Hello All! Dr. Brenda Yee is excited to return to clinic in Guelph on Thursday November 7, 2024 from 11-6pm. She's looking forward to seeing your friendly faces again!

Baby Emilia was born on Saturday July 13, 2024, yipeeeee! Mom and baby are doing well and the family is adjusting smoothly to their new bundle of joy. The twins, Addie and Evie, are just smitten with their new baby sister! 

Thank you all for your words of encouragement and congratulations! See you back in clinic in November 2024! :)

Dr. Brenda Yee is welcoming her third child this July 2024 and will be beginning her maternity leave July 1, 2024. As of current, there has been no success finding a chiropractic locum to cover Dr. Yee's leave. If no coverage is found, Dr. Yee will plan to return ONE day per week beginning early to mid November 2024. Come on in before June 30, 2024 to see her before she heads off! :)

Katrina Zantinge is moving to a new location beginning June 1, 2024. Her last day at Nurture Family Chiropractic will be May 31, 2024. We are sad to see her go but are also very excited for a new adventure for her. Thank you Katrina for your many years of excellent service and friendly interactions, you will be greatly missed! Below is a message from Katrina:

"Good afternoon and Happy (almost) June! 
I wanted to share a brief update as my location of practice is moving! 
My last day at Nurture Family Chiropractic will be  Friday May 31st.
As of June 1st, 2024: If you would like to continue to see me at my new location, you can find me at 40 Norwich Street East, inside Thompson Wellness Clinic.
If you need to get in touch with me directly or have any questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected]. 
If you require a phone call instead, please let me know through email and I will set up a time to call you. 
Kind regards,
Katrina Zantinge RMT"

Happy Spring Everyone!

We'll cut right to the chase. The most common cause of low back pain is from tight or weak muscles in your low back. Our low back makes up a significant portion of our torso and is pretty well the center (aka middle) of our body, attaching our upper half to our lower half. This makes our low back a crucial area in our body for transmitting forces from our arms to our legs and vice versa. If you've experienced low back pain before, you may have noticed pain in your low back while walking or running as a result of this transmission of forces. In fact, almost ANY movement you do transmits forces through your low back. This is why most movements are painful or uncomfortable when you experience low back pain. From getting up from a chair, to getting out of bed or getting into your car, to lifting every day items. All of these movements require coordination between your upper body and your lower body to be successfully completed, transmitting forces through your low back. 

Since so many forces pass through your low back on a daily, it makes sense that there would a lot of muscles in your low back. And you'd be correct, there are a LOT of muscles in your low back, both big and small. These muscles may get tired from daily activities and result in pain for you or you may have a sudden, obvious injury that results in low back pain. Regardless of the mechanism of injury, one very important part of healing and recovering from ANY type of low back pain is core strengthening. Your core is collectively made up of your abs, your obliques and your low back muscles. When your core is strong and functioning well, it acts as a stabilizing belt for your low back similar to the belts you see professional weight lifters using when lifting extreme weights. For a stabilizing belt to work properly, the muscle coordination between your abs, obliques and low back muscles must fire at the same time otherwise you get a tight part here and a loose part there. A stabilizing belt that is both tight and loose at the same time doesn't do much stabilizing at all. And of the three parts of your core, the low back muscles will often fire the hardest and that results in tightness, fatigue or injury in those muscles. And that results in you having low back pain. 

Have more questions about your low back pain or interested in other reasons for low back pain? Comment down below or if you're in the Guelph area, drop on into Nurture Family Chiropractic and ask for Dr. Brenda Yee. 

As it turns out, twins are a lot of work. Albeit, it's the best kind of work there is. Dr. Brenda Yee will be extending her maternity leave two months and will return to practicing June 1, 2022. Dr. Aislinn Rooney will continue your chiropractic care in Dr. Yee's absence. 

Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to seeing you at the clinic still and soon!