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Heat or Ice? How to Know What Your Injury Needs

Heat or Ice? How to Know What Your Injury Needs

When you’re playing hard, you run the risk of getting injured. While proper training, warm-ups, and technique can help prevent injury, injury can happen to anyone at any time –...
How to Manage Back Pain at Work

How to Manage Back Pain at Work

Experiencing back pain while at work is an experience many can relate to – whether you’re on the tools or sitting at a desk, back pain can come to us...
Preparing for the school sports season

Preparing for the school sports season

School sport Injuries are a real risk – but you can improve your child’s chances of a healthy season by following these tips.
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed – why you've woken up with back pain and how to treat it

Waking up on the wrong side of the bed – why you've woken up with back pain and how to treat it

There are several things that can be done to relieve back pain in the morning, such as changing your sleep position and mattress, stretching, improving overall fitness and using some...
Cold and flu season: Why you get a headache when you’re sick

Cold and flu season: Why you get a headache when you’re sick

Nothing knocks you sideways quite like succumbing to a cold or the flu. It’s hard to describe just how bad you feel, isn’t it? Along with the congestion, the fevers...
Headache – causes, prevention and treatments

Headache – causes, prevention and treatments

Managing a headache is a trial-and-learn process of finding the right blend of pharmaceutical and lifestyle changes to reduce the frequency, severity, and duration of symptoms. Learn more in our...