This time of year is a busy one here at StoneTree Clinic. The holiday season is filled with joy and fun, but also with stress and illness and tummy troubles. As a result, the clinic is open for business as usual, with a few exceptions below. If you need an IV for a cold, a colonic for… Continue reading →
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Dealing with Holiday Sugar Cravings
This time of year the clinic is bustling. People are staying up late, drinking more and enjoying huge amounts of chocolate treats and Christmas baking. It can be a lot of fun, but it can also lead to tummy troubles, disturbed sleep and weakened immune systems—and more aches, pains, colds and flus as a result. It… Continue reading →
Health Mysteries
“In the beginning, disease is difficult to recognize but easy to cure. In the end, disease is easy to recognize but difficult to cure.” – Franz Mesmer, German Physician I love this quote. It’s a lesson for patients in the value of prevention and long term health thinking, but also a reminder to doctors of the importance of… Continue reading →
Why Vitamin D Matters
If you lived in the northern latitudes of Europe during the industrial revolution, you’d have seen a common but unnerving sight: children with bowed legs and knock-knees, who looked almost “twisted”. That crooked appearance led to a label derived from an old English word for twist: rickets. Back then, rickets was running rampant across parts… Continue reading →
It’s Immune Boosting Time!
Winter is almost here, and that means less light, less outdoor time and more time inside in recirculated air breathing each other’s germs. Add to that the Thanksgiving pie, Halloween candies and Christmas cookies and your immune system may not always get what it needs to fight the good fight and keep you healthy. The team at StoneTree spends… Continue reading →
5,000
In January 2002, in the shared office of a local chiropractor, I saw my very first patient as a Naturopathic Doctor. At the time, it seemed like every person I spoke to asked, “What’s a naturopathic doctor?” A lot has changed since that cold January. One patient led to another. And then another. In 2003… Continue reading →
Collaborating with Your MD Just Got Easier
For many years we’ve been ordering lab tests for patients. It’s a great way for you to have input into what tests you want, and how often—after all, when you pay for your own lab tests, you’re in charge. It also lets you request tests that simply aren’t available through OHIP, like serum levels of vitamin D, for example. Some… Continue reading →
Scar Therapy and Back Pain Relief
For fourteen years I’ve had low-grade low back pain. Not enough to really get in the way of my life, but enough to get me to the RMT now and then, and enough to keep me going to yoga regularly. When it flares up, I always blame it on driving too much, sitting too much,… Continue reading →
Well Woman Visit Dates for 2016
October is breast cancer awareness month. Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer diagnosed in Canadian women—in 2015 alone, over 25,000 Canadian women will be diagnosed. Over 5,000 women will die of it this year. Early detection of the disease has been responsible for a steady decline in the death rate from breast cancer…. Continue reading →
New Evening and Early Morning Hours!
StoneTree Clinic welcomes our newest member to the team, Dr. Candice Soldaat, ND. Candice completed a clinical placement at StoneTree in the early part of this year and has since written and passed her naturopathic board exams. She will be joining the team here at StoneTree on November 2, and brings a keen interest in helping patients with… Continue reading →