life and well-being. It aims at providing continuing support to patients who are committed to Network Care. Please call
Andrea at 725-0988 to reserve your space
7 STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR
FAMILY FROM PESTICIDES IN FOOD
By: Dr. Leesa Kirchner, N.D.
1. Feed your family plenty of fruits and vegetables - and whenever you can, buy food grown without pesticides or with fewer pesticides. Look for labels indicating that food is certified organic or transitional organic, grown using Integrated Pest Management, or certified to contain no detected residues.
2. Buy locally grown produce whenever possible. Because it isn't shipped long distances, it is less likely to have been treated with post-harvest pesticides. Farmers' markets or farmstands are good sources of locally grown food.
3. Try to avoid imported produce. Out-of-season produce is more likely to have been imported, possibly from a country with less stringent pesticide regulations that in Canada.
4. Wash all produce well. Use a vegetable scrub brush when appropriate. Adding a few drips of a mild dishwashing soap to the water can help remove surface pesticides on conventionally grown produce, but be sure to rinse thoroughly.
5. Peel non-organic fruits and vegetables that are obviously waxed, to remove any surface pesticides that may be sealed in with the waxes. Be sure you are getting plenty of fibre from other sources in your diet.
6. Grow some of your own food if you can - without chemicals. Avoid using pesticides in your home or on your lawn. It is important to reduce your family's exposure to these chemicals as much as possible.
7. Speak out for a safer food production system. Ask your supermarket manager to stock sustainably grown food. Write to you M.P. to urge him/her to pass better pesticide controls and make sustainable farming our nation's top agricultural priority.
Coming in cold to summer sports activities is a leading cause of visits to massage therapy offices, says the health care practitioner’s provincial association.
With summer almost upon us, Canadians are increasingly making their way back to golf courses, baseball diamonds and tennis courts. However, the vast majority of those who are active have not trained specifically for their sport during the winter months. Injuries are a common result, says Sandra Coldwell, president of the Massage Therapists’ Association of B.C.
A little advice and treatment from a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) are effective in preventing injury or dealing with an existing one, says Coldwell. “Many of us return to our summer activities with a lack of conditioning, without proper warm-up and, sometimes, without having treated injuries from the previous season,” she explains. “An RMT is trained to identify specific injuries and to provide the safe, effective treatment needed to speed healing, recovery, and prevent re-injury.” RMTs can demonstrate appropriate (proper) warm-up techniques for your selected (specific) sport, including how to stretch and strengthen specific (important) muscles. Some common ailments that can be treated with massage therapy are “golfer’s elbow” and “tennis elbow” (tendonitis), rotator cuff (shoulder) injuries, “runner’s knee,” muscle cramping, and many other common sprains and strains. If an injury has already put you on the sidelines, an RMT can help you get back in the game.
Massage therapy is a vital part of our health and wellness. Massage therapy is the physical manipulation of soft tissue to treat or relieve conditions such as arthritis, chronic neck and back pain, TMJ, headaches, chronic stress and muscle pain associated with pregnancy.
Article from the Massage Therapists Association of British Columbia website