To Carb or Not to Carb? That is the Question!
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Are carbs the bad guy? Carbohydrates have been given a bad wrap for quite some time but I think that it’s time to shed some light on the topic about…
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Exercise and Cancer
Is it safe? When is a good time to start? What can I do? Starting or maintaining an exercise regimen may be the last thing that comes to mind when…
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An Multidisciplinary Allied Health Approach! EmPower and Eat Speak Learn
With the recent collaboration between Empower Exercise Physiology and Eat Speak Learn Speech Pathology, we thought what better way to explain how each how these services can complement each other…
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Your best posture is your next posture!
You may have heard poor posture being blamed for all kinds of neck, back, spinal or shoulder pain. And it kind of checks out, right? Sitting at a desk all…
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Exercise and Pregnancy – It’s safe and beneficial!
For the longest time many people, including medical staff, believed pregnancy was a time of rest and that pregnant women should not exercise. Now, we know better. Exercise is not…
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Getting Strong After 60 – Why Strength Training Is Crucial as you age
Often as we age we look back fondly at our younger days, where we could do any task, lift anything we needed to, or do any activity without even thinking…
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Breathing for Bracing
Doing this will help you lift heavier Compared to our other blog on breathing, this blog is about bracing, what it is, what to do, and how to do it.…
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Breathing: Uses during exercise
Breathing is something that we need to complete day to day to survive and keep moving, along with the heart and brain, the lungs are probably one of the most…
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Our Tips for Eating a Healthy & Balanced Diet
Eating a healthy and balanced diet has a positive impact on your health in the long and short term. Eating a balanced diet includes eating from the 5 major food…
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Introduction to Osteoporosis
You’ve been diagnosed with or told you are at risk of osteoporosis. You may have heard terms like low bone mineral density, crushed vertebrae, weak, fragile, or brittle bones and…
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Exercising with Your Menstrual Cycle
The menstrual cycle is a fact of life for all women. It’s a normal part of female fertility involving cyclical patterns of hormonal signalling between your brain, ovaries and uterus.…
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Our Tips for Exercising with Diabetes
Regular exercise is not only helpful in improving our overall health and wellbeing, it is also extremely beneficial in the management of diabetes. Unfortunately, there is no “cure” for diabetes,…
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Nine Tips to Improve Your Sleep
Having a great night’s sleep feels amazing right? You wake up that much better prepared to take on the day. The brain fog that no amount of coffee can help…
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