Dr. Andrew Cregg

08/25/2021

🇨🇦Go Canada Go! 🇨🇦

The Paralympics started yesterday and I for one can't get enough!

Need updates on schedules, medal count, where to view events? Say no more (check below).

The medals are already rolling in 🏅

Team Canada Tokyo 2020 Click Here Beijing 2022 days Tokyo 2021 days Featured Stories More News Tokyo 2020 Day 1 Preview: Canadian Paralympic Team ready to commence competition Preliminary rounds begin in wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, and goalball CPC confirms additional livestream coverag...

08/04/2021

The most detailed image of a brain yet! 🧠

100-hour MRI takes an incomprehensible amount of cross sectional images that are

This is a 100 micron resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of an ex vivo human brain specimen. The brain specimen was donated by a 58-year-old wom...

07/06/2021

Sleep is important for a number of human functions including memory, mood and muscle recovery to name a few. Dr. Matthew Walker is a sleep expert at UCLA and provides a detailed explanation about why sleep is important.

If you don't get enough sleep each night, your health could be at risk. A sleep expert explains how sleep deprivation affects your brain and body.

06/16/2021

Do you meditate? You should!

Research suggests that meditation can result in functional cortical change and improved quality of life. In today’s fast paced world, take some time for introspection and relaxation. For me, that involves deep breathing and focusing on my heart rate. Try it for 40 days!

A study in Scientific Reports has helped reinforce our understanding of how meditation and mindfulness affect change in the structure and functioning of ...

05/14/2021

Dear nurses,

You take care of us throughout our lifespan starting before we are even born. You care for our mental health, medical emergencies, palliative care needs and show us empathy in times of need.

Our hospitals don’t function without you. Our sick don’t get better without you. Our vaccine efforts are obsolete without you. Thank you nurses. Thank you for everything you do to keep Canadians healthy 🙏

04/20/2021

Diet monitoring, exercise, sleep and stress management. These should be the four fundamental therapeutic tools that every health care provider discusses with you and works with you to improve.

“If it was a pill, exercise would be a trillion-dollar moneymaker prescribed to everyone” – Scott Lear

‘If it was a pill, exercise would be a trillion-dollar moneymaker prescribed to everyone’

04/14/2021

Nostalgia alert!

Still waiting for a Body Break reunion 🏃🏃‍♀️

These were great videos in the 90’s that still ring true today. ParticipactionTM continues to encourage Canadians to get active to maintain optimal physical and mental wellbeing. Since the weather is improving, challenge yourself to get outside every day for a brisk walk or hike. Get moving!

Wow this was on the beach in San Diego, California just before sunset. We were in a mad dash to get this show filmed before we ran out of sunlight. Running...

03/02/2021

Ever wonder what that “cracking” or “popping” sound is when your chiropractor adjusts you?

It occurs through a process called tribonucleation where a gas filled cavity is rapidly formed within a fluid filled space when two opposing surfaces separate past a critical point that allows distance to form between them and a cavity to develop. This is why you will hear chiropractors refer to the cracking sound as a “cavitation.”

Check out the real-time MRI results of a knuckle cavitating.



Reference: Kawchuk GN, Fryer J, Jaremko JL, Zeng H, Rowe L, Thompson R (2015) Real-Time Visualization of Joint Cavitation. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119470. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119470

Real-Time Visualization of Joint Cavitation. Gregory N. Kawchuk et al (2015), PLoS ONE http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.01194...

02/23/2021

“Doc, my back is out of place. I need you to adjust me back into alignment” is a classic sentence I hear all the time in the office.

Although it might feel that way, your joints are not actually “out of place” anatomically and something much less sinister is likely happening. The sensation you feel involves the complex interplay between the joints, joint capsule, ligaments, muscles and nervous system that surround the area of concern.

Listen to Dr. O’Guin explain how spinal manipulation can help and tune in next time to see a video of a joint popping in real time!

This video is about Do bones really go out of place? (What really happens when you have your spine adjusted?A common misconception is that chiropractors put...

01/28/2021

Bell Let's Talk Day 📞

Take care of yourself and take care of others! We all need help sometimes and there are many resources available for all comfort levels. You'll never know how much mental health professionals can help until you test them out! We can all benefit. www.talkspace.com/ is a great example if you prefer to remain anonymous.

Watch this video to show your support!

Break the silence. Break the stigma.

Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day. Every time this video is viewed today, Bell will donate 5¢ more towards Canadian mental health initiatives. Watch and share to ...

01/20/2021

Pain is a multifactorial experience.

Greg Lehman’s cup analogy can help you understand your personal pain experience and identify factors that impact your relationship with pain. Your cup doesn’t need to be empty but it shouldn’t be overfilled either!

1) What stressors fill your cup? (social, physical, economic, etc).
2) How can you decrease the stressors in your cup that contribute towards pain?
3) How can you build a bigger and more robust cup to manage stress?

Be good to yourself - manage the stressors you can control and be aware of the ones you cannot.

Pain is not always straightforward. Its is influenced by a number of factors and stressors in your life. This simple cup analogy for pain explains just som...