THE BLOG
In our new course introduced this past weekend, ‘Nutritional Counselling for Kinesiologists’, we talked about Health Canada’s recommendations for a ‘healthy’ diet. As...
It’s official. Obesity is now an epidemic. We already know that obesity is the root cause of many chronic autoimmune diseases. It makes us more susceptible to ill health. And yet it is one of...
Guest blog post by: Katherine Prior, B.A. (Hons) Kinesiology, Co-Instructor of Nutritional Counselling for Kinesiologists at First Line Education
As the dietary supplement industry continues...
Sometimes the simplest of shifts can produce profound results. We tend to believe that the changes needed to improve our health must be radical, uncomfortable and take incredible amounts of...
As I worked with two different clients this week, I realized something that I hadn’t thought about in a while. Both clients presented with very similar chronic pain patterns. And this week...
In Greek mythology there is a riddle attributed to Sophocles who composed the riddle of the Sphinx:
‘What is it that has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?...
Fascia is the term used to describe ALL the tissues throughout our bodies. Most of us picture fascia as a Spider-Man suit worn just under the skin. We imagine fascia surrounding our muscles, organs...
Have you ever tried to do a test of your own functional movement? Good luck.
Maybe you're trying to figure out how to do a movement screen on a client using Zoom on a small laptop screen?...
Congratulations! After four long years of hard work, late nights and litres of coffee, you’re ready to graduate and begin your career as a kinesiologist. Yay, you! But first, if you want to...
Ever hear that the best way to get through a tough time is just to keep going? Just barrel through and not look back? Or the more enlightened version: that the only way out is through?
That’s...
When we’re not looking, physical compensations start to change our anatomy and possibly even our physiology. Our bodies are SO good at adapting that we are often not even aware of how...
Self-care, awareness, mental health month, end of exams, start of the next phase of your life ...
We’ve all been there: ignoring our body’s demand to flip the laptop closed, turn...
