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The main difference between wellness care and standard medical care is that wellness care seeks to turn on the natural healing ability. Wellness care does not add something to the system, instead it  removes anything that might interfere with normal function. Wellness care trusts... READ MORE

One of the most common types of patients seen by a chiropractor are those who suffer from headaches. While tens of thousands of chiropractors know the huge positive impact chiropractic care has on providing headache relief, researchers recently reviewed all controlled clinical... READ MORE

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) has become one of the most widespread occupational health problems we face today. It affects millions of people a year, and with our growing reliance on computers there seems to be no end in sight.The syndrome is caused by pressure on the median nerve... READ MORE

At Chiropractic First & Wellness in the Burnaby has been helping patients with whiplash and related soft tissue injuries for almost 10 years now. The term Whiplash is used to describe the sudden jerking backwards and forward of the skull that occurs from a rear-end auto... READ MORE

Car accident back injuries can be sustained in many types of motor vehicle accidents. Whiplash is one of the most common types of car accident back injuries. Whiplash accounts for more than one million car accident back injuries each year. Ten percent of these car accident back... READ MORE

What Are Muscle Spasms? You reach for a towel on the top shelf of the linen closet and your back wrenches in pain as a muscle goes into spasm. The pain is excruciating and you can barely move. How could something as simple as reaching for a towel produce such pain? The answer ... READ MORE

We live in very stressful times. A world-wide economic crisis, declining home values, job losses, financial insecurities, an uncertain future… these and other “real life” events cause a lot of people a lot of stress. And that stress is responsible for all types of health... READ MORE

If you notice that you feel tired a lot, it may not simply be that you’re working long hours. Many people who feel fatigued, or have “low energy” mistakenly attribute this to the stress of life. Well, there may be something else to it.   Did you know that your brain expends... READ MORE

With the summer around the corner, sports injuries become more and more common.  At Our Burnaby Chiropractic and Wellness Center, protocol for sports injuries combines Chiropractic, Acupunture and Massage therapy for effective treatment and recovery .  Massage and Acupuncture are... READ MORE

Some Acupuncture Myths Debunked! As an acupuncturist, I do a lot of myth debunking. It’s understandable. After all, acupuncture speaks an entirely different language from the one through which most Westerners learned to see the world. However, with acupuncture continuing to grow... READ MORE