The Gentle Press
Stress-reducing health and wellness advice gently provided by Dr. Barone and the staff at Una Vita.
8 Back-To-School Backpack Tips for Kids
It feels like summer is just heating up. School is the farthest thing from my mind, but my wife, being the organized one, has brought home two new backpacks, all ready for the upcoming school year. That's when I came to the realization that the kids start school in...
Newport Village Chiropractic is now Una Vita Chiropractic
A lot changes in 18 years. In October of 2000. There was a red Jeep TJ Sport in my garage. My parents were only in their seventies. I was mentally worn from completing ten years of university, held up from collapsing physically (and financially) by only the calm...
What’s the Best Sleep Position for Good Posture?
Sleep position can dramatically change your posture and your health. "What position should I sleep in?" It is one of the most common questions I receive in the office. It is a natural question, after all. Many back problems cause people to stay up late, wake up too...
Infinity to the Power of a Triangle
How abstract words and affirmations can change our minds, big-time. It is 4:30 on a clear morning in Whistler today. It's still dark. I am looking out my window and through the spiralled branches of evergreens to the village trail, which is lit by lamp-posts with...
Be One With The Guitar
Your Body is Part of The InstrumentA couple of months ago I was in my basement and found a stack of sheet music from when I was a teenager. It was around 1986 then, when I was first studying classical guitar. I blew the dust off a piece called the Bach...
Love: Simple.
Sometimes we make things too complicated. Consider it a bug in the programming of our DNA. We complicate our health care, our relationships, parenting, our diet, even love. Deep down we know the rules, and what is right, yet somehow, that simplicity all too often gets...
The Psychology of Fasting
Maybe you are interested in fasting to improve your physical or spiritual health. Maybe you are just curious. It is present in cultures and religions around the world, but is gaining appreciation in the west. Jesus went fasting for forty days and forty nights, but...
The New Zen Masters : Kids and Mindfulness
My journey with mindfulness, at least in a deliberate form, began when I was about 19 years old. I wrote a report in psychology 101 about meditation, mostly centred around a book called The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson. Herbert Benson was a medical doctor...
5 Rules to Staying Injury Free While Running
The last thing any runner wants is to be sidelined from an injury. Luckily there are ways to stay injury free and decrease your chances of needing to take an unexpected time out from training. Make sure you have the right shoes for your feet It is worth getting your...
Enjoy Your Meal This Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving dinner this weekend, it may seem like a difficult task to maintain a wellness diet. However, with a few considerations it is possible to enjoy your meal without feeling like you are holding back. Eat Small Meals Throughout the Day As a part of your...
More Pollution? Time To Detox!
It was just over a week ago that we woke up to a red sky, smoky air, blowing in from the devastating forest fires inland. Today i look out my window, and am struck by the grey veil that blankets the entire lower mainland, from the ground, seemingly up to the...
Spring: Time to Thaw Your Frozen Shoulder
Ah, Spring! It seems like only yesterday that I was up at Whistler Blackcomb, on 7th Heaven skiing on a seemingly limitless blanket of powder. Actually that was yesterday. But farther down the mountain, spring has sprung, and spring-skiing aside, it is time for our...
Childhood Sport Injuries
Childhood Sport Injuries Childhood sport injuries are an epidemic, and it shouldn’t be a surprise. I only have to look as far as my kids’ weekly schedule. Not only do they have gym class and running at school, there is also soccer, baseball, skiing, swimming,...
Wellness After Whiplash: 3 Steps
So you are driving home from the airport after a nice vacation with your family in Disneyland. They are asleep in the back seat and WHAM, you get rear-ended.. At least, that’s what happened to me last August. And like me, you may have gotten Whiplash. The symptoms may...
The A.R.T. of Making Piriformis Syndrome Less of a Pain In The Butt.
Sometimes it starts gradually, sometimes suddenly. You describe a pain in your "hip", "butt" "low back." The pain radiates all around the front and back of your hip, and sometimes it tingles down the leg. Many people call it "sciatica." It is often affectionately...
Headaches: Not Normal!
So you tell yourself your headaches are normal: "It only happens if I am tired or hungry." Or maybe it is constant and debilitating. If you have headaches then I am here to tell you that there is no such thing as a "normal headache." There are things you can do to...
Have a Plantar Fasciitis Crisis?
You get out of bed and your feet are killing you. You can hardly walk! As you walk it gets a little better, but your feet are still painful to touch, especially near the heel. Oh my gosh, you have plantar fasciitis! Its primary causes is pronation (collapse) of the...
Sidelined by Shin Splints? Do This!
You start to run and your shins kill, but it stops after a bit more running. You have shin splints! A combination of over-use and misalignment at the ankles (and even the hips) causes muscles called the tibialis posterior, and tibias anterior to scar, then stick to...
Don’t let Runner’s Knee Stop You From Training!
What is Runner's Knee The snow is melting, and it's time get your runners out to get out there and hit the pavement. If you, or someone you care about is suffering needlessly from sore knees, then read on! Runner's knee also known as patellofemoral pain syndrome...