Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

What is MLD? MLD is a massage technique that involves gentle, precise movements over the skin that stimulate the lymphatic system. This technique is always performed pain-free, and has a calming effect on the nervous system. It helps to speed up the flow of lymph, reduce inflammation, promote relaxation, and decrease edema (too much fluid […]

Listen To Your Body, It’s Talking To You With the World quickly shifting due to the recent Pandemic, it seems that we all have a lot more time on our hands. And I say this a bit tongue in cheek, as my work relied on my hands and now that has been paused. For most […]

Massage Can Restore Mobility & Relieve Pain Tendonitis is an unpleasant inflammatory condition that affects most people at some point in their lives. Tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow are well known examples of tendonitis but contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to play tennis or golf to suffer from these. Whether tendonitis is caused […]

Essential Oils Enhance Massage Essential oils have been around for hundreds of years and were the go to for most illnesses before the advent of modern medicine.  We first heard about them from ancient Egypt.  Egyptians cultivated the plants and used the oils extensively in religion but also used them for medicinal purposes.  Essential oils […]

Movement Keeps Them Healthy Di Belzil, RMT, CDT/MLD If you stopped a random person on the street and asked them to list off all the organs in the body, you’d expect to hear: stomach, heart, brain, liver, et cetera. Maybe a few who payed attention in Biology class might list the pancreas, gall bladder, or […]

Look After Yourself by Léanne Hodgson RMT “As the health benefits of mindfulness based practises such as yoga, meditation and tai chi are receiving more recognition, so is the term “self-care”. Self-care is more than a catch phrase. It is essential in maintaining emotional, psychological and physical health. It can also act as a preventive […]

By Jennifer Reuby, RMT From September 29-Oct.5th 2018 Peterborough celebrated world breastfeeding week. To stay with that theme here are some quick tips on posture while breastfeeding. Breastfeeding can have long term affects on posture because of the forward and protective positions the body goes through in order to nourish the baby. Whether that’s sitting […]

Dehydration…A Common Problem of Many Conditions When the body’s cells do not receive enough water for metabolic processes, they are in a state of dehydration. The body gets dehydrated for various reasons including; stress, cooked foods, GMO foods, toxins in the environment, excess exercise, overeating, excess weight gain, frequent consumption of food or substances that […]

Improve Your Chances of Pregnancy When it comes to male fertility, plentiful, strong, fast moving, straight swimming sperm win the race! In Canada, approximately 16% of couples suffer with infertility, 30% of which are due to male infertility. As well, 30-40% of early miscarriages are due to genetic abnormalities related to sperm defects. The focus […]

Treating Pain from a Biopsychosocial Perspective Diane Belzil, RMT, CDT/MLD Pain is a tricky thing to understand, and in some ways the treatment of persistent pain (pain that continues for three months or more following an injury) has been moored to incorrect assumptions for decades. Luckily, it is becoming more and more common to find […]

The Lymphatic System is a Waste Management System Bodies are a lot like cities. A central core, a network of connecting pathways that get smaller as they move outward, even a governing body that watches over the system and ensures that everything functions properly. The metaphor works surprisingly well, even down to the parts of […]

Nancy Smyth and Amanda Johnson Now”Heart Wise Exercise” Personal Trainers Synergystix Fitness is happy to announce that Nancy Smyth and Amanda Johnson have taken the course, passed the exam, and met all the requirements to be recognized as “Heart Wise Exercise” personal trainers Amanda says that this course has given them a far better understanding […]

Good Posture Takes Effort Di Belzil, RMT Synergystix Partners in Health When most people think about posture, they hear phrases like “sit up straight,” “tuck in your chin,” or other catch-all correctives that many of us were told growing up. Over time, this creates an understanding of posture that involves holding the body in ways […]