Wellness Insights & Chiropractic Education

By Dr. Stephanie Bonn, DC - October 1, 2025 Concussions are among the most common injuries in youth sports like football, soccer, hockey, and basketball. For parents, hearing that their teen has a concussion can feel overwhelming. The good news? With the right care, most young athletes recover fully. At her Yaletown’s chiropractic clinic in Vancouver, Dr. Stephanie Bonn provides evidence-based care to support safe concussion recovery and help adolescents return to school, spo

By Dr. Stephanie Bonn, DC - August 15, 2025 You are playing your weekly game of tennis and your elbow starts to hurt…what to do? You want to stay active and you love the sport, it’s fun, social and a great workout. Stretching, icing and specific exercises are not enough. But you have heard of this new type of treatment…Theralase. This cool laser therapy is a low-level laser which is a non-invasive and drug-free treatment for musculoskeletal injuries. It uses cold laser (non-t

By Dr. Stephanie Bonn, DC - April 29, 2025 Soon after the birth, some parents notice that their new baby prefers to turn and/or tilt their head to one side, often when sleeping. This is not uncommon and can be caused by the infant’s position in utero or during their birth journey into the world. If the neck tension is not resolved, the pressure on the back of the baby’s head while lying down can cause a flattening of the infant’s cranium. This can lead to issues such as probl

By Dr. Stephanie Bonn, DC - March 11, 2025 I recently completed a Masters of Chiropractic Pediatrics through McTimoney Chiropractic College and Ulster University in the UK with a dissertation on the efficacy of chiropractic for pubic symphysis dysfunction (PSD) in pregnancy. It was very exciting to research what I have observed in practice for many years as a perinatal chiropractor and what I experienced myself in my second pregnancy. Here is an abstract of my findings: Pubic

By Dr. Stephanie Bonn, DC - July 16, 2024 Perimenopause is finally getting the attention it needs in support of the women going through the diverse and often intense symptoms caused by the shifting of hormones. As estrogen and progesterone fluctuate, the connective tissue integrity and elasticity is reduced and muscle mass and bone density starts to decrease. Lower levels of estrogen and progesterone may cause irregular periods, spotting, hot flashes, painful sex, headaches,

by Dr. Stephanie Bonn, DC - November 29, 2023 Chiropractic care can help improve your flexibility and range of motion. A study in the Journal of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies showed that chiropractic adjustments provided measurable improvement in the movement of the neck for people who had a loss of normal range of motion between the vertebrae in their spine. A study in the Journal of Manipulative and PhysiologicalTherapeutics found that chiropractic treatment helped to inc