The Most Common Types of Wintertime Injuries (And How to Avoid Them)
By this time of year, clinics and emergency rooms are already full of people who have suffered wintertime injuries. With potentially icy surfaces obscured by snow, and with the extra moisture there are a good number of reasons as to why many of us seem to incur and...
Physiotherapy and Walking Outside in the Winter
Wintertime is considerably harder on the average person. Not only is the weather colder but there are also slippery conditions right outside your front door, making it a challenge to get out of the house. At LiveWell Health and Physiotherapy, we don’t believe that...
Ways to Fight the Common Cold
Now that the fall is upon us, many of us are already developing sniffles, runny noses, dry coughs, and other symptoms associated with the common cold. While we all know that we can succumb to viruses at any time of the year, the colder weather undeniably brings about...
Tips for Staying Healthy This Winter
If you’ve been through even one Canadian winter, you know well what the cold weather brings shorter days, longer nights, leaving for work or school in the dark, and later coming home in darkness once again. We all end up with a similar set of feelings – like the...
The Importance of Sleep and How to Make it Count
Everyone knows the importance of sleep, but for many of us, it becomes one of the first things we sacrifice when we need to find more time. For some, work or family-related demands just don’t provide enough time in a day to get everything you need to do. For others,...
The Science Behind Dry Needle Acupuncture
Almost everyone has heard of acupuncture, which is the traditional Chinese medical practice of the insertion of needles along the body’s energy meridians, in order to restore balance to what is referred to as ‘qi’, the body’s vital energy. At Livewell, we practice a...
How to Make Fall Less Fall-Inducing
Fall is arguably the most beautiful time of the year. And while the fallen leaves, change in weather and other seasonal shifts are quite enjoyable to most of us, they can also be quite dangerous for seniors and people with impaired mobility. But fear not, even though...
Why Do I Get Headaches in the Summer (And How Do I Prevent Them)?
It starts off as a dull background discomfort, often around your temples or where the back of your head meets your neck. Within a short period of time, the discomfort increases to a throbbing pressure and a general ache. For those with migraines or extreme headaches,...