Adolescent Growth Injury – Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease
Adolescent Growth Injury Treatment: Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease & Physiotherapy Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease is a common cause of knee pain in young athletes. It causes pain, tenderness and inflammation just below the knee, over the tibial tuberosity (the bump at the top of the shin) (1, Figure 1). This occurs with high levels of physical activity during a […]
GoodLife Event & Burnaby Physiotherapy Clinic
Burnaby Physiotherapy Clinic & GoodLife GoodLife’s annual event with complimentary massages, physiotherapy, chiropractic analysis & gait scan Raising Funds & Meeting New People All of us at Absolute PhysioCare & Sports Rehab were very excited to be part of GoodLife’s annual event in raising funds that will help kids ages 4-14 to be active and healthy. It was a great success! […]
Shoulder Pain & Chronic Pain in Shoulder
A real Pain in the Shoulder! Shoulder Impingement: Repetitive Stress Tendinopathy WHAT IS SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT? Shoulder tendinopathy, rotator cuff (RC) dysfunction and impingement syndrome are common diagnoses of shoulder pain. These all refer to conditions where shoulder dysfunction leads to chronic pain in the shoulder. COMMON SYMPTOMS of REPETITIVE STRESS TENDINOPATHY Pain […]
Spinal Facet Joints & Low Back Pain
The Lonely Facet Joints The often forgotten spinal structure in mechanical low back pain An Anatomical Review & Sport Based Application I recently visited my favorite sporting good store and could not help but notice the latest trend of bright florescent sneakers and apparel filling the displays. To make a parallel comparison with the Chiropractic […]
Our Absolute PhysioCare Family is Growing
Our Absolute PhysioCare Family is Growing! It is our pleasure to announce the addition of Dr. Caolan Teasdale as the newest Chiropractor to join our team. To celebrate the exciting arrival of our Chiropractor we are offering all existing patients the following: Chiro New Year Special: Complimentary Gait Scan, Postural Analysis and Dietary […]
What is Metatarsalgia? Foot Pain or Inflammation
What is Metatarsalgia? Metatarsalgia is pain or inflammation in the ball of the foot (metatarsal). A Client’s Experience I have a client who came in to our Burnaby Sports Physiotherapy Clinic with severe pain at the ball of his foot and was quite concerned as he was in the middle of his marathon training. […]
Best Of Vancouver Georgia Straight 2014!
Burnaby Physio Clinic: Best Of Vancouver 2014! What makes us EXCEL, is our passion and commitment to your wellness. Our MISSION is to provide the highest quality of care and a more personalized approach to every one of our clients. This is truly evident by achieving your votes for the Best of Vancouver and we […]
Understanding and Treating Shin Splints
Shin Splints Physiotherapy By Reza Ghannadan, MPT, BSc (Kin), Physiotherapist What are shin splints? Shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome, is an overuse condition due to excessive pulling on the muscles of the leg. With repetitive overuse, this can result in tightening of the muscles along the shin bone, which causes pain and inflammation […]
9 Common Running Injuries that Physiotherapy can Address
Treating Running Injuries as a Physiotherapist I had a wonderful experience this past weekend at the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) Vancouver Race Series 5k/10k in Stanley Park. Ryan Wong,a massage therapist and I (Reza Ghannadan, physiotherapist) – from Absolute PhysioCare & Sports Rehab in Burnaby – were onsite to provide treatment for injured runners. What was surprising to me […]
Kyle’s Post-Surgical Rehabilitation Performance, 2013 Finals
Post-surgical Rehabilitation: Sports Physiotherapy Competitive Athletic Rehabilitation Kyle’s post-surgical rehabilitation performance at the 1st Trials at the 2013 Finals Local Vancouver Area competitive athlete, Kyle, has been an inspiration to me since the day I met him. Kyle is an elite level gymnast that suffered a knee injury (avulsion fracture of his patella) which required surgery and […]