No matter what your nutritional goal is, the key to achieving it is consistency
Wellness
By Joanne Smith | Fall/Winter 2024
Don’t Flush Your Holiday Away
Summer vacations are just around the corner! Whether it’s a road trip or heading off on an adventure tour, it’s a time to relax, have fun, soak up the sun and indulge in delicious food. But we all know tucking into...
Broken Record
Over the past 14 years, I have written about the virtues of Vitamin D and, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m once again shining some sunlight on this essential nutrient.
Pura Vida!
If you’ve ever traveled to Costa Rica, you have likely heard the phrase Pura Vida, meaning “pure life”.
The Healing Power of Dance
Nancy Clarke has been a lover of music and dance since she was a little girl, but little did she anticipate gliding along on the dance floor from a wheelchair.
Nutrition for Cognition
The prevalence of concomitant traumatic brain injury (TBI) in people with spinal cord injury is estimated to be nearly 40 percent (Budisin et al 2016). So, for many of us, taking care of our cognitive health is equally...
Nancy Kawaja: Breaking Boundaries
Meet Nancy Kawaja: a vibrant academic, mom-of-two and athlete with a passion for Crossfit and breaking boundaries in the fitness space.
10 Ways to Refresh and Reset this Spring
If you’re ready to get out and enjoy your surroundings, here are ten ways to refresh and reset this spring:
Overall Healthy Eating Plan for SCI
A healthy diet is always a good choice; healthy eating can help prevent or manage a specific SCI-related secondary health complication.
SCI & Plant-Based Diets
For ethical, environmental and health reasons, more and more people are choosing plant-based diets.
Cool Summer Salads
We naturally tend to eat less during the hot summer months. When the temperature is very warm, heat loss is impeded and with that, our appetite decreases in an effort to regulate our body temperature and cool down.
Higher Learning
At the start of the year, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario embarked on an exciting journey to bring open and frank conversations to our communities on cannabis and spinal cord injury.
UTIs – Getting off the Merry-go-round
Utiva is my “go-to” recommendation for patients who are motivated to break the pattern and avoid overuse of antibiotics.
- Lorraine Liang, Staff Urologist
Aging with an SCI
Now years later living with the effects of aging and the strain on my body, if I could do it all over again, I would take into consideration what I could do that would still maintain my independence but in a manner that...
Sex: Does it make you uncomfortable?
Sex is a natural part of life, but it can be taboo and awkward to talk about for anyone.
Spring Refresh
Spring is here and we’re all ready for a re-fresh! One of the best ways you can do this is to reset and support your sleep habits. Sleep is vital for overall health and people living with SCI have a much higher...
Awesomeness During a Pandemic
I consider myself a positive person. Positive…. but realistic. I know how things do not always go our way and, at times, bad things happen to good people, which can be distressing, but a part of life.
Medical Cannabis & Spinal Cord Injury
On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first nation to legalize cannabis, which followed the legalization of cannabis for medical use two decades earlier.
Covid & Community: The Lasting Effects of a Global Pandemic
How has COVID impacted the spinal cord injury community? It’s a complex issue with many ripple effects.
Let the Sunshine in
People often ask me, if there’s one vitamin I should take what would it be? Regardless of the age, gender or disability of the person asking, without hesitation, Vitamin D is always top of my list. Also known as the...
