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The Vicious Cycle Between Poor Sleep & Persistent Pain
Researchers have found that short sleep times, fragmented sleep, and poor sleep quality often causes โกheightened sensitivity to pain. ๐ฅ...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Feb 17, 20221 min read
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What is a Pain Flare-Up?
๐ฅ Flare-ups are a common experience for people who live with persistent pain. โฃ โฃ A โflare-upโ refers to a ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Feb 5, 20222 min read
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5 Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Practitioner
If you want to play an active role on your road to recovery, itโs important to voice this with your practitioner and to find someone...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Feb 5, 20222 min read
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5 Tips for All Weather Walking
๐ถโโ๏ธThe 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
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What causes chronic pain?โฃโฃ
โฃThat is the question, isnโt it. โฃ โฃ If only we knew more about the cause of pain, we could understand how to treat it, right?โฃ โฃ Is pain...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Jan 12, 20222 min read
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Who Decided There is a "Good" and "Bad" Posture Anyway?
โ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆโ is something I hear all the time, often attributed as the reason many people have been...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Sep 22, 20211 min read
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Do Osteopathic Practitioners Crack Backs?
Wondering about Osteopathic adjustments? Osteopathic Practitioners are trained to perform what are referred to as โosteoarticular...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Aug 28, 20211 min read
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What is the Biopsychosocial Model and what does it have to do with pain?
Pain is so much more than a physical sensation.
Anne-Marie Mougeot
May 4, 20212 min read
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Getting off the Floor with Sore Knees
There are many great exercises that can be done from sitting or laying on the floor, but ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Jan 12, 20212 min read
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Are you "Out of Alignment"?
Have you ever noticed, or been told that your body is โ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโ? โฃ โฃ Maybe...โฃ One hip is higher than the otherโฃ...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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What Recovery Actually Looks Like.
โฃ โฃ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ. 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
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๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐โฃ
โฃ The TMJ (which stands for temporomandibular joint) is the sliding hinge joint that connects your jaw bone to your skull. You have one...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Aug 31, 20202 min read
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Why Choose Osteopathy?
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐?โฃ Osteopathy offers many advantages and benefits and can help with a...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Aug 31, 20202 min read
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What To Expect at Your First Osteopathy Appointment
๐ช๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐? โฃ โฃ The way I conduct my initial...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Aug 21, 20202 min read
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Simple Tips on Managing Pain Flare-Ups
๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐. โฃ โฃ If you live with chronic or recurrent pain, you probably already know what...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Aug 11, 20202 min read
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4 Simple Stretches for Breastfeeding Parents
As we celebrate international breastfeeding week, I wanted to share a few of my favourite stretches to help to relieve tension that can...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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What is Osteopathy?
Article written by Anne-Marie Mougeot, B.Sc.Kin., D.O.M.P. Have you heard of osteopathy? Perhaps it has been suggested that you see an...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Jul 11, 20182 min read
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Sore feet? Try these exercises!
Did you know that our feet have a similar potential for mobility as our hands do? Our feet (and hands) have both motor nerves, and...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Mar 26, 20183 min read
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How to properly stretch your hip flexors
Look down at your hips. Chances are that you are probably sitting right now. And if you sit a lot, which most of us do, and you think...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Mar 12, 20183 min read
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Tight Calves? Try This!
Happy March! As the days are getting longer, and the tulips begin to make an appearance, itโs becoming a little easier to get outside and...
Anne-Marie Mougeot
Mar 5, 20182 min read
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