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December 2, 2008
What do you do when you sprain a joint in your body or end up with any other injury that causes significant swelling? Most of us use P.R.I.C.E.: protection, rest, ice, compression, and elevation. However, we often feel that this just isn’t effective enough; ridding the area of inflammation seems to take forever! Injuries are [...]
November 26, 2008
Has it become a laboured task for you to maintain good posture? Do you find that it takes all of your energy to hold your shoulders back? If you have been given rehabilitation exercises, do you feel that they are too challenging for you? If so, not only do I completely understand what you are [...]
November 8, 2008
Friday, November 7th, 2008, Vancouver chiropractor, Dr. Carla Cupido was featured on CTV. Dr. Rhonda Low covered a segment on the prevalence of yoga related injuries in health practitioners offices. Dr. Cupido was interviewed as a chiropractor who is seeing an increase in yoga injuries. If you practice yoga, please watch this segment to learn [...]
November 3, 2008
My Yoga Online recently contacted me and requested that I write them an article on the topic of neck safety during yoga. This article discusses the dangers of particular neck ranges of motion which is relevant to all, whether on or off your yoga mat. Take the time to read my article as it will [...]
October 27, 2008
On October 19th 2008, yoga instructor Jesse Enright and I hosted a workshop on the benefits and dangers of yoga at UBC. We worked through some of the risks that can result from particular yoga poses and how to avoid them. We also ran through selected benefits that can be gained from certain poses when [...]