Chiropractor I am a Chiropractor with additional training in Functional Neurology through the ACNB.
I treat people with back pain, prenatal and postpartum issues, infants and children, people with chronic health issues and neurological issues, such as concussions and migraines.
01/06/2026
A fresh start - that is what happens not only in the new year, but every single morning! Breakfast is the ultimate time to set yourself up for success throughout the day. Make it nourishing, make it filling, make it tasty! This month Kira .holistic.nutrition will be sharing with you some of her favourite breakfast recipes. First off, is an all time favourite breakfast in her home for two reasons. 1. It’s easy. 2. It’s delicious.
Ingredients:
- Free range eggs
- Avocados
- Sweet Potatoes
Adjust the amount to however many people you are serving for breakfast.
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400ºF. Scrub, dry, and prick sweet potatoes. Rub with olive or avocado oil and place in baking pan. Slice in half lengthwise if they are large, to reducing roasting time. Seal the top of the pan with foil. Bake in the oven for 45-60 minutes, depending on the size of potatoes chosen. (This step can be done in advance, and potatoes reheated in the morning.) Kira chooses to bake them while she is getting ready for the day.
2. Just before potatoes are done baking, cook eggs to your liking.
3. Top sliced sweet potatoes with eggs, sliced avocado and a sprinkle of sea salt.
Enjoy!
Did you know that we offer Core Rehab?
Both Dr Allison and Krista are PCES certified. 🧠💪🏻
You can book a one-to-one assessment with Krista, where she’ll assess your muscle function and create individualized exercise to help with:
- chronic neck, upper, or lower back pain
- chronic rib pain or tension
- SI joint pain
- leaking
- prolapse
- diastasis
- and more
This program is beneficial for women and men
If you would like more information or want to book in, contact the clinic 403-864-5757 and ask about Core Rehab.
12/27/2025
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our team at Hope Wellness Clinic!! Many blessings to all of our patients and clients. 🎄 “For unto us child is born and unto us a son is given” .holistic.nutrition
12/23/2025
.holistic.nutrition knows “While most often the protein at holiday dinners can be eaten by those minding specific foods that don’t serve their health right now, find the side dishes and the dips are where it gets hard to avoid. We don’t want to be stuck eating dry carrot sticks or the plain boiled potatoes. This week I’d like to share TWO recipes to help you stay on goal, AND enjoy yourself! Enter the Parsnip “Gratin”, and the Dilly-Ranch Dip. Both recipes are very adaptable, as in using any root vegetable for the gratin, or any clean-ingredient dip mix added to the base for the dip. I hope you make and enjoy these updated takes on classic foods! Merry Christmas!”
Directions:
1. Place the chicken stock and cauliflower florets in a medium pot, cover and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Cook for 3 Minutes more and remove from heat.
2. Allow to cool slightly then transfer into blender together with almond milk and nutritional yeast if using. Blend until smooth. Season to taste and set aside.
3. Using a food processor with slicing disk or mandoline slicer, thinly slice parsnip and onion. Place the parsnip and onion in a large bowl, add the olive oil and mix well. Add 2/3 of cauliflower purée to the bowl and mix to combine. Transfer mixture into baking dish and pour the remaining cauliflower purée on top, even out with a spatula. Bake in preheated oven at 400ºF for 40-50 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Serve it warm with your favourite protein.
Dilly-Ranch Dip
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Chosen Foods Avacodo Mayo
- 1/2 cup full fat canned coconut milk
- 1 pkg Splendor Garden Dill-icious Dip Mix (readily available at Purearth Organics in Red Deer or most Nutters)
Or
- 35g of Homemade dried Ranch Mix
Directions:
- Blend together in a 2 cup jar or bowl. Chill, and serve!
Parsnip Gratin Recipe credits go to Paleo Grubs
We hope you enjoy this side dish and dope over the holiday season!
12/16/2025
This week Kira .holistic.nutrition brings us Apple-Cranberry Crumble. “An easy to make crumble dupe that is compatible even for those on an AIP diet. This dessert has been enjoyed by all, I have brought it to potlucks and home dinners alike. One of the most common - and surprising - compliments I receive on my desert is “I LOVE how it’s not too sweet!” In a day and age full of sugar added to nearly every food item under the sun, it was so surprising to hear the genuine compliment and see people going back for more. Cranberries are a great addition during the Christmas season, and easily swappable with other dried fruits other times of the year. My other favourites are organic currants, cherries or chopped up apricots.”
Ingredients:
Crumble:
1½ cup coconut oil, cold
1 cup coconut flour
1 cup arrowroot flour
1 cup coconut sugar
¼ tsp sea salt
½ cup cold filtered water
Filling:
6 apples, chopped into 1½ inch pieces
1 cup unsweetened dried cranberries
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
1 lemon, juiced (about 2 Tbsps)
1 tsp cinnamon
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. If the coconut oil is not already cold, put it in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes to chill.
2. In a large bowl, combine the coconut flour, arrowroot flour, coconut sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut in the coconut oil until you have pea-sized lumps. Sprinkle in the cold water, and gently mix-you want the crumble topping to stay chunky and not turn into dough. Set aside.
3. In another large bowl, combine the apples, cranberries, coconut oil, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Mix until well combined. Place in 9-by-13 inch baking dish and cover with the crumble topping.
4. Bake for 40 minutes, until lightly browned on top. Remove from the oven, let cool a little bit and serve warm.
Can keep in the fridge for several days; also freezes well.
Recipe credit: Mickey Trescott from her cookbook Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook
12/15/2025
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our team at Hope Wellness Clinic!
Our hours for the holiday season is as follows:
Wednesday December 24th CLOSED
Thursday December 25th CLOSED
Friday December 26th CLOSED
Monday December 29th OPEN 9am-2:30pm
Tuesday December 30th OPEN 9am-8pm
Wednesday December 31st OPEN 9am-1pm
Thursday January 1st CLOSED
Friday January 2nd CLOSED
There are still some openings. Call the clinic or check online if you’d like to get booked in!
12/09/2025
Kira .holistic.nutrition knows the holiday season can be tough to stay prepared and on track, especially if you have dietary restrictions! While she’s a big proponent of making time to prepare all of the food you eat, she also understand there are times that require having quick and easy alternatives that contain ingredients that agree with your body and your microbiome. Enter these two ingredient cookies. While they are still cookies they provide an alternative for you to participate in the treat side of the holidays, while avoiding dairy, gluten, and processed sugar! Melt 100% cacao chocolate chips and dip the cookies in it for an additional treat and look a little fancy. I prefer to keep it easy and just dust mine in some cinnamon before baking!
Ingredients:
2 cups almond flour
1/2 cup maple syrup
Directions:
1. Add both ingredients to a bowl and stir until clumps form, then continue with your hand until you reach a dough-like consistency. Depending on how fine your almond flour is ground you may have to add a tiny it more almond flour or a tiny bit more maple syrup to get to the right consistency. It should be the same as any other sugar cookie dough.
2. Preheat oven to 250ºF
3. Wrap the dough in parchment paper and freeze for approx. 15 minutes.
4. Roll out dough in between 2 pieces of parchment paper the size of your baking sheet to 1/4”. Remove top layer of parchment paper.
5. Cut out cookies using a cookie cutter, remove the excess dough(to avoid the dough from sticking to the cookie cutter dunk it in cold water before cutting the next one).
6. Lift up parchment paper full of the cut cookies and place on cookie sheet. (Dust now with cinnamon if you want to try Kira’s way.)
7. Repeat process until all dough is used up. Any left over dough you can make into little balls and place on cookie sheet
8. Bake cookies for 15-25 minutes depending on how thick you rolled them out. Keep an eye on them at the 15 minute mark as almond flour can burn easily.
9. Remove from the oven, lift parchment paper on the edges and place all the cookies on a cooling rack, let cool completely. If dipping chocolate do that now. Then store in airtight container.
12/04/2025
LOST AND FOUND
If any of these items are yours please give the clinic a call or come grab them. They’re missing their owners.
403-864-5757
12/02/2025
How about some Marshmallows to accompany that healthy hot chocolate? These marshmallows are a secret recipe that blows everyone away once they’ve tasted them. Honey has natural antimicrobial properties, and a good quality grass-fed gelatin offers glutamine - which is a powerhouse amino acid when it comes to intestinal integrity! (THINK: Leaky Gut) So good, I’ll even just pop one on top my morning coffee.
Ingredients:
- 2-3 Tbsp arrowroot powder, or coating (omit if SCD)
- 1 cup water
- 3 Tbsps unflavoured gelatin powder (such as vital proteins - green canister)
- 1 cup light-coloured raw honey
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and spread 1 Tbsp of arrowroot powder evenly over the parchment paper to cover.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, or using an electric handheld mixer, pour 1/2 cup of the water and sprinkle the gelatin over the top. Allow the gelatin to bloom, or absorb the water, for 10 minutes.
3. Combine the remaining 1/2 cup of water and honey in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and boil for 15 minutes, or until a candy thermometer reads 240ºF
4. Turn the mixer on low, and with it running, slowly pour the hot honey syrup down the side of the bowl. Once it is all poured in, add the vanilla and increased the speed of the mixer to medium-high and beat for 8-10 minutes. The mixture will turn from brown to white and triple in volume.
5. Turn the marshmallow crème out into the prepared baking sheet and smooth with a spatula. You will need to work quickly here, before the marshmallow starts to set. Allow to cool and set at room temperature for 6 hours.
6. Rub top of the marshmallow all over with 1 Tbsp of the arrowroot powder. Lightly grease a sharp knife with coconut oil and slice the marshmallow into 24 pieces. If the marshmallows are still sticky, toss the pieces gently in the remaining 1 Tbsp arrowroot to coat them. Serve immediately.
(Can make ahead and store in airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.)
Primitive Reflexes are involuntary automatic movements that develop in utero and are present at birth. They are controlled by the brain stem and serve as a survival mechanism in infancy helping with feeding, protection and early movements. As babies mature and develop, these reflexes should become integrated (meaning they are no longer present) between the ages of 4-6 months all the way up to 3 years old for some. As primitive reflexes integrate it allows for new intentional movement patterns and higher level learning to develop.
If primitive reflexes don’t integrate it means the brain and nervous system haven’t fully matured in the areas responsible for movement, posture, attention and emotional regulation. When they remain active/retained they can interfere with normal motor control, learning, behaviour and stress regulation throughout childhood and even into adulthood.
General effects of unintegrated reflexes:
- Poor posture and balance
- Clumsiness/uncoordinated movements
- Difficulty sitting still or concentrating
- Sensory sensitivities (light, sound, touch)
- Bed wetting
- Fatigue/tension during fine-motor tasks (writing, tying shoes)
- Poor emotional regulation (easily startled, anxious, frustrated)
- Learning difficulties (especially reading, writing, or tracking across a page)
- Retained immature movement patterns (like toe walking or slouching)
Primitive Reflexes can also re-emerge after sustaining a head injury/concussion or certain illnesses. Showing changes in balance, coordination, behaviour, or stress response.
There are several Primitive Reflexes a few examples are: Moro, Rooting, Palmer, ATNR, TLR, Spinal Galant.
If you have any questions or think this may pertain to you or your child contact our clinic 403-864-5757 or admin@hopewellnessclinic.ca
11/25/2025
As we head into the holiday season Tasty Tuesday’s is introducing some healthy choice options for those sweet holiday treat temptations. It is most often the INGREDIENTS of what we consume that makes them an “unhealthy” choice. So Kira .holistic.nutrition is sharing some fabulous holiday recipes that combine nutritious ingredients that Taste Great!! To kick it off here is a Healthy Hot Chocolate Recipe that tastes even better than the original. The featured ingredient here is Raw Cacao, it is mineral rich, high in zinc, and magnesium, and even supports liver function. Choose bone broth as your base to really pack in the nutrition, or exchange for water or milk of choice.
Ingredients:
- 8oz (1 Cup) bone broth, or water and bone broth powder
- 1 Tbsp healthy fat (ghee, cacao butter, coconut oil)
- 1 Tbsp raw organic cacao
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup or honey
- 2 Tbsp full fat coconut milk
- Small little pinch of sea salt
Add Ins: Add in whatever adaptogen or spice recommended or that you are on (eg. Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Collagen, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Turmeric, etc.)
Directions:
- Heat up liquid to desired temperature (~80-90ºF)
- Blend together all ingredients on low in blender. Kick up to high for the last few seconds if you like it frothy on top.
- Pour into one of your favourite mugs and enjoy!
11/18/2025
Wednesday November 19th is Dr Dave’s talk on Sport Performance and all things brain! 🧠
Come join us Wednesday night at 7:30pm sharp to learn more on how to improve your performance with proper brain health and what all that entails.
To help us plan, send us a quick DM or contact the clinic 📞 403-864-5757 📧 admin@hopewellnessclinic.ca
Can’t wait to see you there
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I am a Chiropractor. I treat sports injuries, back pain, chronic health issues and more complex issues, such as concussions and migraines. I offer both standard chiropractic treatments, as well as specific treatments and exercise programs that are more effective for complex or chronic issues. In addition, I have a heart for treating pregnant women, babies, and young children, having had my own 3 beautiful babies in the past few years. I am passionate about helping women overcoming chronic issues related to childbirth, including pelvic pain and pelvic dysfunction. I am trained to assess for diastasis recti and to teach a rehab protocol called Hypopressives or Low Pressure Fitness, to help restore pelvic and abdominal tone in both men and women, which can improve athletic performance, sexual function, and decrease incontinence and prolapse. I am also very knowledgeable about diet, supplements and lifestyles to support a healthy balanced life.
More about my story:
Having personally experienced chronic back pain and the issues related to chronic illness, I am passionate about helping people troubleshoot their health problems. I experienced a bad back injury when I was 18 and it wasn’t until 4 years later when I was in chiropractic school that an Applied Kinesiology instructor finally got to the bottom of my constant pain and was able to help me in one visit. This motivated me to learn Applied Kinesiology and to learn how to dig deeper for answers to my patient’s chronic complaints. I then was introduced to Functional Neurology through a very good friend of mine, and immediately knew that it was what I wanted to learn. It put together my need for understanding why chiropractic worked so well for some, but not so great for others, and gave me a way to be more accurate and offer more effective treatments to my sensitive or chronic patients.
In addition to my back injury, I also discovered that I had celiac disease in my first year of college. After going gluten-free, I could finally stay awake and alert through a school day, as well as get rid of my chronic migraines and digestive issues. This sparked a particular interest in nutrition as going through chiropractic school, which lead to me starting a blog and gluten-free club at school. Since then I have continued to study various diets and their benefits and uses, including gluten-free, dairy-free, GAPS, Autoimmune Paleo, Ketogenic, etc.
In 2015 I completed my training in Functional Neurology, and took my Diplomat, just before having my 2nd baby. Very shortly after, I fell and broke my tailbone at 31 weeks pregnant. This, yet again, opened up another window of learning for me, as I pursued various therapies to help me recover in such a precarious time of my life. Between that and seeing many of my friends and family suffer from childbirth-related dysfunction or pain, I knew that I needed to understand pelvic dysfunction and the different therapies available so I could help these women too. I took my first Hypopressive course while 20 weeks pregnant with my 3rd, and it changed the course of my pregnancy! I was only 20 weeks, but was having significant discomfort with walking and was dreading the rest of pregnancy. After learning the postures and breathing exercises that weekend my back and p***c bone pain was gone! After delivery I immediately started doing the exercises and my recovery was by far my easiest.
At this point of my life, I am a full time mom, a lover of learning and a part-time helper of others.
