The female body does an amazing job growing and birthing a baby. The rate of change in the body is incredible. This is no different after baby is born. Feeding a baby (however you do it) and baby wrangling can be challenging on your body. All the while, the female body is re-setting itself, ready […]
rehabilitation
Coping with COVID
So, it’s finally here. If you haven’t had COVID, then you surely know someone who has. Or at least know someone who has had to isolate. It’s played havoc with us all this summer. We’re sending some tips for you to cope with isolating, being sick, and then recovering. If you’re just isolating:It’s not as […]
Physiotherapy and Surgery
As physios train in hospital settings, we are very involved with rehabilitation after surgery. Often we are the first to help people out of bed after their surgery! Before surgery: It has long been considered best-practice for patients to see a physio before surgery. This is especially true for surgery on joints, but also for […]
Low Back Pain FAQs
We see a lot of sore backs here in the clinic. Here are some common questions people ask when they come in with low back pain. 1) “do I need an x-ray or a scan?”If your back pain wasn’t caused by a traumatic incident, then you typically don’t need any scans. X-rays and scans are […]
Shoulder pain
Shoulder pain is one of the most common reasons people come to physio. Our shoulders are hard-working joints! They are often affected when we use devices a lot, or work at a desk or behind a steering wheel. Even though the shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint, the muscles around the joint provide most of the […]
KIDS’ INJURIES: aren’t they just little adults?
No! Kids aren’t just little adults! And they have a whole different set of injuries that adults don’t get. A lot of injuries we see in the clinic are associated with kids that are growing. There is a whole set of conditions that involve the attachment of a muscle to a bone. Often, a bone […]