Prevention of shoulder injuries in swimmers
What causes shoulder injuries in swimmers? Shoulder injuries are the most common injuries amongst swimmers. Several factors contribute to this. These include training errors, such as overuse (too much), misuse (poor technique), abuse (excessive force, such as when using hand paddles), and disuse (lack of use resulting in muscle weakening). The repetitive overhead activity of […]
The Rights of the Patient in Massage Therapy
Patient Rights in Massage Therapy The amount of trust patients give their massage therapists is humbling. The patient walks into a clinic for the first time and proceeds to tell the RMT about their lives, their health history and their hopes and expectations from the treatment. As a massage therapist in Burnaby BC, I am […]
Understanding Apical Breathing
Apical Breathing: Breathless by Habit Take a deep breath in. Now exhale. That was, most likely, the first time today that you consciously thought about breathing. Breathing is an automatic physical function meaning you don’t have to think about doing it and can instead focus your attention on more pressing issues, such as making coffee […]
Understanding The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) in Physiotherapy
What is the FMS? The FMS is a ranking and grading system that documents movement patterns that are key to normal function. By screening these patterns, the FMS readily identifies functional limitations and asymmetries. These are issues that can reduce the effects of functional training and physical conditioning and distort body awareness. The FMS is […]
How Physiotherapy Can Help with Painful Intercourse
What is Dyspareunia? Dyspareunia is pain that is persistent and reoccurring before, during or after sexual intercourse. Many women experience painful intercourse, studies have shown that it can affect anywhere between 20% and 50% of women. However, these numbers most likely underestimate the true prevalence of dyspareunia, many women do not seek medical treatment. What […]
Got Headaches? Chiropractic can help
Headaches & Chiropractic Treatment Suffer from headaches? You are not alone, 65-75% of people in Canada will experience a headache sometime in their lifetime (Manzoni & Stovener, 2010). Some will be occasional, some frequent, some dull and achy and sharp and stabbing resulting in debilitating pain. With over 200 sub- types of diagnosed headaches the […]
Injury Rates & Gender Differences in Runners
Gender Differences in Runners Looking at research to reduce injury rates in runners I recently attended a presentation on some new research coming out of UBC that’s looking at gender as a predicting factor for injuries in runners. It is one of the first studies to look at the differences in rates and types of […]
Frozen Shoulder or Adhesive Capsulitis: RMT Massage Therapy
What Is Frozen Shoulder or Adhesive Capsulitis? Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, occurs when the tissue around your shoulder joint becomes tightened and inflexible. How Did I Get Frozen Shoulder? Often the result of rotator cuff tears, impingement syndromes and chronic shoulder dislocations, frozen shoulder is most painful at night making it almost impossible to […]
Understanding, Managing & Treating Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Conservative management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse What is Pelvic Organ Prolapse? A pelvic organ prolapse is a systematic descent of a pelvic organ (uterus, cervix, bladder) pushing on the walls of your vagina and/or anus and is observed in 50% of postpartum woman (1,2). Descent of a pelvic organ may occur under various conditions such […]
Understanding & Treating Tennis Elbow
What is tennis elbow? Tennis elbow also called Lateral Epicondylalgia is one of the most common overuse injuries in the elbow. This involves injury to an extensor muscle of the forearm; this muscle goes from the top of wrist to the outside of your elbow. Tennis elbow commonly occurs with repetitive use of the wrist […]