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Navigating Exercise Following Injury or Pain
Sometimes it can be tricky to find an exercise groove when things change because of pain or injury. There can be a number of perceived barriers when it comes to approaching exercise while recovering from an injury or pain. Fear avoidance, worries about re-injury, or confusion about what is or isn’t safe movement can make it challenging to reframe your exercise program while your injury is healing or recovering from a pain flare up. I hope the following tips are helpful. Spr
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Apr 4, 20243 min read


5 Tips for Exercising if You Have Persistent Pain
Do you avoid exercise out of fear you might make your pain worse or re-injure yourself? Here are 5 tips for exercising with pain.
Anne-Marie Mougeot
May 12, 20232 min read


What Lights Your Inner Fire?
For so many reasons (injuries, pain, illness, COVID, being in the thick of parenthood, moves, job & life demands, caregiving, changes in...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Jun 16, 20222 min read


The Vicious Cycle Between Poor Sleep & Persistent Pain
Researchers have found that short sleep times, fragmented sleep, and poor sleep quality often causes ⚡heightened sensitivity to pain. 💥...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Feb 17, 20221 min read


5 Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Practitioner
If you want to play an active role on your road to recovery, it’s important to voice this with your practitioner and to find someone...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Feb 5, 20222 min read


5 Tips for All Weather Walking
🚶♂️The Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology recommends that we get a minimum of 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Jan 12, 20222 min read


Are you "Out of Alignment"?
Have you ever noticed, or been told that your body is “𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵”? Maybe... One hip is higher than the other...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Sep 15, 20201 min read


What Recovery Actually Looks Like.
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿. There can be many twists and turns, ups and downs, one step forward & two steps back along...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Aug 31, 20201 min read


A real pain in the neck (the story about my neck pain)
The story about my neck pain. I woke up last Tuesday like any other day; walked into my son’s room, and laid on the floor mattress with...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Mar 4, 20187 min read
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