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While sleeping on a cloud ☁ sounds like heaven, waking up in a cloudy haze doesn’t. 🥱 Brain fog is a real thing that affects many people daily. Sometimes, this is caused by medical conditions such as diabetes or kidney disease. At other times it can be caused by something as simple as not getting […]

There’s a lot of chatter out there about whether ice 🧊 is good for injuries. In our opinion, when ice is applied to injuries shortly after they occur and even while they are healing, icing is excellent for injuries.  What Does Icing Do To Injuries? Using a cold compress or an ice pack on an

Radial Shockwave Therapy (or RSWT) is a non-invasive treatment that offers significant relief for various musculoskeletal conditions, by enhancing the body’s natural healing processes.   At Inspired Health, we’re committed to providing you with the best care possible, and that includes educating you about the treatments we offer and how it can benefit you. 😊 What Is

Muscle tone 💪 is the amount of tension or resistance to movement in our muscles. This helps us hold our bodies upright while sitting or standing and contributes to our ability to control the speed and amount of movement 🚶‍️ we can achieve. When muscles are at their healthiest, they are never fully relaxed. Children

Upper crossed syndrome (UCS) happens when the muscles in the neck, shoulder, and chest become unbalanced ⚖️. This means some muscles are too weak and some are too tight. Usually, these muscles become unbalanced due to poor posture, bending, twisting, and repetitive motion. 😳  What Does Upper Crossed Syndrome Look Like? Believe it or not,

It may feel like exercising after giving birth to a child is the last thing you want to do 🙅‍♀️. However, postpartum exercise is one of the best things new mums can do for their bodies.  Why we should exercise postpartum Exercise not only promotes weight loss (especially if we want to get our pre-pregnancy

All too often we have clients coming to us saying, “I just want to be able to lift my arm!” 😢 Usually, this means we’ve got a case of frozen shoulder on our hands. 🤔  Frozen shoulder is a condition where the ligaments in your shoulder have started to stick to the bone, causing your

If you’ve been struggling with 💪 tennis elbow, it’s possible that you are doing something to trigger or worsen the problem without knowing it. But what is tennis elbow?  Simply put, tennis elbow is pain and inflammation or micro tears in the tendons around the outer elbow from overuse. It can vary from being a

Back pain is just that, a pain! 😥 It doesn’t only make everyday movements difficult; it can also be quite irritating if it’s persistent or occurs regularly. 💢  It may seem like all you can do to soothe your pain is to take pain medication 💊. But we’re here to tell you that there are

Continuing from our previous newsletter in December, there are many ways you can support your spine every day, and it is often simpler than you think! 😃  Lift The Right Way Lifting heavy objects 📦 the wrong way is a common cause of back pain. The best way to avoid hurting your spine is to