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5 Ways Osteopathy Helps with Daylight Saving Time & Weather Changes

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Woman feeling tired at work may benefit from osteopathy and craniosacral therapy in Burlington, Ontario during time change
5 Ways Osteopathy Helps During Daylight Saving Time & Weather Changes in Burlington, Ontario


It’s time… Quite literally! The first weekend of November will mark this Fall’s annual clock change, and it looks like those of us in the Burlington, Oakville, Milton, Waterdown, and Mississauga areas may also start to see colder weather settle in for the season as well.


Did you know that manual osteopathy and craniosacral therapy offer both immediate and long-lasting benefits to your body, energy, and mood during these types of changes in your environment?


Here are five ways osteopathy helps during time change to relieve pain, improve sleep, and feel well this season:



1. Get better sleep


Since osteopathy focuses so delicately but intensely on your body’s complete internal systems, this means it can do wonders to soothe your circadian rhythm as well.


Not only does the support for your spinal and nervous systems help to restore overall balance, but the reduction in stress and tension will help gain you better sleep — which is crucial in the weeks adjusting to daylight savings time.



2. Reduce pain


As the temperatures start to drop and year-end deadlines ramp up, it can be frustratingly common to feel an increase in tension, stiffness, and sensory sensitivity. With skilled osteopathic adjustments, we can help target these pain points to help release muscle stiffness, improve joint mobility, enhance relaxation, and set you up for better sleep success.


Unfortunately, headaches and migraines are also often triggered by weather changes or altered sleep patterns — making the coming weeks a potential recipe for additional and unwelcome head pain. Craniosacral therapy can help alleviate and even prevent this overwhelming pain, freeing you to get back to what’s important — your life!



3. Improve your mood


Craniosacral therapy is a gentle and highly comforting treatment option to alleviate stress, anxiety, fatigue, burnout, and even Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) — all common sensations that we tend to see this time of year.


By working on the craniosacral system’s foundation, this calming but exceptionally powerful treatment can help manage mood swings, maintain emotional balance, and regulate your autonomic nervous system — helping take you out of a ‘fight, flight, or freeze’ (aka high-stress) response that could be triggered by the seasonal, environmental, or year-end changes.



4. Boost your overall wellbeing


Osteopathy is a go-to solution for gaining both better blood circulation and clearing blockages in the lymphatic system. What does this mean? Think of your car’s purr after an oil change and everything is flowing more smoothly; osteopathic treatments can increase warmth in the body, improve overall cardiovascular health, promote better respiratory function, and help support your baseline immune system — all essential during colder temperatures.


Craniosacral therapy appointments can help enhance mental clarity when we feel a bit fuzzier during time changes, as well as support overall relaxation during times of increased seasonal stress and transitions.



5. As preventative care…


Some of the many benefits manual osteopathy and craniosacral therapy offer are mental clarity, emotional regulation, improved mobility, reduced strain, better sleep… And the list goes on!


All this to say, scheduling some appointments ahead of when you anticipate feeling stressed or run down can be extremely effective in preventing burnout, injury, or chasing a sense of fatigue you just can’t shake.




This post explaining 5 ways osteopathy helps during time change is part of a message sent to clients of Ernest Geid at Osteopathy First. With top-rated 5-star reviews and over 30+ years of medical expertise, Dr. Ernest Geid offers manual osteopathy and craniosacral therapy to those experiencing pain, strain, stress, concussion, migraines, injuries, and more in the Burlington, Oakville, Milton, Waterdown, Mississauga, and surrounding areas.


If you’d like to join Ernest Geid’s practice at Osteopathy First — now located at 666 Appleby Line — click here to book a free consultation at your convenience!


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