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LIFESTYLE

Simple lifestyle and exercise adjustments can go a

long way towards resolving a lingering illness, sleep issues or reducing ongoing stressors.

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Lifestyle and exercise are key components of long-term health, and will be central to treatment planning.

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During the initial Health Assessment, we examine your daily routines, to gain a clear picture of the "rhythms of your life." After and in-depth review - we propose options for everyday ways you can make lifestyle shifts and adjustments that can have a profound impact on your health. 

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We Review:

  • Sleep Habits - Sleep Position, Quality, and Quantity

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  • Lifestyle Balance - Your goals for balancing work, home-life and play to ensure a good balance.

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  • Stress Management - Strategies for integrating emotional and mental health routines into daily life.

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  • Optimal Postural and Breathing Techniques to ensure that you are structurally aligned, breathing efficiently and ensuring your body to function at peak.

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  • Educational Resources - Ensuring access to up-to-date information which clarifies the reasoning behind any proposed changes.

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  • Meal Routines - When you eat (and what), how often, how infrequently, eating on the go, sit-down meals, cooking at home, take-out daily, etc.

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  • Fitness and Exercise goals and planning - specific to where you are in your lifecycle and health concern.

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Small shifts can make big differences to more fully recovering from unresolved conditions, preventing relapse, or reaching optimal health. 

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We aim to to meet you where you are - at whatever level of readiness to make changes - and start simple, build on a foundation of successes, and continue to evolve a plan

that meets your changing needs.

EXERCISE

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Exercise is a cornerstone of lifelong health, harmonizing both the physical, emotional and energetic systems of the body. 

 

From a scientific standpoint, it strengthens the heart, muscles, and metabolism; from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, it helps balance the body’s vital energy (Qi) - allowing the mind and body to function in synchrony.

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As part of our Health Assessment, we assess the benefits of exercise and activity for each patient - accounting for: 

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  • Impact on existing Health Conditions

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  • Goals and Limitations​

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  • Stage of Lifecycle - Adolescent, Adult, Midlife, Senior 

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  • Sustainability and Enjoyment.

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  • Physical Rehabilitation & Recovery

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  • Injury Prevention

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We also focus on educating our patients to the "why" behind any exercise or activity protocols we may suggest as part of their overall treatment plan.

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The Role of Exercise in

Optimizing Health Across a Lifespan

Regular movement not only helps prevent disease but also enhances the body’s ability to adapt, repair, and thrive throughout all stages of life. It influences nearly every system in the body - supporting physical strength, metabolic efficiency, cardiovascular endurance, and mental well-being.​​​

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Physiologically, exercise enhances circulation, improves oxygen delivery, and stimulates mitochondrial activity to generate energy at the cellular level. It regulates hormones such as insulin, cortisol, and endorphins - balancing metabolism, reducing inflammation, and supporting emotional stability.

 

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this corresponds to the smooth and unobstructed flow of Qi, which keeps the internal organs healthy, calms the emotions / mind (Shen), and sustains overall  balance. When physical movement and breath are aligned, the body and mind becomes both strong and supple, capable of self-healing and renewal.

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Whether viewed through the lens of modern science or Traditional Chinese Medicine - exercise is one of the most effective forms of preventive medicine. 

 

Through consistent, mindful movement we cultivate not only physical health, but also the deeper sense of balance, presence, and vitality that defines true wellbeing throughout a lifetime.

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