I know from my own experience that during times of intense stress (like packing to move from Canada to Australia!), I can have some pretty awful headaches. The muscles in my neck and shoulder blade tense up like rocks, and I can have headaches that last for days, no matter how much Advil I take. But stress isn't always bad. Our nervous system is designed to protect us from threats and danger. During a perceived stressful event, the sympathetic nervous system triggers the fig

World spine day is on October the 16th, and the whole purpose is to highlight spinal health awareness. Too many people suffer from spinal pain. When we talk about back pain, we mostly think about the low back, but your neck is part of the spinal column too, and all too often, I hear our patients talk to us about neck pain and the associated headaches they get. The single most common reason to get a headache is your upper back and neck posture is called a cervico-genic headach

Working from home is fantastic! Right up until your puppy starts barking for attention or your neighbour, who you can only assume is building a fort and starts cranking up all sorts of power tools next door. COVID-19 has caused remote work from home to become a necessity instead of a luxury for many people. Your workstation at home might consist of leaning at your kitchen bench with a laptop, sitting on your couch in front of your coffee table, or lying in bed with your lapto