Injuries can result from immediate trauma, such as an ankle sprain, or from repetitive overuse, such as ‘tennis elbow’ or ‘rotator cuff tendinopathy.’ Other injuries may not seem to have any obvious cause (chronic or recurrent neck pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, low...
With the current public health recommendations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic we find ourselves in an unprecedented situation. For many people life has essentially been put on hold. The ministry of health has asked the public to practice social distancing and that...
What’s in a Name? Tendinitis vs Tendinosis vs Tendinopathy… Tendinopathy is the general term that is now used to describe most tendon problems. The reason for the use of the term is that is remains uncertain what the exact mechanism is that creates the clinical...
Osteoarthritis is a clinical diagnosis. It should not be made just from viewing diagnostic images. Degenerative changes in our bones and joints happens with age. It happens at different rates in all of us. There are not direct correlations between symptoms and...
There are many physiotherapy clinics, and there are even more clinics that provide rehabilitation. Rehabilitation can be provided by a broad group of health care professionals, including: physiotherapists, chiropractors, athletic therapists, physicians, osteopaths,...
Exercise is Medicine May is both National Physiotherapy month and Exercise is Medicine® month. This makes May the ideal month to highlight the importance of increased physical activity in our everyday lives! If there was a drug that could reduce your risk for heart...
