Read informative articles written by our registered therapists to help you better understand your injuries and ailments, and to have a deeper understanding of why and how we treat your conditions.
What is a TMD and what are the symptoms? By registered physiotherapist Gabrielle Milot-Lavergne
What is a TMD? The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the name of the joint located on either side of your head, just in front of your ears. These joints connect your mandible (jawbone) to your temporal bone (skull). The TMJ, which can rotate and move forward, backward and side to […]
Lumbago (Back Pain) by Registered Massage Therapist, Cassie Thackray
Almost all of us have had lower back pain. If you haven’t, you’re either quite young or really lucky! Lower back pain can present itself for many reasons, it can vary in severity and duration, and it can be specific or general. The dull, generalized pain can often be frustrating. […]
Acupuncture, IMS & You. By physiotherapist, Shelby Pudek, MPT
We all get aches and pains. Many of us have tight muscles. So what’s an effective treatment your physiotherapist can provide? Acupuncture and Intra-Muscular Stimulation (IMS) are two effective treatment options. They are used to treat a variety of conditions such as the neck and back pain you experience; but […]
Running Injuries by physiotherapist Pete Yee
With the fall clock running down, many of us weekend warriors are being chased down by the injury bugs. Following a long, hot season of pounding the trails, it’s not uncommon for some aches to show to up. For both the avid year-round runners and the warm-weather aficionados, the mileage […]
Cervicogenic Dizziness by physiotherapist Gabrielle Milot-Lavergne
Introduction: dizziness is not necessarily vertigo! Have you ever experienced dizziness and the Doctor tells you it is vertigo? Yet you are not responding to the vertigo treatment? There is a chance that the symptoms are not from a classic BPPV (benign positional paroxysmal vertigo) because there are many other […]
Injury Magnet by Tamara Oakley MSc.PT
Have you ever noticed how, once you hurt yourself, that area seems to get re-injured? For example, you stub your toe on something, and then proceed to stub the same toe twice more in the same evening? One of the explanations behind this frustrating phenomenon has to do with proprioception: […]
Headache & Migraine: Physiotherapy Management
Is that pain in your head really a pain in the neck? Do you suffer from persistent headaches when sitting at your desk at work? Or does your headache come on when there is added stress in your life? Maybe when you get a migraine you’re in bed for the […]
Full recovery after an ankle sprain.
It was a crisp autumn day when Sue decided to go for a hike. All of a sudden she caught her foot on the unstable ground and rolled her ankle. Her ankle was sore, swollen, tender to the touch and she felt unstable while walking on it. Eventually, after a […]
A recipe for jaw pain
The fact of the matter is jaw pain can be down right miserable. Talking and eating are two of our most important functions in daily life and the jaw plays a large role in both. If wrapping your teeth around a big juicy Okanagan apple has lost its sweet satisfying […]
Torticollis
Have you or someone you know just welcomed a new addition to the family? If so, this article may be for you! Since the promotion of “Back to Sleep” as well as babies having to spend time in the NICU or PICU due to numerous conditions, head shape issues have […]
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