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Pregnancy and the Benefits of Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
There are two key times of pelvic floor education: during pregnancy, and after pregnancy. During pregnancy, you can work with your Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist to learn how to properly strengthen and relax the pelvic floor. A strong pelvic floor is important, but so...
Rotator Cuff Injuries
We’ve all heard of our rotator cuff, but what role does it play in our everyday movement and how does an injury affect us? The rotator cuff plays a crucial role in moving and stabilizing the shoulder, allowing for a wide range of movements. It is vital for...
Spotlight on Scoliosis
Scoliosis is a spinal deformity - famously known as a “sideways” curve of the spine. It is most often found during adolescence and affects about three in every hundred Canadians. As the spine curves it can cause changes in body morphology like unevenness in the hips,...
Trigger Finger
It’s a common hand condition that you may have experienced or heard about: it’s trigger finger. So, let’s shed some light on exactly what trigger finger is, and how hand therapy can play a crucial role in providing relief and improving the quality of life for those...
Golf Injuries
Each year in the Okanagan, golfers like me take to the links to whack balls left, right, and occasionally down the middle of the fairway. It’s often a humbling experience. The sport of golf requires coordination, strength, flexibility, and most importantly, mobility....
Planter Heel Pain – Plantar Fasciitis
What Is PHP? Plantar heel pain (PHP), commonly known as Plantar Fasciitis, refers to pain beneath the heel that is typically worse with weight-bearing activities. It is commonly characterized by pain on the first few steps in the morning, tenderness on the inside of...
National Indigenous People’s Day
Leading up to June 21st, 2023 - National Indigenous People’s Day - we acknowledge that at Sun City Physiotherapy we are privileged to work, play, and live on the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples. The College of Physiotherapists in BC...
Shoulder Pain in Throwers
Each spring, at the beginning of baseball and softball season, people will develop pain and soreness in the arm and shoulder when throwing, or after throwing. This can linger or worsen as the season goes, potentially zapping their throwing strength and their ability...
Non-Surgical ACL Treatment and Rehabilitation
Traditionally, the diagnosis of an ACL rupture has almost certainly meant surgery. The thoughts on this are slowly changing. There are multiple studies being conducted on the healing potential of an injured ACL. There are also almost no good studies that prove that...
What Does a Physiotherapist Do, and Why Should I See One?
May is Physiotherapy Month. It’s a great time to explain how Physiotherapy can help keep you moving, and what to expect when you see a physiotherapist for treatment. Injury When we are injured, our bodies often compensate in less than ideal ways. This compensation...
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport that requires strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and endurance. While its aerial and acrobatic movements can shock and awe, these movements can increase an athlete’s risk for injury. What are the common injuries in gymnastics? For...
What is Kinesiology?
Kinesiology is the science of human movement, performance and function. Kinesiologists are university educated healthcare professionals who have studied body mechanics and the role human movement plays in preventing and managing injury, chronic disease, disability,...
Treatment of Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Pain in Women and Men
Specialized physiotherapy for the assessment and treatment of bladder and bowel incontinence, and pelvic pain are becoming more recognized as a first line of defence. If you think you may be affected, ask yourself the following questions: Have you experienced...
Achilles Tendonitis
What is Achilles Tendonitis? Achilles tendonitis is a painful condition that results from an imbalance between tissue wear and repair in the Achilles tendon - at the back of the ankle. It usually develops slowly over time, although symptoms can come on quite suddenly....
Nutrition for Menopause
For most women, menopause begins between the ages of 45 and 55, and it is defined by the lack of a menstrual cycle for 12 months. This is a time to take care of yourself by making healthy lifestyle choices. Food and nutrition play significant roles in the health and...
What Is Scoliosis?
What is scoliosis? Scoliosis is a deformity of the spine, usually diagnosed in adolescents; often without a known cause. What is Scheuermann’s Kyphosis? It is a (hyper)kyphosis; a spinal deformity that leads to a more rounded appearance of one’s upper back (sometimes...
Complete Concussion Management
What is a Concussion? A concussion is a mild form of brain injury that results from acceleration or deceleration of the brain within the skull following a significant impact to the head or body. Concussions can be the result of a direct blow to the head, or of...
Making Sense of ‘Persistent’ Pain
It seems self evident that pain is caused by tissue damage and istherefore resolved by tissue healing. But what about when the initialinjury should have resolved long ago and yet our pain continues intomany months and possibly even years? This is known as ‘persistent’...
To Kegel or not to Kegel?
You may have read on social media that you should be doing kegel exercises to help strengthen your pelvic floor. BUT, what is the pelvic floor? And more importantly, what are kegel exercises and should you be doing them? The answer is...it depends. The pelvic floor is...
Shaking Sugar Cravings
5 Tips for shaking those lingering holiday sugar cravings: Holidays…we love them…and we tend to overdo the treats a bit during them. That’s okay, but battling those sugar cravings while adjusting back to reality and fighting off the post holiday illness, often makes...