During their life, women can have scars from a pregnancy: from a C-section or from interventions on there gyno system (cyst/fibroids surgeries, hysterectomy, or a mastectomy). Most of them will worry about the positive outcome of the surgery, and if it is the case, never worry about it again. The scars become…
When was the last time you were sick? When you realized it, do you remember what your first thought was? Did you think “oh no!! Not now! I don’t have time for this!” or “Not again!–are you kidding me!?” Did you run to the pharmacy to get the strongest thing that could…
Baby Mathias’ parents brought him to the clinic when he was only four weeks old. He had been crying non-stop since birth, and could only fall asleep if he was held by one of his parents. However, this wasn’t the only reason for Mathias’ parents to be worried. Like many other babies,…
Concussions can lead to serious side effects that can last a long time. Whether it is a car crash, a skiing accident, a bad fall on ice, or from hockey or football, many concussions create a myriad of symptoms that should be treated sooner rather than later. Ideally, it is best to…
Sarah came to the clinic a while after she had her first baby. She wasn’t feeling like herself anymore, and not just physically: she reported feeling quite “worried” and fearful all the time about her newborn, her husband, and many other things. Sarah thought there was maybe something physically wrong with her…
Theo loves pirates but hates being sick, so his mom brought him to see if we could help with the chronic bronchitis he was experiencing every winter. Over the general questions we ask every patient, I noticed that he also had eczema on and off and seemed to get bloated inconsistently. All…
Spring time: does it make you think about blooming flowers, birds singing, and warmer temperatures? As a practitioner, spring is also the time of year patients come with symptoms related to their liver (which, interestingly enough, is also when TCM doctors believe it is working the hardest). The liver’s job is to…
