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How To Stop Food Cravings

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How To Stop Food Cravings

If you struggle with maintaing a balanced diet and get cravings for sugary foods/drinks or fatty foods.  Then Dr. Ferguson has some tips and advice for you on some of the surprising causes and how to stop the cravings.

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Pain Relief Tools

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20% Off Everything on this page
for the month of December!

Below are some fantastic tools to help make 2013 a truly healthy new year for you and your loved ones…

Any great health & wellness plan here in Edmonton is not just about regular visits to your friendly neighbourhood Chiropractor, Acupuncturist or Massage Therapist.  There are numerous smart choices and tiny changes in habits you can make to prevent some of the reoccurring problems that surface.

At OCWC we’ve done hours of research to find the highest quality pain relief and prevention tools to keep you operating at full capacity.

Below are some of our bestsellers and the ones we love to recommend.

Sit Discs & The Evo Chair

Most people spend over 8 hours per day sitting down or sedentary, not including sleep. This type of lifestyle because of poor posture and chairs can cause weak backs and hips. The sit disk & Evo chair are a great way to combat this fatigue and engage your core more during the day. Plus they’re fun to bounce on!

Foam Roller

The foam roller is great at stretching out and relieving any tight muscles or tissues. Use it while you’re watching television or relaxing at the end of your day.

Pressure Point Tool

This is a great tool to keep at the office or home to relieve those reoccurring knots or tight muscles in your back.

Chiro Flow Water Pillow

The Chiro Flow water pillow is a great substitute for whiplash patients and neck or headache sufferers.  It’s fully adjustable bladder allows you to customize it for your needs and comfort level.

More information about the Chiro Flow pillow from the manufacturers:

Call us to get your wellness tools and your 20% off Christmas discount!

The Benefits of Probiotics

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The Benefits of Probiotics.
What are they? And, How can they help?

High Quality Probiotics We Offer…

At OCWC we have 3 products that help promote good gut flora on sale for November.  (All products are in the capsule form.)

  1. Probiotic 50B (soy and dairy free)– this probiotic is the most potent broad spectrum product available. And is only available through registered clinics.  It is appropriate for severe cases.
  2. Probiotic–5 (dairy–free) – this is not as potent as the 50B formula and is great for maintaining good flora.
  3. Genuine Health Greens – this product is a great overall wellness supplement containing a low dose of probiotics to help maintain healthy digestion while providing the alkalizing benefits of green vegetables along with fibre to cleanse the bowels. This product is great to increase your energy, especially if you don’t get enough green veggies in your diet!! (Note: we sell only the capsules.)

Call us (780.455.2112) to get your Probiotics supply set aside for you or just stop by the clinic.

As always, if you have any questions feel free to email us or call.

The 3 Most Positive Effects of Vitamin D

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The 3 Most Positive

Side Effects of Vitamin D

Vitamin D has some extremely positive effects on not only our body but our moods as well.

While it’s true that the sun is our best source of Vitamin D.

The long term effects of too much sun exposure can cause some obvious harm to the health of our skin and possibly causing skin cancer.  A great balance between the sun and vitamin D supplementation can have a profound effect on these three key areas:

  1. Your mood and mental health.  This explains why most people feel a little ‘down in the dumps’ here in Edmonton during the winter months.  The lack of Vitamin D we’re not getting from the sun has a strong impact on our moods.  (And we definitely see those mood swings here in our Edmonton Chiropractic Clinic!)
  2. Your bones.  That’s right.  Vitamin D has a direct impact on your bodies ability to absorb calcium.  The healthier the levels of Vitamin D in your body improve your bone density and lowers the risks for unwanted injury.
  3. Your risk of disease.  Meeting your daily requirements has a direct impact on your risk of Cancer, Diabetes and a laundry list of other diseases.  Something that only takes a few seconds of time can mean so much to your overall health.

Here’s a quick video Dr. Ly recorded for you about the benefits of Vitamin D and health risks of not getting enough:

Call us (780.455.2112) to get your Vitamin D supply set aside for you or just stop by the clinic.

As always, if you have any questions feel free to email us or call.

How Much Vitamin C Do You Need? [Video]

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How Much Vitamin C Do You Need?

There are some common misconceptions about Vitamin C and why we need it.  In this video Dr. Kent Ferguson explains:

  • The 4 most common things we do daily that suck Vitamin C from our bodies,
  • 2 great benefits of Vitamin C for active people,
  • How much Vitamin C we actually get from the foods we eat.

Call us (780.455.2112) to get your Vitamin C set aside for you or just stop by the clinic.

As always, if you have any questions feel free to email us or call.