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If you're pregnant, thinking about being pregnant, or have been pregnant, learn how manual osteopathy can help support you, and make a huge difference toward a comfortable existence.
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[email protected]Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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The vagus nerve is arguably the most important nerve in our entire body. And the nerve that holds the most power over our digestive system, our heart, our breath and our thoughts.
In this episode, I explain some of the functions of the vagus nerve, why it's important we support vagal tone and what you can do at home to help your nervous system function.
This episode is a brief rundown of the vagus nerve - there is so much more information that I could have provided in this episode, which will likely mean I'll be doing a follow up episode one day soon!
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
[email protected]
@one.body.wellnessFollow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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I've put out a bonus episode on the three major viruses (RSV, covid, flu) circulating this season.
I briefly describe what to look for in your child, should they be showing symptoms of an illness, and when to seek medical attention.
This episode does not take the place of medical advice. Use your strong intuition if you feel something is off, and get your babe in front of a medical professional.
Where to find Nicole Settimi:
www.onebodywellness.ca
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Symptoms of whiplash after a motor vehicle accident can be complicated. There are a few things you may want to know about your symptoms, or lack of symptoms, directly after an accident.
Don't hesitate to receive care after an injury or accident. Healthcare providers can help make a world of difference in your recovery.
Don't forget! Just because there was no damage to your car, doesn’t mean there is no damage to you. How your car absorbs shock and force is not an indication of how you do. Make sure you head right to the hospital after getting into an accident. Or see your family doctor.Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
@one.body.wellness
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Have you ever had a shoulder that just wouldn’t move? There could be a number of reasons why! But today I’m talking about ‘Frozen Shoulder.’
Adhesive capsulitis is very often described as frozen shoulder. It shows up clinically when someone has pain in their shoulder that gets worse over time. The reason frozen shoulder is term you may have heard before is because it takes a long time for someone to recover from this and normally they are unable to move their arm. Adhesive capsulitis is where the shoulder capsule adheres to the head of the humerous. Often it’s considered idiopathic in the medical world, meaning it just arises spontaneously, or it is due to a secondary condition like autoimmune or endocrine disorders.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
@one.body.wellness
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Asthma is a chronic pulmonary condition affecting 4 million Canadians. We’ve all become hyper aware of the acute respiratory conditions that could affect our bodies during this global pandemic. Those dealing with chronic pulmonary conditions like asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, are acutely aware of the impacts that not being able to breathe well, can have on the human body. Nicole condenses information about asthma, from the manual osteopathic lense, in this quick dose episode.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
@one.body.wellness
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Very often misdiagnosed, and misguided, this condition is specifically due to an overuse and repetitive strain style injury in the wrist, and specifically affecting the median nerve through the carpal tunnel. The main cause of carpal tunnel syndrome or median nerve compression, is repetitive motions over a long period of time. People who work at a desk, on a computer, people who work with electronics, in a factory doing repetitive movements even massage therapists. As well, when stress is associated with these movements, so if you’re working and highly stressed, or consistently stressed, your chances of developing a receptive strain injury increase.
If you listen to this episode and think you might be suffering from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, don’t hesitate to email me.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
@one.body.wellness
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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The Chinese Body Clock is used by practitioners as an assessment tool to see where disease or dysfunction might be present. The basis of this clock is that it reflects the times at which each of our organs is functioning at its peak, so that we might be able to understand more about how to support our bodies, but also how to recognize patterns of dysfunction. It helps us understand how we can optimize our day to support our organs, rest when we need to and recover well.
Listen to understand what times of day are associated with each organ and how to support yourself!
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
[email protected]
@one.body.wellness
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com -
Nicole gives a quick dose of anatomy, technique and treatment when it comes to craniosacral therapy and how everything is once again, completely interconnected.
Health Topic: Cranial Osteopathy
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective: From an osteopathic perspective, every cranium is very unique. Trauma, lifestyle, physiology, pathology and genetics all play important roles in the asymmetries that impact the cranial and cranial rhythm. Any dysfunction or variation in our sacral region will cause a mirroring affect in our cranium as well. Another example of how our body is all connected and how one aspect or structure of our body is connected to the other.
THE TAKE AWAY:
From an osteopathic perspective, every cranium is very unique. Trauma, lifestyle, physiology, pathology and genetics all play important roles in the asymmetries that impact the cranial and cranial rhythm. Any dysfunction or variation in our sacral region will cause a mirroring affect in our cranium as well. Another example of how our body is all connected and how one aspect or structure of our body is connected to the other.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
__Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Today I am using this space to talk about the relationship between our jaw and our hips. How could these structures possibly be connected and why is that even important?
Health Topic: The Link Between the TMJ and our hip bones
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective: Be conscious of clenching your jaw, choose to do self massage techniques in your temporal regions, deep hip stretches and cat/cow postures can help. Be conscious of posture while seated, and use a pillow in between legs at night.
THE TAKE AWAY:
Think of how you can be the most aligned, most balanced and most gentle in your body right now. There are many reasons why we might have jaw or hip pain, but sometimes dealing with chronic pain requires us to go deep, look at patterns and not be stuck in a diagnostic box.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Health Topic: Seasonal Allergies
What is it?: Irritation and immune responses from environmental factors such as trees, grass and weeds.
Symptoms: Congestion, runny nose, loss of smell, itchy eyes and sneezing.
Causes and Risk Factors: Trees, grass and weeds, specifically pollen.
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective:
Ways to help support lymph and liver function today? Dry skin brushing, tongue scraping, deep belly breathing, even crocodile breath, inversions, so getting those legs up against the wall for ten minutes a day, and walking, as well as depressing using mindfulness techniques. Get a good air purifier for your home and air purifying plants. Dust, clean and vacuum your home often, avoid a build of of pet dander and hair. And talk to an expert on addressing dietary concerns if you truly want to address the root cause of your allergy symptoms and reactions.Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
[email protected]Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
__Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Health Topic: Lyme disease
What is it?: A bacterial infection caused by black-legged ticks
Symptoms: Symptoms can be varied and complex and include physical and cognitive issues
Causes and Risk Factors: Black legged tick
Diagnosis and Treatment: Antibiotics and treating symptoms
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective: As a manual osteopath, I am going to help address somatic dysfunctions, including cognitive function and the nervous system. I would constantly be asking questions about my patient’s symptoms and any change in symptoms and I would help them come to terms with Lyme disease mentally. As practitioners, we owe it to our patients to always sit in the learners seat. There are no experts on lyme, but lyme literate professionals that are constantly learning about this disease. Consider false negatives, and addressing lyme based on certain symptoms even if tests are negative. This can help outcomes.
THE TAKE AWAY:
I guess my question is, instead of fearing lyme and ticks, how can we be symbiotic with nature, to co-exist, and to protect ourselves, and the environment, in the meantime?
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
[email protected]Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
__Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Health Topic: Endometriosis
What is it?: Endometrial glands and cells appear outside of the uterine cavity, where they are supposed to live and stay. The most common locations for these ectopic (meaning an abnormal place or position) groupings are in the ovaries, the area between the uterus and the rectum and the uterosacral ligament.
Symptoms: While an important proportion of women with this condition may be asymptomatic, patients with endometriosis often manifest severe dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain not associated with a menstrual cycle, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, infertility, painful defecation during menstruation, urinary tract symptoms, and gastrointestinal symptoms.
Causes and Risk Factors: Still widely unknown, but genetics, environment, lifestyle and menstrual retrograde can all play a role.
Diagnosis and Treatment: There is still no effective treatment for endometriosis but there are pharmacological and surgical interventions.
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective: From a manual osteopaths perspective, we treat somatic dysfunction, or impaired or altered functions of the nervous, lymphatic and musculoskeletal system. So we will treat every patient with their unique and individual symptoms. If you come in with back pain, we will help address your concerns. If you are experiencing bloating, we make sure to do a full visceral and mechanical assessment for you.
THE TAKE AWAY:
If you are experiencing reproductive health issues, or suspect something isn’t functioning right, don’t hesitate to talk to your doctor. Our menstrual cycle is a tool for us to understand our bodies and each aspect of it is a reflection of the state of our internal health. Especially if you are experiencing an unusual amount of pain, bloating, heaviness, irregularities and bleeding. As well, seeking complimentary healthcare providers that understand gynecological concerns is important.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
__Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Dysmenorrhea is a common condition associated with painful cramping in the uterus. 75% of people who menstruate experience painful periods. There are two types- Primary Dysmenorrhea is a condition where periods are painful but not linked to other gynecological concerns, and normally start right at the beginning of menses. Secondary Dysmenorrhea is the presence of pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis or another reproductive health issue and would have me considering a differential diagnosis.
Dysmenorrhea is caused by an increased amount of prostaglandins in our menstrual fluid. When tissue is damaged or infected, prostaglandins are the hormones that cause a reaction like pain, inflammation and fever. Normally, this would spark a healing process in the body, but during menstruation, it sparks a constant feedback loop of pain.Health Topic: Dysmenorrhea / Painful Periods
What is it?: Primary dysmenorrhea is the presence of painful cramping during menstruation with no other obvious underlying health concerns. Secondary dysmenorrhea is the presence of painful cramping but with the presence of other reproductive health issues.
Symptoms: Painful cramping, nausea, headaches, dizziness, mental distress, muscle cramping etc.
Causes and Risk Factors: Having female reproductive organs, stress, prevalence of prostaglandins in menstrual fluid.
Diagnosis and Treatment: Often diagnosed by a medical doctor. Conventional treatment would include pain killers and hormonal contraceptive pills. Manual therapy, visceral manipulation, stress reduction and manual therapy techniques.
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective:
With the use of osteopathic manual techniques and by adopting its principles into my approach, I am able to reduce overall pain and discomfort during menstruation. You do not need to suffer in pain every month due to your gynecological conditions. Visceral manual therapy can be an effective and gentle way to help improve the structure and function of your pelvic organs.
THE TAKE AWAY:
There are massive gaps in our healthcare system. When people presenting with female reproductive organs try to discuss their health concerns with their medical doctors, they are often gaslit or passed onto some specialist who also has no idea how to manage or treat their concerns. We are left feeling ill, confused and hopeless. I can count on two hands the number of different gynecologists this 33 has seen in her life, with no help or positive outcomes. I am grateful that manual therapy provides options for people who are struggling with pain.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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With so many people working from home, the increase in screen and phone time and our disturbances in sleep, I’ve been receiving inquiries on differential diagnoses for headaches.
Many headaches can be hard to diagnose and treat. Manual osteopaths perform a full neurological exam and closely examine the neck as well. We use a pain guide that can help differentiate certain headaches, create an effective treatment for our patients and notice red flags and the need to seek medical attention.
Health Topic: Headaches
What is it?: There are many types of headaches. The most common are tension and vascular (migraines) headaches.
Symptoms: Tension headache symptoms can pose as pain in the neck, head and face, eye disturbances, immobility and sensitivity. Vascular headaches can be unilateral, stabbing and intense pain, have an aura associated with it, dread and dissociation and digestive upset.
Diagnosis and Treatment: Manual osteopaths use a pain protocol, health history and palpation to help determine how to properly treat your headache.
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective:
If you suffer from chronic headaches I would generally recommend stress reduction techniques such as meditation and massage therapy treatments. Our lymphatic system also needs support during this time, so facial massage and downward dog can be helpful. I would recommend time in nature and deep breathing, and changes in nutrient intake and hydration. I would not recommend high intensity activity and extra screen time. More specifically, a physical exam will tell us what specific muscles and joints are affected and guide us to offering proper home care and treatment.
If you have a sudden onset of a painful headache, seek medical attention.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
Use code onebody at www.well.ca for $10 off your first $40 purchase.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Grieving is a stressful psychological and physical event. Feeling grief causes inflammation in the body, which can increase blood pressure and put us at risks for blood clots. When we experience grief, we are more vulnerable to viral and bacterial infection. From an osteopathic perspective, it is no surprise that we are currently experiencing a pandemic that is centered around, and weakens, our lungs and blood vessels. This is exactly where grief lies in our bodies.
Learn about the two energetic disturbances that an experience like grief can cause and how our energy is affected by it. Energy is our life force that is unseen, unheard and untouched. It is the vitality and spark within us that allows us to function on a physical level and process on an intuitive level. Our energy is affected by what we think, feel, hear, eat and do. It is also affected by others.
Health Topic: Grief and its effects on the body
Symptoms: tight muscles (weakness and injury), dehydration, loss of appetite, nausea, sleep disturbances, possible development of depression and anxiety and cardiovascular disease
Causes and Risk Factors: loss of a loved one, missed opportunities, regret, environmental destruction, toxic masculinity, the patriarchy, racist policy
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective: get outside for vitamin D exposure, deep breathing, sleep, connect with others and talk, be gentle with yourself, trauma and loss therapy
THE TAKE AWAY:
The term, “they died of a broken heart," isn’t just a saying. Grief can have major physiological effects on the human body, and can actually leave us more susceptible to cardiovascular disease.
There is an unprecedented amount of grief in the world right now and the COVID-19 pandemic has truly demonstrated our absolute urgency in needing to gather tools to help us process and move through grief. In this episode, I suggest a list of ways to manage grief. These things can be helpful alongside trauma therapy and loss counseling.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
Use code onebody on www.well.ca for $10 off your first-time purchase of $40.
__Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com -
May is mental health awareness month, and awareness around mental wellness has never been more important. Although I do not have the training in treating psychological disorders, I do see physical manifestations of mental (brain) illness and I’m using this episode to talk about my clinical experience of the effects that brain illness has on our physical bodies. I also share a unique story about a patient living with multiple personality disorder.
Health Topic: Brain Illness and the Body
What is it?: A brain illness is a dysfunction in the natural function of the brain. Brain illnesses include but are not limited to: depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, add/adhd and bipolar disorder.
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective: If you are struggling with your mental wellness right now, don’t wait to seek help from a medical doctor. Asking for imaging, and being very clear with what your symptoms are, could help you get a proper diagnosis. Keep a journal of what your concerns are to be able to track any changes in your mental, physical and emotional states, and be gentle with yourself. You are living through a pandemic, life is not easy right now.
THE TAKE AWAY:
From a manual osteopathic perspective, it’s important we understand the brain illness our client is experiencing, but we don’t treat their psychological concerns, we treat their somatic dysfunction. This means, through very specific palpation, we apply techniques to the brain and spinal cord that help nourish and ensure the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. We also treat the physical manifestations of the brain illness.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
Use code onebody on www.well.ca for $10 off your $40 first-time purchase!__
Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Chronic pain is very complex and difficult to treat. From a healthcare provider perspective, finding nonaddictive pain relief for our patients can be a challenge. Opioid use in Canada is at an all time high and the rate of overdose is disheartening and tragic. From someone who has benefited from the short term effects of an opioid and felt the longterm negative impacts, I was determined to find an alternative to managing the chronic pain I feel daily in my leg and ankle from a traumatic event in 2017.
In this episode, I talk about some current research on CBD and pain.Disclaimer: I am not authorized to give specific advice related to the consumption of CBD/THC and talk based on my own research and from personal experience.
Health Topic: CBD and PainWhat is it?: CBD oil (cannabidoil) comes from cannabis and is non-psychoactive. It has been used to treat pain since 2900 B.C. It comes in different forms, and purities. CBD used with small amounts of THC have also been shown to help reduce the pain experience.
THE TAKE AWAY:
If you’re curious to learn more about if CBD would be helpful in managing certain ailments, reach out to your healthcare provider to talk more about specific dosing and purities, before starting. It can be an expensive venture to start blindly and CBD oil is not covered under most extended medical plans. The use of pain medication is absolutely necessary in some cases, but the overused and overprescribed opioid drugs can have a harmful impact on our bodies and communities.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellnss for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
Use code onebody on www.well.ca for $10 off your $40 first-time purchase!__
Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Health Topic: Plantar Fasciitis
What is it?: The plantar fascia is a thick band of connective tissue, a continuation of the calf muscles, that helps to form the arch of your foot and supports you while you walk.
Symptoms: You may experience stabbing pain in the sole of your foot, or around your heel, first thing in the morning. You may feel worse after exercising or get aggravated from standing too long.
Causes and Risk Factors: Running and bouncing activities can impact the plantar fascia, abnormalities in the foot and arch, standing for long and extended periods of time.
Differential Diagnosis: Lateral plantar nerve pain innervates the plantar fascia and the periosteum of the calcaneus, meaning it could be quite painful when irritated. The pain is often worse during prolonged activity. People may also be unable to abduct the 5th metatarsal.
Diagnosis and Treatment: It is important to get a thorough diagnosis of your heel and foot pain. Too often, heel pain is caused by the lateral plantar nerve irritation.
Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective: avoid walking barefoot, assess your common shoe wear to make sure it’s supportive for your specific foot, ease into new activities slowly, do fascial work in the lower leg and foot regions, consider acupuncture for nerve pain, legs up against wall for ten minutes
THE TAKE AWAY:
This common condition can be debilitating in your training and exercise routine. It’s very often that your heal pain diagnosis of Plantar Fasciitis is misdiagnosed, so don’t wait too long before seeking another opinion.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!
If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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SHOW NOTES:
Learn a little bit about Nicole Settimi and why she felt called to the manual osteopathy profession. Listen to the “why” behind Nicole’s decision to start a health and wellness podcast and how it might be helpful for you while navigating specific health concerns within the medical system.Nicole understands the health inequities in Canada, and we still have a long way to go before we all feel safe in care of the conventional medical system.
Nicole explains the benefits of treating the body through a manual osteopath’s eyes; we get treated as a whole, as one.
THE TAKE AWAY:
We all have a beautiful health history. Feeling connected to others who might be experiencing similar concerns as you, or learning more about the human body within which you live, can be very empowering. Follow along on The One Body Wellness podcast to learn more about specific health concerns and listen to people share their journey with their own health issues, to appreciate just how strong and resilient the human spirit truly is.
Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
Follow @one.body.wellness on instagram for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole.
If you have a specific health concern you’d like Nicole to address on this podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, reach out!
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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario, One Body Wellness, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body.
Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
