Last week a patient came into the clinic complaining of persistent knee pain that she’d been experiencing over the past 6 to 8 months when working out or running. She stated it began as just soreness in her knee, but for the past couple months has caused increased pain and swelling, preventing her from running further than 5 miles or squats and lunges at the … Read More
Functional exercises: What are they and why you should do them
If you pay attention to current workout trends or have been to a physiotherapist recently, you may have heard the term function exercises or functional movements. When they refer to “functional,” that means a movement that you would naturally perform in your daily life outside of the gym. The move toward functional exercises is due to so many people getting injured … Read More
Exercising when sick
So you’ve stuck to your New Years resolution to take better care of yourself. You’re feeling great, hitting your goals, and are finally seeing results…. then you get struck with an illness! Whether it is a cold, flu, or another illness, this will definitely put a thorn in your routine. But should you stop exercising when sick? As physiotherapists we … Read More
Hamstring Injury Prevention
We all know about the dreaded hamstring pull or strain. We fear that feeling of a sharp pain in the back of our thigh as we are running down the field or court. The recovery can take months and the loss of playing time can be priceless. So what can we do about this? Can we actually prevent the invisible … Read More
Physiotherapy before joint surgery
We get this question a lot: “Why should I come to physiotherapy if I am going to have surgery anyway?” Or we get people who stated that they “Wasted 3 months of recovery time because they did not get the joint surgery when they should have.” So today we are going to clear up why physiotherapy before joint surgery is … Read More
Slip and fall prevention tips
As the nation experiences one of the coldest winters in recent history you not only need to worry about staying warm, but also of the injuries that can occur when these temperatures meet moisture on the ground. Slips and falls during the winter month’s cause hundred of thousands of injuries and deaths each year in Canada and the U.S. While … Read More
My child is not good at sports! What do I do?
Can seeing a physiotherapist help? Physiotherapists are trained in the evaluation and treatment of injuries and movement disorders, which may include children who have fallen behind their peers athletically. If your child is not good at sports and is falling behind his or her peers due to developmental delays, physical limitations, or injuries, we can likely help to correct them … Read More
Off-season throwing program for baseball players
For those who watched the World Series and the Boston Red Sox take their third in the past 10 years, baseball season is over and the attention has focused to another sport. But for others, the end of the baseball season means it is time to start preparing for next season. The question that often gets brought up to … Read More
Home Exercise Programs: Why you should listen to your therapist!
If you have ever been to a physical therapy session your physiotherapist likely gave you a home exercise program, or HEP. A physiotherapist creates home exercise programs specifically for each individual patient given their specific injuries and limitations. This is to be performed anywhere from 3-7 days per week depending on your condition and limitations. The home exercise program is … Read More
Pain and physiotherapy: The not-so painful truth
One of the most common fears about attending physiotherapy is that it’s painful. While we’re not going to say you won’t experience some pain, our intention is to not cause pain and do not want you to be in pain. Most often pain is caused when we ask you to stress a painful and/or swollen joint or tissue. Immobilizing or taking pressure … Read More