Leaky Gut
What is leaky gut? It is a condition where the tight junctions in your mucosal layer let bigger molecules through than it normally does (this is called increased gastrointestinal permeability),…
Author: Jessica Sherwood
Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Diarrhoea Dominant
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the name they use for the gastrointestinal disorder is which the patient shows symptoms of abdominal pain (relieved by defecation), and either diarrhoea or constipation…
Bowel movements: Constipation
Constipation is a symptom of something else happening in your body, either dietary, hormonal, or functional. Conditions such as hypothyroidism, Parkinson’s Disease, and Diabetes are associated with constipation. Constipation is…
What is the Bristol Stool Chart and what does it mean?
With so many bowel conditions and variations, researchers needed a way to come up with a standardized test to determine what each person’s bowel motions actually looked like and what…
What is a healthy bowel movement?
As a society, we do not usually talk about bowel movements, for many it may be a manners thing – especially around the dinner table! For others, it may be…
World Meditation Day
Meditation, it’s grown in popularity over recent years, what was once seen as a religious practice is now more mainstream and is being practiced by individuals all over the world,…
Castor Oil Packs
What is castor oil? Castor oil comes from the Castor oil Plant (Palma Christi or Ricinus communis L.) The part used: oil expressed cold drawn from the seeds without the…
One of the things we learn how to do at Wellpark
So this week I had an assignment due and I thought that I would share it with you 🙂 Parkinson’s Disease: A Case Study Photography by Shanell Rudolph For this…
Yippee! The semester is over! (Part two)
To continue from my earlier post, with this one for those of us who are studying or under high stress! Here are some tips to unwind over your semester break…
Yippee! The semester is over! (Part one)
These files may not look like much, but the paperwork in these files was gathered over 300 hours during the semester! Each file contains my clients health history, physical examination,…