Gift Guide 2022

We are back this holiday season with our annual gift guide - wellness and health products for all your body, brain, and beauty needs! Special thanks to Dr. Tannis, our Chiropractor for her input.

Body

Foam Roller / Roller Ball

Foam rollers, and lacrosse, or massage balls, are great tools to help with releasing trigger points throughout our body on our own. Need extra support? Massage therapy, Chiropractic care and acupuncture can all be great supports for releasing trigger points.

Resistance Bands

This set of resistance bands can help create an easy at home work out or support rehabilitation exercises. Pain with a work out mat, a set of weights, or a kettle bell, and your receiver will be all set up for various types of activities at home!

Gear!

A new piece of work out gear can help jump start (or restart motivation)! Consider a new sports bra, sport watch (we love Garmin!), wireless headphones, running shoes or water bottle can be the perfect companion for a work out!

Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch

We don’t recommend a lot of nutrition based books, because we feel there is always a certain “angle” to them that doesn’t always make sense! One we do love however, is this guide to intuitive eating - which takes into account much more than the food that we select. This anti-diet approach, that focuses on trust, self-kindness and weight stigma and is a great read for anyone.

Massage Gun

A massage gun is a great option for muscle self care! Try one like this to support the athlete or active person in your life.

Toe Spacers

Toe spacers are great for activating intrinsic muscles in our feet, and correcting any alignment issues with our toes. They make a great stocking stuffer!

Brain

Sunrise Alarm Clock

We love recommending these for patients who struggle to wake up in the dark winter months (and let’s face it, who doesn’t have some trouble!). With a variety of settings, you can set the alarm clock to gradually increase in light for 10 minutes before your alarm goes off. An added bonus - using an alarm clock helps us keep our phones out of our room for better sleep hygiene :).

Meditation Programs and Apps

Gift the give of improved perspective, mental health, impulse control and even dementia prevention! Meditation and mindfulness practices can help with all of these areas of health, and improve our outlooks. Deep breathing practices even support reducing chronic pain! We recommend starting with an app based program if you are new to meditation and mindfulness. Some of our favourites include 10% happier, Headspace, which offer year long subscriptions.

Sleep Fix by Diane Macedo

We love sleep! And what it can do for our health. Read this entertaining book on how insomnia can impact us, and what research is saying we can do about it.

5 Minute Journal

Good brain health also involves the time and space to reflect. This journal was created using research based elements of positive psychology to support your mental well-being, and makes a great gift!

Beauty

Province Apothecary Facial Cupping Set

Cupping creates a suction force on your skin, feels like a massage (read: good!) and can help bring blood flow to certain areas. This supports muscle health, but also skin health! This facial cupping set is a great way to relieve any jaw pain, and support glowing skin! Careful to start with light pressure so you don’t cause any bruising and use an oil with the cups.

For cupping therapy on the parts you can reach (like your back!) let us support you - our Massage Therapist, Chiropractor and Naturopathic Doctors all provide cupping.

Rosehip Seed Oil

Rosehip Seed is a wonderful gentle oil for any skin concern. We love this one from the ordinary and makes a good companion for the facial cupping set!

Jade Roller and Gua Sha

This rose quartz jade roller and gua sha set pairs well with the cupping set, or as an alternative beauty treatment! Gua sha helps move lymph and stimulates blood flow while jade rollers provide gentle facial massage and have a cooling action to the skin. A simple set makes a great stocking stuffer.

Coola Sunscreen

Good skin health starts with great skin protection from the sun. Adding in a daily moisturizer or sunscreen with SPF protection helps protect our skin from the damage of UV rays (which can contribute to physical signs of aging on our skin!). We love this sunscreen, as it is light weight and works well.

Cosmetic Acupuncture

In this treatment we focus on needling areas of the face that we want to encourage plumping, blood flow, relaxation of muscles or collagen formation. Often this is to target wrinkles, discolouration, or reduce tension. A cosmetic acupuncture treatment uses very small needles (much smaller than what we would use on your back or shoulders!) to focus on areas that may be of a concern for you. Our Naturopathic Doctors offer cosmetic acupuncture, and you can purchase a gift card for this service! Reach out to us via email at: hello@craftedbalanceclinic.com for more information or to purchase.

Happy Gifting!